STEUBEN County Chapter

Steuben County SCOPE Chapter    ****    June 2026 Newsletter

Meetings > 1^st and 3^rd Mondays each month, 7:00 PM, Bath Rod & Gun Club

**Mondays, June 1st & 15th, 2026 ….. Regular Meetings will be held  at the Bath Rod and Gun Club, 7771 Telegraph Rd., Bath.  Member’s get the latest updates on pending firearms legislation (better understand this if you own a Glock), updates on an exciting statewide “Get Out The Vote” (GOTV) campaign to elect a firearms friendly governance this Fall. 

 **Get Out The Vote Campaign ………
a.)  posters and voting information packets are planned for dealers and FFLs.  
b.)   a statewide Zoom meeting explaining the GOTV is planned for ANY and ALL membership in the near future  
c.)   a specific GOTV fund raising raffle has just kicked off.   Two rifles, only $5/ticket. 

**Monday, July 6th, 2026 ….. You don’t want to miss Steuben County Sheriff James Allard who will update us on Common Sense  Basics, No-Bail and Common Sense Etiquette with Law Enforcement.

** Misc. Updates:…. The new Members Only Raffle (MOR) is a Ruger American rifle in 308 Winchester caliber... purchase two $ 5.00 tickets per meeting.

                   …..Watch for your Membership Renewal Date on your Firing Lines

                  …..Each of us should consider who might be a new member

**Sunday. Sept. 20nd, 2026 …. Mark your calendars for one of the highlights of the coming year….the Steuben County SCOPE  Fall Raffle.  Pick up tickets (packets of 21) at any regular meeting from Don Dunbar.  We have had such success in years’ past that people now ask for these tickets. Folks don’t want to take the chance of missing the food, prizes and friends.  This major fundraising event helps 6 Youth Shooting teams, Boy Scouts Shooting, Armed Women of America and firearms lawsuits important to New Yorkers.

**Special Alert / Special Alert / Special Alert ……Most  Pistol Permit Holders were to renew their permits before 12/31/25.    Use this link to check both your status and / or recertify online    https://firearms.troopers.ny.gov/pprecert/welcome.faces  Check it now!  …  don’t wait…you don’t need the hassle of a revoked permit.

Important Websites

https://gunsafety.ny.gov/pistol-permit-recertification           NYS Pistol Permits

https://nyassembly.gov/leg/     NYS Assembly

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation     NYS Senate

http://ny.usaclaytarget.com/teams/ NYS High School Clay

https://www.divideny.org/      Divide New York

https://armedwomen.org/find-a-local-chapter        Armed Women of America