WINNER Number Thirty Three!
8/16/2010

Smith & Wesson makes a fine gun in their M&P 45 in .45 ACP! Our WINNER this week gets to take this gun home for keeps!

Leanne Sevdy of Colusa, California is our amazed pick this week for such a fine prize, won with her ticket number 254, sold to her by Mike Myers of Arbuckle.

It does appear that Mike gets as tickled and excited when his raffle sale gets a win, for he has stopped by to tell Leanne and also phoned her to be sure she knew the good news.

What a fun way to start a Monday morning! Congratulations to Leanne!

GOC Sporting Clay Shoot in September!
8/13/2010

Here before we know it will be the date of GOC's Annual Sporting Clay Shoot at the Comanche Hills Hunting Preserve outside of Ione, California.

Limited to 150 shooters, 5 person squads will compete for prizes and award status.

This Event is a favorite for GOC, and is looked forward to by many teams who come year after year.

Registration and a continental breakfast begin at 7:30 in the morning while shooting begins at 9:00.

Stay for a delectable lunch at noon when the shooting is done. Raffle,prizes, and more adds to the fun of the day.

Call Julie Benson at Gun Owners of California 916 984-1400 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for reservations.

All proceeds benefit GOC, Inc.

Tea Party Patriot meeting Thursday, be there...
8/12/2010

...By Ken Campbell

I have said it before and I will say it again, we cannot count on the Republican Party to stop the Obama agenda and repeal Obamacare. We know what happened last time Republicans were in control. If the Republicans take control of Congress in November, "We the people" will need to be there to give the Republicans a spine. The Tea Party Patriots will help provide that spine.

200 to 300 people show up at the Auburn Tea Party Patriots meeting-- people who will not compromise on fiscal responsibility, limited Constitutional government and the free market... people who want their country back. Thursday night, August 12, 2010, Sam Paredes will be the guest speaker. Sam will tell us how effective the Tea Party has been here in California, and he will give us direction for the next 84 days.

Please come and check out the meeting, information is below:

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No lead?
8/9/2010

By Hasso Hering

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has received a petition to ban lead in hunting ammunition and fishing tackle, and Oregon wildlife officials are watching with some concern.

Also worried are people in the shooting sports.

?This is a serious issue for anyone who likes to target practice, shoot for fun or enjoy hunting, and will be a huge impact on shooting ranges across the nation,? said Mike McCarter, range master of the Albany Rifle and Pistol Club, which maintains a range at Saddle Butte east of Shedd.

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This is the 32nd Winner of the year!
8/9/2010

Lincoln, California, home of Linda Mack and Garcia's Lincoln Game Perserve, is the location for our 32nd Winner! GOC gun give away has drawn Linda's ticket number 144 and this has won for her a Beautiful Remington Model 700 SPS Bolt Action Rifle in .30-06! Whoopee! How fun is that?!!

Ed Goulart, a stalwart out at Garci's Hunting Perserve is one of our great ticket sellers. We congratulate Linda on her WIN!

Long Gun Registration Bill Sent to Suspense.....
8/3/2010

Monday, August 2, 2010, the bill known as the Long Gun Registration bill, AB 1810, was sent to the suspense file of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Many bills that need money to implement were also sent to suspense that day, which ostensibly gives the Committee time to evaluate the money situation in the state, then decide which bills to pass and which to let lie in suspense and then die.

The Committee has until August 13 to pass out any bills that take money to operate.

GOC has noted that gun bills that take money are usually priority for the anti-gun power brokers in the legislature. It is as if passing anti-gun bills is more important than using the states? money wisely, or being frugal and cutting the spending.

AB 1810 seeks to register all newly sold or newly transferred rifles and shotguns and their purchasers into a data base, to be kept by the DOJ for indefinite periods of time....years, decades, generations, eons...perhaps, for the purposes of investigating in the future.

GOC is working diligently by providing to the Committee information as to the unintended and unforeseen costs of the bill, to see that AB 1810 does not come out of suspense.

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GOC's 31st Winner of 2010!
8/2/2010

Winters, California, is the home of Robert Warren, this weeks winner in GOC's 52 gun giveaway.

Robert seemed to be too stunned to be excited, until he warmed up to the idea that he now was the proud owner of a beautiful Remington 870 Express Pump Shotgun in 12 guage.

Be sure to say, "Congratulations" to Robert next time you see him. He is going to be outside with his new prize now, so don't look for him to be in his easy chair!

Second Amendment under assault....
7/30/2010

Studdard: Hide your guns! Second amendment under assault

By James Studdard

Bubba's wife, Hillary Clinton, has recently announced that the Obama administration will lend its co-operation (political speak for "sign the proposed "UN's Small Arms Treaty) in a global effort to effect gun control by registration and/or confiscation of firearms owned by private citizens. This includes semi-automatic weapons and, though I haven't confirmed this, it also includes single action revolvers.

The treaty's ostensible goal is to help in the fight against "terrorism, insurgency and international crime syndicates," according to Congressman Paul Broun, (R-Ga). Let us test the President's motives for gun control in an historical flashback.

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Demand Triggers Upside in Firearms
7/27/2010

Merriman Curhan says trends have spiked in the last five years.

Merriman Curhan Ford

ACCORDING TO DATA FROM both the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), annual domestic commercial firearms-industry sales are estimated at more than $4.1 billion, which includes $1.21 billion for handguns, $1.35 billion for long guns and $1.55 billion for ammunition.

In addition, annual sales of firearms and ammunition to the U.S. military and law-enforcement markets are estimated at $1.7 billion and $475 million, respectively.

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30th gun given away this year!
7/26/2010

Arbuckle, California, sees another Raffle Winner this week! Say Congratulations to Hiram Cain, who with his ticket number 1254 is our 30th WINNER of the year.

Hiram has won a beautiful Browning BAR ShortTrac Stalker Semi-Auto rifle in .270 WSM!

Hiram was expecting GOC's call, for his Uncle, Mike Myers, heard the winner announced on Sports Radio 1140 on Saturday morning, and told him!

Congratulations Hiram! He will be out in the field this fall, so don't expect to find him lanquishing at home!