ERIE COUNTY ChapterThe Erie County Chapter will hold its monthly meetings:
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**NEW START TIME** 2026 Meeting Schedule
| From the Chairman's Desk Welcome to Spring finally everyone. Hope you all are doing well. Our meeting is Wednesday, April 22nd @ 6:30 pm. Make a special note of this earlier starting time. This is crunch time with only 7 months until election time when we hope to remove Kathy Hochul and elect Mr. Blakeman into the role of Governor of NYS. Our Chapter raffle tickets are out and available for sale. If you have any sold tickets, please bring the stubs and money to the April 22 monthly meeting. Additional tickets are available on request. As you know, the prize is a Weber Grill and will be drawn on June 14th in time for Father’s Day. It could make a great gift for any new dad, old dad etc. who would appreciate a new grill this year. Pat O’Donoghue is running the meeting this month. This month’s training during the meeting will be on “Stop Life Threatening Bleeding and Trauma” relating to gunshot wounds. James Murphy, Owner/Director of Training of his own company Criminal Justice Professionals Training and Consulting, LLC will be this month's instructor. James is a certified First Aid and Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor. The primary focus of this training will be the importance of having a first aid kit and tourniquet present when you go to the range and what it needs to contain, and the proper use of a tourniquet and how it is to be applied. We all know accidents happen, so we must be prepared for every situation. That’s all for now – and remember: Stay safe, shoot straight, and stay informed. |
Chairman Mark Drews with Mickey Kearns (left) and Dr. John Long (right) In an effort to allow more member participation in our planning processes, we are opening up our Monthly Board Meetings to include any Erie County SCOPE member. | 2026 Erie Co Chapter Board Meetings 2:00PM |
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| Erie County Court Clerk Mickey Kearns appeared for an impromptu visit at 6:30 pm to talk about his business office, streamlining the pistol permit bureau and the DMV offices for quicker visits. He plans to return to formally speak to all members present at a future meeting. SCOPE Life Member Retired Supreme Court Justice William Boller presented also regarding the pistol permit process. He gave valuable insight on the “to do”s” and “what NOT to do” when filling out applications. He gave interesting stories of practical things to avoid doing with your concealed carry that he has dealt with through the years, that didn’t go so well for the permit holder. He plans to continue to work to support the office a few days a week to help with the workload. SCOPE President John Elwood was also present and gave his accolades to the Erie County Chapter for our productivity and success. He spoke on current egregious legislation found on the NYSCOPE website and the importance of getting gun owners out to the polls. He encourages all members to bring one person to join the membership.
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| Thank you to State Senator George Borrello for presenting to Erie County SCOPE on Tues. Oct. 28.
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Erie County Chapter Officers
Chairman Mark Drews (right) with Paul Beakman, Jr., President of WARP.