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The President’s Columnby David McFarling

Well here we are, it’s the first of July 2013 and we are still free to own the firearm of our choice. In January the outlook wasn’t so good, our second amendment rights were being challenged aggressively by many in Washington, but we stood up and made our voices herd. I am proud of all of you for a great effort, we won the skirmish, but be advised it was only a skirmish. The war will still go on.

I want you to consider this point of view. The liberals hate discrimination, as all people should. Discrimination is defined in Webster’s dictionary as “The act, practice or instance of discriminating categorically rather than individually”. We as a society cannot deny person

or group of people basic human or constitutional right based on color of skin, nationality, religion or belief. I think that any true American believes this, every person on this planet has the right to use any means they deem necessary to protect themselves, their family and others from those who would do them harm. This is a human, personal and constitutional right that cannot be denied, to do so is discrimination by one group of people (liberals) against another (gun owners).

I contend that as the liberal gun grabbers attempt to strip us, the lawful gun owners of our right to own a firearm they are guilty of what they claim to hate most, the denial of basic rights by one group on another. So next time someone tells you that you should not be able to own or posses a gun or type of gun you tell them that they are guilty of discrimination of you as an individual and gun owners as a group. This is my opinion.

We need to keep on with the fight, even during the lulls, so keep sending letters and e-mails to your elected officials, praising them for doing good and scolding them when they do bad.

STATE SHOTSAffiliated with the NRA and CMP www.ncrpa.org Vol. 42, No. 2 Summer, 2013

IN THIS ISSUE:

President’s Column Page 1

NCRPA Service Rifle Page 2

Legislator report / NCRPA Scholorship Page 3

Dear Dr. Franny Page 4

NCRPA BOD Meeting Page 7

NCRPA Clubs Page 8-9

NCRPA Directory Page 10-11

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The 2013 North Carolina State Service Rifle Championship Match was held at NC National Guard Training Center located in Stem NC on June 7 and 8. 38 competitors fired in the 800 aggregate championship match on Saturday.

As has been the case for the past several years the junior shooters ruled the range. NCRPA Jr. shooter Jason Williams won the day firing a score of 777-30x for the overall win. The first master class shooter was Keith Hoverstad of Raleigh firing a 763-20x. In the expert class NCRPA Jr. Reid Weiglib from Troutman NC fired a 765-17x for the win. First Sharp Shooter was Mike Gibbs firing a 742-17x. First Marksman honors went to NCRPA Jr. Ashley Young of Raleigh firing a 729-8x. The high scoring Jr. shooter plaque went to Jessica Hudson from the great state of Virginia with a score of 743-18x. Jessica is also a junior.

In Sundays two person team match (30 shots per shooter) Jason Williams and Reid Weiglib fired a team score of 573-16x for the win. Second place went to Keith Hoverstad and Tim Moore firing team score of 564-9x. 12 teams competed in the match.

Sunday afternoon’s Excellence in Competition match went to Jason Wil-liams firing a 489-9x. EIC matches are fired to gain points to earn the cov-eted Distinguished Riflemans medal. It takes 30 points to win the medal, won by placing in the top 10% of competitors in each hatch. Sometimes it takes years to collect the 30 points necessary. On June 27 Jason won the ECI match held at the Junior Marksmanship Support Group, Jr. marksmanship clinic also held in Butner and gained his last points necessary to become a Distinguished Marksman. Congratulations to Jason on a job well done.

The 2013 North Carolina

State Service Rifle Championship

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Go to the NCRPA website at http://www.ncrpa.org. Look to the choices on the menu to the left, under FAQs, click on Legislative Info.

There you will find what’s happening, bill by bill, as the action started in the NC Senate and the NC House of Representative. When we are not updating, you can find the links to the NC Legislature website to follow the action yourself.

Here’s where we are as StateShots goes to press

As you probably already know, HB937 passed out of committee, Wednesday, April 24. The sponsors did an excellent job explaining and defending the bill. They were very vigilant to the ploys of Representatives who are habitual opponents of both the U.S. and the N.C. Constitution.

Mike Mann, Anthony Roulette, and Paul Valone, among others, spoke in favor of the bill. The bill was brought to the floor quickly. It faced opposition there from the usual people and endured the predicted debate.

House Bill 937 has continued to be the most important piece of gun law to be up for consideration, amendment and debate. It’s fate is likely to have been sealed by the time you read this Stateshots report.

This Summer you can look on the legislative website in order to follow the action (and the fates) of the various bills in the House and the Senate as they moved back and forth (called “cross-over”) for more political bargaining and, occasionally actual votes as the House and the Senate actions become reconciled and translated into NC law.

