New York State Arresting Gun Shop Owners for Legal Firearms??
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Cam Edwards talks to John Cushman from the Sportsmen’s Association for Firearms Education (SAFE) about the harassment of New York Gun Shop owners who have been arrested on charges of selling AWB weapons even though they are documented as being legal in NY state.
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John Cushman Seeks Your Vote to Return to NRA Board
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New York, --(Ammoland.com)- John L. Cushman of Patchogue (Long Island), New York, has announced his candidacy for another term on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association.
A former US Marine, he served on the NYS Conservation Council Board of Directors from 1973 to 2000. John was awarded the Grassroots Activist of the Year in September 1996, a nationwide recognition given by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
In April 1998 he was inducted into the NYS Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame. John received the first-ever NRA Institute for Legislative Action Certificate of Appreciation in l983, was nominated as NYSCC’s Conservationist of the Year in 1985, and received its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
A founding member and current president of the Sportsmen’s Association for Firearms Education (SAFE) Inc., John is a past chairman of the Coalition of NY State Sportsmen, an organization that encompassed several groups particularly interested in firearms legislation, law and shooting sports.
John L. Cushman of Patchogue, New York, has announced his candidacy for another term on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association...
He was instrumental in formulating the policies of the NYS Conservation Council, SAFE, and the Coalition of NY State Sportsmen concerning firearms issues. Author of a policy statement concerning semiautomatic firearms, he saw it adopted by the NYS Conservation Council in 1989 and sent to then-Governor Mario Cuomo and all NYS outdoor writers on behalf of the organization.
John currently serves on the Board of Directors of the NY State Rifle & Pistol Association and is an NRA-Certified Instructor in Personal Protection, Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun as well as Range Safety Officer.
He is an avid shooter, hand gunner and gun rights advocate to the legislature and the media. As president of the Sportsmen’s Association for Firearms Education, he has led the group in presenting standing-room-only annual Firearms Civil Rights Conferences and Women on Target clinics for a number of years.
The NYS Conservation Council, NYS Rifle & Pistol Association and SAFE have endorsed his candidacy for the NRA Board. Numerous local and county groups have also added their endorsements. John brings with him years of broad-based experience in legislative matters concerning conservation, self-defense, fish and wildlife, and particularly firearms law.
He is seeking support of all voting members of the National Rifle Association in his bid for reelection to the NRA Board of Directors.
John L. Cushman Semper Fidelis (always faithful) Semper Vigilante (always vigilant)
In 1979, I was stationed at Ft. Benning Ga. I purchased a 22 cal target pistol and was told that before I could do so, I had to have a letter from the local police dept on their letterhead stating I was a “citizen of good standing”. I went to the local police dept and met with the Chief of Police who reached into a drawer in his desk and produced a letter from a stack, signed it and handed it to me. I recall his comments to this day. “Hell son, your white.”
The letter requirement was obviously a ploy to keep guns out of black hands.
I’m not waiting for a candidate who is “perfection” – just one that is “Republican”! The author seems to think that Romney is an actual choice – gun control and taxes to the max Romney – the Liberal. What’s the difference between Romney and Obama? Obama’s father was Kenyan, Romney’s was Mexican… Neither have the best interests of We the People at heart.
The more I look at this, the more I’m forced to conclude that there is only 1 party that can get elected – the Liberal Socialist party – and that what we have is simply warring factions (Paul excluded, he’s something else entirely). I’m tired of throwing away my votes for people who only wish to harm my family further… regardless of whether they call themselves Republican or not. So I’ll write in this time if necessary (I will NOT vote for Rombama or his Ilk). And it’s become clear to me that my votes DO NOT COUNT, and I’m not represented… and that I won’t be after November either.
