The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) is aiding The National Rifle Association in its effort to defeat Cook County, Illinois ordinances that would close all gun shops and ban and confiscate most firearms owned by citizens of the county.

A telephone poll allowing callers to voice their opinion on the ordinances is being conducted by Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin and the Cook County Board. You do not have to be a resident to vote in the telephone poll.

To vote in the telephone poll, please call (312) 603-6400 and select option one when prompted. At the second prompt select option one again. When prompted to vote on the gun control ordinance, press number 2.

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance is a national association of sportsmen and sportsmen’s organizations that protect the rights of hunters, anglers and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and through public education programs. For more information about the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and its work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.

VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO TWO GUN CONTROL BILLS

A pair of gun control bills passed out of the Executive Committee today:

The first bill, HB4357, would prohibit the ownership most of the rifles, shotguns and pistols now on the market.

The second bill, HB4393 would prohibit the purchasing of more than one firearm per month.

HERE IS WHAT YOU MUST DO TO SAVE YOUR GUNS

1. Contact your State Representative and politely tell him/her that you are opposed to HB4357 and HB4393 and that you would like for him/her to vote against the bill when it comes up. If you do not know who your State Representative is, then go to www.ilga.gov and follow the “Legislator Lookup” link.

2. Pass this alert along to all your gun-owning friends and ask them to follow the instructions above.

3. Please post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards to which you belong.

2/17/08 NATIONWIDE ALERT

Hello from Heber !!

I am writing to you all to ask that you go the link below, and sign the petition located there. This is a petition to fight the Forest Service's effort to close 80-90% of ALL forest service roads - NATIONWIDE. If they are successful in passing their "Travel Management Rule", they will close all but the MAIN roads in and out of the forest, and we will have no other access by ANY Motorized vehicle. You will not be able to Camp off these main roads - to retrieve a game animal off road or retrieve firewood. You will either have to carry out to the open roads by hand, or obtain a special use permit to go off road in a vehicle. You will also have to WALK into the forest to find game or firewood, as the roads we all presently use throughout the forest will be Closed !!! Ken and I truly believe that this will not only impact our use of the forests, but it will impact the economy in our community as well as others in similar areas throughout our state (and across the US) in a huge way!!! If people cannot come to our mountains and use the PUBLIC forest lands as we do now, not only will folks quit coming to camp/hunt/fish etc, but they will find new places to have their "summer cabins" - and go elsewhere to recreate and build - somewhere they have the Freedom to do what they are there for... and full enjoyment of OUR PUBLIC LANDS!

We will lose our Freedom in the Forests and Much More if we do not fight this proposed Rule. This will be voted on and monies appropriated to put into full swing before summer. If passed, by 2009 this will become a reality. What's worse, this is only the tip of the iceberg.... they have so many other measures they are trying to implement to keep us out. What they do plan to keep open, will all have a FEE tied to the use of camping, boating, game/fuelwood retrieval even day use areas. This is all in addition to the permits and licenses we are already required to pay for. If I am not mistaken, we already pay to enjoy the public lands merely by being tax paying citizens !

I have a lot more information on this if you want to call or email me with questions, but for now, please go to the link, sign the petition, and then forward it to ALL your family and friends to do the same.

Shelley & Ken Moore
Heber/Overgaard, AZ

http://access-advocates.org/petition_01/

1/31/08 ATTENTION ILLINOIS SPORTSMEN

Call your congressmen and tell them that you want them to support the changes to the wildlife code, it will be good for trappers. We will need the help of the Turkey Federation and some of the fishing groups to get this passed. Do your part, because this is an IDNR Initiative.

Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB4632

1/27/08 General Alert

12/05/07 Indiana Fur Takers Website

10/08/07 Report on Indiana Meeting with the NRSC Legislative Committee

10/05/07 MAINE UPDATE

ANOTHER SOURCE OF INFORMATION IS THE

USSA SPORTSMEN'S ALERT. CLICK ON

THEIR LINK BELOW

U. S. Sportsmen's Alliance

FOR HELP IN LOCATING YOUR SENATORS & REPRESENTATIVES USE THESE LINKS

The Senate

The House of Representatives

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