As the session comes to a close, please be as diligent in thanking our friends. And, regardless of how the session ends, keep your attention on the full House. They will convene again.

Scholarship Applications Deadline

August 17, 2013

The NCRPA David Prest Competitive Shooters Scholarship FundThe Scholarship is for students who are competitive shooters and entering or are enrolled in a university, com-munity college, or trade school and plan to continue on in the competitive shooting sports. An application can be acquired by sending a request to PO Box 4116, Pinehurst NC 28374 or email request to dprest@pinehurst.net.

Each year The NCRPA issues two $500 scholarships to qualified students. If you are a student and it may seem that $500 is hardly worth the trouble, ask your Mom and Dad if they would like this year’s school expenses reduced by $500. It may take you two hours to fulfill the required paper work. What is your current hourly rate of income?... Get an application now!

We are trying to build our scholarship endowment. The goal is to increase the amount and number of scholarships available each year. We are currently not a 501-C3, tax deductible institution but that may be coming in the future. The scholarships are funded directly from the NCRPA general fund and from a grant from the NRA Foundation. Donations to the scholarship fund are always a good way to help insure the future of shooting sports and Second Amendment rights.

Membership in the NRA and or the NCRPA is not required to qualify for the Competitive Shooters Scholarship.

What’s Happening! Notes from the NCRPA

Legislative Committee

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Dear Dr. Franny: I got a permit for my gun (to buy) but it’s not a con-cealed permit, so can I still put it in my car?

This column could also be called “Ad-vice for the Gunlorn.” Stateshots read-ers are well aware that the fastest grow-ing category of gun owners out there are the never-owned-a-gun-before crowd, newbies who are stripping the shelves bare.

And then there’s the Blackberry, the iPhone, the two or three line questions texted into NCRPA feedback form on the website www.ncrpa.org.

Take Reggie’s opening question: I got a permit for my gun (to buy) but it’s not concealed permit, so can I still put it in my car?

Easy question, right? After showing Reggie where he could look on the NCRPA website for answers to ques-tions like this (at http://www.ncrpa.org/faq/cch.shtml), Dr. Franny wrote him that he could carry his handgun in the car in two ways and pressed the send button:

(1) Loaded or unloaded in plain sight so that it is NOT concealed, or (2) Unloaded and locked away from you (as driver) or your pas-sengers in the trunk of the car. (Or locked into luggage in the rear if your car does not have a trunk). Within minutes, Reggie texted back: I thought # 2 was considered concealed.

Of course by that time Dr. Franny was off the computer and didn’t get back for five days. Then, with apologies for a less than instant response, she emailed back what she hoped was a helpful ex-pansion and perhaps an answer to Reg-gie’s unspoken questions, or at least a warning about some of the pitfalls awaiting him.

The definition of concealed means “on or about your person,” Dr. Franny

wrote. “About your person” means within easy (i.e. possible) reach. That’s why the glove box, even locked, is still considered concealed because it is there within arm’s reach of the you when you are driving. Where locked away into your trunk, or locked away into your luggage, un-loaded, in the back of your vehicle where you can’t reach it or acquire it easily is NOT “about your person.” You are not likely to be able to crawl out of the driver’s seat, back to the back of your vehicle, unlock luggage, ac-quire your handgun, load it, and shoot it, without giving somebody else am-ple time to attack you or to run away. I’m not saying that diving into the back of your car and scrambling through your luggage for your firearm wouldn’t have an effect on whoever had pro-voked such a response from you. But you can see how having your firearm in that position and condition isn’t con-sidered “concealed” as defined by the NC concealed carry law. Or by the open carry law either, for that matter. The “openness” or the “concealedness” of the situation is not in question. If the firearm is locked into your trunk or into your luggage in the back of your vehicle, you are NOT carrying. (If you lock it into a handbag or backpack and carry that case or container with you, then once again, the firearm is “carried” because it is on your person, no matter how slow your access to it might be. Once, as a very young woman (I’m very old now) I was in a bad situation in Georgia where two young men had just asked me for sexual favors. I said something to the effect of “holy gamole” and went scrambling into my purse. I was going after a knife. A small fixed blade dagger sort of knife. That kind of knife was not illegal to carry in Georgia at the time. It would be illegal in NC under current law. I can carry a fixed blade knife on my belt where it is appropriate,

but not in my pocket or pocketbook. At any rate, as I say, I was in my early twenties then. I was astounded with how fast the men vaporized. They leaped into their car and smoked their tires in a blazing getaway. I’ve always been kind of fond of knives ever since. It was several more years before I realized that the only party to that escapade who knew I had a knife in my bag was me. It was my immediate and definitive response that scared the bejezus out of my would-be assailants. In their minds, only someone who was going for her gun would have been so imme-diate in her behavioral rather then her verbal response. It was my response plus their idea of a gun that saved me. It’s funny now, so many years later. But the lesson still remains. In self defense, it is as much your immediate and definite response that discourages your would be assailants, more than the tools you might use to fight back.

Dr. Franny stopped there and sent the email off. That evening Reggie came back, “Thank you. Ha! Well, see, I heard on your dashboard or seat next to you isn’t concealed, but yet you can grab it, how’s that? And if I put it in trunk do I need a concealed carry li-cense?

So now Dr. Franny knew she was in communication with an individual with a sincere need and desire for informa-tion. Now she could tell him Every-thing.

Reggie, the short answer is “no,” Dr. Franny began. You do not need a concealed carry license to carry your firearm in the trunk of your car.

The short explanation is: This is be-cause you are not “carrying” your fire-arm, you are “transporting” it. “Carry” means “on or about your person.”

Here is the extended explanation: The whole answer means thinking about the

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difference between “open carry” and “concealed carry” and how the different laws came about.

In North Carolina “open carry” has always been sup-ported in law since the American Revolution in 1776. This also means that “open carry” has not been prohib-ited by law since 1776.

However, there was this other war from 1861-1865 usually called The American Civil War that end up, among other things, effectively outlawing slavery. Up until then slavery had been a legal condition of servi-tude, where a slave was considered the property of the slave owner. Well, the Civil War ended that. But it took the social conditions that were destroyed with de-struction of the legal institution of slavery a lot longer to recover.

First there were years of military rule in the rebel states usually summarized with the term “Reconstruction.” And then there were the decades where the military of-ficers were gone, but the economic repression and ne-glect pretty much left the rebel states to do whatever worked to handle their internal affairs. These were the “Jim Crow” years.

“Jim Crow” refers to a set of customs, rules, regulation and law that came about deliberately to repress former slaves and other ner’do-wells and “keep them in their place.”

Slavery, as a legally recognized economic institution, was never race-based. Anyone could be a slave. All it took was “being sold into slavery.” Any slave could be freed. All it took was “papers of emancipation.” Any slave owner could emancipate their slaves and many did. Very seldom was the death of a slave owner not accompanied by the emancipation of at least one or two of his favorite slaves.

I say, “his,” because at that time there were serious limitations on what property beyond clothes and jewels women could actually own according to the restrictions of the law. While many women had the personal power to free their favorite slaves, it was because of their influ-ence over the actual legal owner of that slave who was usually a male member of her family.

All this is to say that “Jim Crow” was not initially race-based because the push was from the social system onto the legal system to get ALL undesirables beat into their place on the bottom of the social pecking order follow-ing the years of chaos and hardship after the Civil War. But the “Jim Crow laws” very very quickly became exceptionally race conscious until racial segregation

M-1 Garand Rifle Raffle

Winner will receive an M-1 Garand Rifle

and a 1 year membership to the NCRPA.

Drawing will take place in December, 2013

at the Annual NCRPA meeting.

Proceeds to support youth programs of the NCRPA

Tickets are $10.00 per ticket, $20.00 for 3 tickets.

Please send completed stubs along with payment to:

NCRPA PO Box 4116

Pinehurst, NC 28374

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became institutionalized across most of the formally rebel states, where the ma-jority of the formally enslaved popula-tion was still living.

In the meantime, there was this other institutionalized form of dispute settle-ment popular among men in the so-called upper classes: dueling. Dueling is where two men formally insult each other and then make arrangements to go out to an appointed spot, each sup-ported by friends and followers, turn back to back with pistols in hand at set signals, walk set distances, and turn and try to shoot and kill each other.

As you can see, dueling could really get on a lot of nerves, but dueling was pretty much dying out as a form of dis-pute resolution by the time of the “Jim Crow Era.” While everyone on both sides was preoccupied with fighting the Civil War, no one had a lot of blood and energy left over for dueling.

But what dueling had done (pre-war) was to discourage bush-whacking among the upper classes. Bush whack-ing in this case means lying in the bushes, jumping out and whacking someone over the head with a blunt weapon or just shooting him from con-cealment. Then there was the more straight forward form of bush-whack-ing which was largely verbal and re-quired no bushes, namely, confronting an individual verbally, engaging him in a heated argument, pulling out a con-cealed firearm and shooting him.

Dueling only took place among social equals. If you were insulted by some-one of a lesser place in society, you were entitled, by law, to attack him im-mediately and beat him down. Bush-whacking was considered unsports-man-like behavior, but go figure, there still were “undesirables” who engaged in it.

All this was immediately preceding

and following the American Civil War and Reconstruction. And who had most of the pistols? The upper classes, the “Home Guard” and the returning soldiers. And who didn›t? Everyone who had been left behind toting the bales and growing what crops survived, including all those newly freed slaves.

Handgun possession, much less own-ership, had always been prohibited for slaves by law, except by express and in-dividual permission of the slave-holder.

So-- to the people making the laws at the time in North Carolina, it just seemed natural to solve two prob-lems with one law. Around the turn of the 1800s to the 1900s, the possession of a concealed firearm became forbid-den by law. And the understanding of “concealed on or about your person” dates back in law to that time.

The law applied to everyone, and was seen at the time as a very good shield against bush-whacking. What use was a concealed pistol except to implement a plan to bush whack someone rather than openly challenge him to a fair and square duel? Technically the le-gal prohibition against concealed carry was going to keep everyone in line as the practice of dueling gradually fell by the wayside. Remember vigilantism? The concealed carry prohibition was another way to get vigilantism under control.

Who could argue with that?

Well, what happened was that the de-cades of “wink, wink, nod, nod” cranked up, where concealed carry of handguns was expected and overlooked for some people -- largely women -- across the previously rebel states, and responded to vigorously and negatively when it came to others caught carrying concealed -- largely men and women of African-American descent.

There was the law -- open carry okay, concealed carry no-no -- and then there were purely socially determined guide-

lines for the enforcement of the law.

And, of course, there have always been socially determined guidelines for where open carry is socially and legally accepted, too, but that’s a whole sepa-rate email.

Here is where this discussion goes. You, Reggie, are inheriting both a LE-GAL structure and a SOCIAL struc-ture that not only has a long history of conflict and uneasy compromise, but is currently changing in response to se-rious conflict in YOUR society right now.

Legally, if you are 21 years of age and your handgun isn’t stolen and is in your possession and under your control (i.e, inaccessible to minors), in NC you re-quire no license or registration to own it and possess it. You are not a slave.

Legally, and historically, if you are transporting your handgun in your car, you can engage in “open carry” by having your handgun within your reach and visibly displayed to anyone approaching the vehicle including law enforcement.

Legally, and historically, if your hand-guns are locked into your trunk or locked into your luggage out of reach, you are not “carrying” them, you are “transporting” them.

Legally, if you are in possession of a NC Concealed Carry Handgun permit, you can carry your handgun on or about your person concealed, in all places in NC except where concealed carry fire-arms are prohibited.

Socially and legally there is still an on-going dispute as to whether or not open carry firearms can be carried into some of the areas where concealed carry fire-arms are specifically prohibited. My advice (social advice) always is, avoid letting yourself be a test case!

Now let’s revisit your “transporta-tion” of your firearms locked into your

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car trunk or into your luggage in the rear of your vehicle. You are not car-rying them, you are transporting them. They are your property and you are le-gally entitled to do so. Because they are locked, they are obviously safe from the inadvertently curiosity of a minor.

Legally, they also should be safe from law enforcement inspection without a warrant. That’s where the rub comes in, now, since, legally, this is not so.

The rules of the highway seem to be still stuck in “Jim Crow.” Law en-forcement has been encouraged to search vehicles that a generation ago they would have never even looked at. They have shared methods with each other that allow them to per-suade drivers to stop and help them engage in random inspections of many vehicles, drivers, passengers and items being transported.

Legal review has encouraged, rather than discouraged these practices.

So, finally, I can assure you that your questions, and your repeated questions are entirely appropriate. And I apolo-

gize for the complex answers. It’s not my fault, I didn’t cause this complex-ity any more than you did. But you are asking the right questions. Simple questions for which there are no simple answers.

This is because the answer in the end is this: Yes, you can carry your fire-arm. Yes, you can transport your fire-arm in ways that are entirely within the bounds of law and established social practice. BUT -- if you encounter law enforcement officers in your travels:

(1) you probably know more about ex-actly what the law allows about fire-arms than they do, (2) what you know and what you have done to remain le-gally compliant won’t matter to them, because (3) if you appear to them to be “an undesirable,” they are going to try to give you a hard time.

If I could tell you how to avoid the appearance of being “undesirable,” ev-eryone would be asking for feedback from the NCRPA website!

About twenty-five years ago I did a survey research project -- following all the formal social research protocols

Meeting of the Board of DirectorsNCRPA

August 18, 2013

The Board of Directors of The North Carolina Rifle & Pistol Association will hold the quarterly meeting at the Rowan County Wildlife Club on August 18, 2013. This year the Board has located their quarterly meeting at a

different location in North Carolina with the intention of being more convenient for the State Association mem-bership to attend. This quarter the Rowan County Wildlife Club in Salisbury has made their classroom facility

available for this event. Once again the Board would like to extend invitation to any member and guest to attend the meeting. The meeting will begin at 11:00 AM and end around 3:00 PM. You can attend for the entire meeting

or only a short period. Your input is welcome or just observe.

The Rowan County Wildlife Club is located at 650 Majolica Rd Salisbury 28147. Here is a link to directions: http://onsp.us/RCWAMAP.pdf

For more information on the Rowan County Wildlife Club,

contact President Fred Bowers at: buckshotbowers@earthlink.net

so that my results would be, as we say, statistically significant. I was looking at attitudes people had about women and guns. I discovered that, basically, armed women in my generation at least were largely doomed. Nobody liked them. Not even the armed men. Go figure.

Now, twenty-five years later I can only say, please do go right ahead and carry and transport your firearm legally. Do the best you can to be “desirable,” and don’t worry if you meet a lot of unnec-essary hostility simply because you are armed.

Hope this helps!

Dr. Franny

NOTE: Dr. Franny is Fran Fuller, PhD, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Criminal Justice, Retired, and Secretary, Past President, and Member of the NCRPA Board of Di-rectors. “Reggie” is not the name of the individual who asked for feedback, but otherwise the article is faithful to their text.

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ALAMANCE COUNTYAlamance Wildlife ClubRoger Phillips PO Box 55Burlington, NC 27216(336) 584-7744www.alamancewildlifeclub.org/contact.html

Durham Pistol and Rifle Club Post Office Box 965 Durham, NC 27702 (336) 567-0981www.dprc.org

Handgunners Inc. 4325 S. NC 49 Burlington, NC 27215(336) 570-1015

ALLEGHANY COUNTYAlleghany Rifle Association, Inc. PO Box 986Sparta, NCContact: Lou Morrison (Sec/Treas)336-657-0878Email:lou@alleghanyrifleclub.comWeb: www.alleghanyrifleclub.com

ASHE COUNTYAshe County Wildlife Club Big Peak Creek RoadLaurel Springs, NC 28644(336) 246-9705

BLADEN COUNTYKelly Sportsmen's Club944 Old Jones Road Kelly, NC 28448 (910) 669-3030 ksclub@intrstannet

BRUNSWICK COUNTYAnt Hill Shooting Club Richard E. Timberlake Leland, NC 28451Home: (910) 371-6391 Fax: (910) 371-6391 Email: barb9re@aol.com www.anthillrange.com/

Ant Hill Shooting Range Hwy 211 at Midway Road Bolivia, NC 28422(910) 371-6391

Outback Shooting Range 6019 Simmons RoadAsh, NC 28420(910) 287-5525

Ye Olde Gun Club &Shooting Range Route 211Southport, NC(910) 278-3763

BUNCOMBE COUNTYAsheville Rifle & Pistol ClubP.O. Box 477 Naples, NC 28760(828) 684-1013

On Target Indoor Range George BlazierArden, NC 28704-1652 Home: (828) 779-0654 Work (828) 274-0028 Fax: (828) 654-8232 Email: oblazier1@charternet www.ncsection.org/OnTarget/ontarget.htm

CABARRUS COUNTYLong Creek Rifle & Pistol Club Concord, NC(704) 827-9077

CASWELL COUNTYCaswell Ranch Shooting Sports Dean BrevitProspect Hill, NC 27314 Office: (336) 562-2628 Email: caswellranch@embarqmail.com

CATAWBA COUNTYCatawba Valley Rifle & Pistol Club4457 Rifle Range Road Conover, NC 28613(828) 256-8755

Catawba Valley Wildlife Club PO Box 544Hickory, NC 28603(704) 462-2582 www.cvwc.org

Springs Road Gun Club Indoor Shooting Range3462 Springs Road NE Hickory, NC 28601(828) 638-6671www.springsroadgun.com

CHATHAM COUNTY Hickory Mountain Rifle and Pistol Club422 N. Holly Avenue Siler City, NC 27344(919) 742-3017

CHARLESTON COUNTY, SCPalmetto Gun ClubPO Box 12127Charleston, SC 29422-2127 www.palmettogunclub.org

COLUMBUS COUNTYThe Gun Exchange Shooting Range2440 Red Hill Road Whiteville, NC 28472(910) 642-5840

CRAVEN COUNTYB & R Guns Outdoor RangeRick WeigelHavelock, NC 28532Home: (252) 447-5826Work: (252) 447-5476Fax: (252) 447-5476Email: brguns@cconnect.net

Craven County Law Enforcement Of-ficers AssociationP.O. Box 823New Bern, NC 28563(252) 633-5091www.ccleoa.tripod.com

CUMBERLAND COUNTYCrosse Creek Rifle & Pistol Club, Inc.c/o 1798 Potomac RoadFayetteville, NC 28304(910) 977-6200Email:membership@CrosseCreekRi-fleandPistolClub.comwww.CrosseCreekRifleandPistolClub.com

Wagram Sportsman Association, Inc.9540 Giles RoadLinden, NC 28356-9329(910) 436-6264Email: wpngr@aol.com

CURRITUCK COUNTYBlackwater Practical ShootersTerrance R. BailadoMoyock, NC 27958Home: (757) 650-3019Work: (757) 445-1244Email: bz2011@cox.netwww.blackwatershooters.com/

Blackwater Training Center 850 Puddin Ridge Road Moyock, NC 27958(252) 435-2488

DARE COUNTYOuter Banks Gun ClubPO Box 118Mann’s Harbor, NC 27953obxgc.org(252) 255-5055

DAVIDSON COUNTYPiedmont Handgunners AssociationP.O. Box 913Thomasville, NC 27361(336) 869-1865 www.phashoots.com

DURHAM COUNTYDurham County Wildlife Club 3616 Hopson Road Morrisville, NC 27560 (919) 544-1306 www.dcwc.net

NC Amateur SportsPO Box 12727RTP, NC 27709(919) 361-1133www.ncsports.orgEmail: ncas@ncsports.org

NC Police Combat Pistol League7315 Cassam RoadBahama, NC 27503(919) 620-0114www.ncpolicepistolleague.com info@ncpolicepistolleague.com

Nor-Sou Hunting Club 421 Grist Mill Lane Durham, NC 27712

FORSYTH COUNTYYadkin Valley Sportsman Club PO Box 186King, NC 27021

GRANVILLE COUNTYNorth State Shooting Club Butner, NCwww.northstateshootingclub.com

HARNETT' COUNTYRange One Public Shooting & Gun Shop1333 Loop Road Bunnlevel, NC 28323(910) 893-9887 http://range-1.com

IREDALE COUNTYCompetitive Shooters of StatesvillePaul V. HendrixJamestown, NC 27282-0070 Home: (336) 819-8070Email: pvhendrix@yahoo.com

JOHNSTON COUNTYEastern North Carolina Pistol Club3966 Highway 70 West Princeton, NC 27569(919) 920-5933

Shooters Club, LLC PO Box 6183966 Hwy 70 West Princeton, NC 27569

JONES COUNTYTwin City Rifle Club, Inc. PO box 158Pleasant Hill, NC 27866-0158

LEE COUNTYSan-Lee Gun Club, Inc. PO Box 2544 Riddle Road Sanford, NC 27330

Deep River Sporting Clays284 Cletus Rd,Sanford, NC 27330Bill Kempffer919-774-7080

Gun Clubs & Associations of North Carolina

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MECKLENBURG COUNTYMecklenburg Wildlife Club2301 Wildlife Road Charlotte, NC 28214 (704) 399-3733 Mailing Add: PO Box 668404 Charlotte, NC 28266

Richmont Hunt Club 426 Chillingnworth Lane Charlotte, NC 28211

MOORE COUNTYFayetteville, RSA Inc. Jon MerricksVass, NC 28394Home: (910) 245-4769 Work: (336) 613-3035Fax: (910) 944-7575Email: jmuspsa@yahoo.com www.ncsection.org/FPSAlfpsa.htm

L&S Pistol Region Club P0. Box 1344Pinehurst, NC 28370(910)-295-4834

Moore County Wildlife & Conservation Club, Inc. 1820 Camp Easter Road Carthage, NC 28337 vvww.mcwcc.org

Range 14 MarksmanshipCommitteeJon D. SmithWhispering Pines, NC 28327Home: (910) 949-2535Work: (910) 308-0302Email: range-14@hotmail.com

NEW HANOVER COUNTYBuccaneer Gun Club P.O Box 681Wilmington, NC 20402 www.buccaneergunclub.org

Shooter's Choice 6789 Gordon Road Wilmington, NC 28411 (910) 350-0GUN (0486) www.shooterschoiceplus.com

ONSLOW COUNTYFlatwoods Gun Shop, Inc. 357 Riggs RoadHubert, NC 28539Phone: 910-353-7593

PENDER COUNTYStone Bay Firing Range Camp Lejeune, NCCoastal Carolina Rifle Club 4th StreetSurf City, NC 28445

PERSON COUNTYHyco Shooting Club(336) 364-9700www.hycoshootingclub.com.

PITT COUNTYDown East Garand Shooters Greenville, NCClint Randles(252) 931-5575 (day)(252) 774-9338 (evenings) downeastgs@embarqmail.com

Paradise Hunting Preserve 3993 Bill Adams Road Grimesland, NC 27837 (252) 746-2748 www.paradisehuntingpreseive.com

Pitt County Wildlife ClubP.O. Box 101Greenville, NC 27835(252) 321-4378www.pittcountywildlifeclub.org

POLK COUNTYPolk County Gun Club PO Box 224Tryon, NC Physical address:1243 Little Mountain Road Columbus, NCwww.polkcountygunclub.org

RANDOLPH COUNTYRiverside Gun Club PO Box 2817Asheboro, NC 27204(336) 889-2772http://riversidegunclub.org

ROCKINGHAM COUNTYRockingham County Gun Club 2111 Scott RoadBrown's Summit, NC 27214 (336) 621-2513 after 6:00 p.m. www.rockinghamoountygunclub.com/

ROWAN COUNTYMarcel William's RangeEast Rowan High School175 Saint Luke's Church RoadSalisbury, NC 28146(704) 279-1408

Rowan County WildlifeAssociationP.O. Box 612650 Majolica RoadSalisbury, NC 28145Contact Mr. Fred Bowers(704) 202-3487Email:buckshotbowers@earthlink.netwww.rcwanc.com

RUTHERFORD COUNTYAsheville Practical Shooting Assoc.Tyrone PhillipsLake Lure, NC 28746Home: (828) 691-0801Work: (828) 691-0694Email: ladygunlover@yahoo.connhttp://apsagunclub.tripod.com/

Piedmont Gun ClubP.O. Box 1354Rutherfordton, NC 28160(828) 287-4736www/piedmontgunclub.org

Walnut Grove Gun Club Carmel LaneBostic, NC 28018(828) 248-1405Email: ross01@rfic.net

SAMPSON COUNTYCoharie Shooting League 201 West Arrowhead Drive Clinton, NC 28328(910) 592-5279

STANLY COUNTYBear Creek Gun Club Albermarie, NC

Efird's Rifle Range20766c Saint Martin Road Albermarle, NC 28001(704) 982-3196

Tuckertown BR Range Richfield, NC(704) 933-2885

UNION COUNTYCharlotte Rifle & Pistol Club (CPRC)12833 E. Independence BoulevardStallings, NC 28105 www.cr-pc.org

WAKE COUNTYPersonal Defense &Handgun Safety Center, Inc.301 Tryon Road Raleigh, NC 27603 (919) 779-6880 www.pdhsc.com

Sir Walter Gun ClubContact Martin LittleRaleigh, NC 27613Home: (919) 846-6740Work: (919) 323-5060Email: uspsa@sirwaltergunclub.comRange is in Creedmore, NCwww.sirwaltergunclub.com

Shooting Sports, Inc. PO Box 58753Raleigh, NC 27658

Wake County Firearms Traning and Education Center3921 Old Holly Spring-Apex Rd. Apex, NC 27539-9147 www.wakegov.com/firingrange/ default.htm

WATAUGA COUNTYWatauga Gun ClubP.O. Box 2316 Boone, NC 28607(828) 264-6539

WAYNE COUNTYUS Practical Shootes Assoieation, North Carolina SectionRichard MoserGoldsboro, NC 27534 Home: (919) 735-9117 Email: rmoser38@bellsouth.net www.ncsection.org

WILKES COUNTYBlue Ridge Rifle & Pistol Association PO Box 269 Millers Creek, NC 28651 Wade Parsons (336) 973-3744

YADKIN COUNTYCarolina West Shooting Club P.O. Box 398Nebo, NC 28761(828) 659-9741 a6navy@hughes.net www.carolinawestshooting.org

Gun Clubs & Associations of North Carolina

The NCRPA Jr. Rifle Team

Would like to thank our generous supporters

East and West

DPRCDurham Pistol & Rifle Club

N S S C

N O R T H S T A T E S H O O T I N G C L U B

NCRPA Membership

Without your continued support, we would not be able to

continue our mission to teach,

encourage and support the young shooters of N.C.

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PRESIDENT 2012David McFarling2206 East Old Oxford Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514(919) 929-9585dhmcfarling@mindspring.com

VP 2012Armand Muller 142 Holly Ln. #70 Point Harbor, NC 27964 (252) 491-8678 Muller@centurylink.net

SECRETARY 2012 Fran FullerP.O. Box 3044 Pembroke, NC 28372 (910) 733-5317 fran.fuller@uncp.edu

TREASURER 2012 Eli Colotta (v)10417 Crestwood Drive Charlotte, NC 28277-0570 (704)-847-8847 EliColotta@aol.com

PUBLIC RELATIONS Vacant

DIRECTOR 2012Sam Ballard (v)1297 Bumside Rd.Manteo, NC 27954(252) 473-1395Sam_sailor@yahoo.com

DIRECTOR 2012Dave Meador (v)2720 Big Daddy’s Rd.Pikeville, NC 27863(919) 735-2316lizmeador@earthlink.net

DIRECTOR 2012Dennis AllenPO Box 4116Pinehurst, NC 28374d@ncrpa.org

DIRECTOR 2013Fred Edgecomb106 Bluefish LaneKure Beach, NC 28449(910) 385-7733fredgecomb@gmail.com

DIRECTOR 2013Jim BaughPO Box 189Blounts Creek, NC 27814(252) 347-5034

DIRECTOR 2013H.J. “Walt” Walter (v)P.O. Box 39Flat Rock, NC 28731(828) 693-9904hwalter2@earthlink.net

DIRECTOR 2014Bob Hughes, Jr.1202 Watuga St.Raleigh, NC 27604(919) 833-2238rlhj43@attnet

DIRECTOR 2014David PrestP.O. Box 3155Pinehurst, NC 28374(910) 295-2480dprest@pinehurst.net

DIRECTOR 2014Sam Summey103 Gordon DriveFlat Rock, NC 28731(828) 692-5380spsummey@bellsouth.net

PAST PRESIDENT Fran FullerP.O. Box 3044Pembroke, NC 28372(910) 733-5317 fran.fuller@uncp.edu

SMALLBORE RIFLESam Ballard (v) 1297 Bumside Rd. Manteo, NC 27954 (252) 473-1395 Sam_sailor@yahoo.com

CONVENTIONAL PISTOL Clark Hardesty (336) 253-7302 clark2245@triad.mcom

GUN SHOW COORDINATOR David E. Fitzmorris (v)P.O. Box 10173 Goldsboro, NC 27532(919) 736-2853 dfitznra@aol.com

HIGH POWER RIFLE David McFarling2206 Old Oxford Rd.,E. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 929-9585 dhmcfarling@mindspring.com

HUNTER-SAFETY Ric Swaim212 Four Sons Farm Rd. Dobson, NC 27017 (336) 374-4822 rkswatm@mynra.com

LAW ENFORCEMENT LIAISON Tommy McVicker 183 Howell Rd. St Pauls, NC 28384 (910) 739-4845 tmcvnra@yahoo.com

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN David PrestP.O. Box 3155Pinehurst, NC 28374(910) 295-2480 dprest@pinehurst.net

NRA TRAINING COUNSELORInstructor LiaisonEric Shuford207 Travilah Oaks LaneCary, NC 27518-2245(919) 363-0658eshuford@earthlink.net

RANGE DEVELOPMENT Dave Meador2720 Big Daddy’s Rd. Pikeville, NC 27863(919) 735-2316 lizmeador@earthlink.net

SILHOUETTE RIFLE / PISTOL Bob Winters102 Yeovil WayCary, NC 27513-4160(919) 801-9826 powding@att.net

TOURNAMENTSJim BaughPO Box 189Blounts Creek, NC 27814(252) 347-5034surveypunk@embarqmail.com

YOUTH PROGRAMS David PrestP.O. Box 3155Pinehurst, NC 28374(910) 295-2480 dprest@pinehurst.net

NCRPA Directory

NRA ContactsNRA REP - EASTERN NCLloyd EdwardsP.O. Box 608Norlina, NC 27563(252) 456-2097(252) 456-2154 fax(252) 722-3168 cellledwards@nrahq.org

NRA REP - WESTERN NCRobert “Doug” MerrillP.O. Box 441Fairview, NC 28730(828) 628-0410

NRA—ILA LIAISON Anthony Roulette 11230 Waples Mill Dr. Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 267-1215 aroulette@ghtrahq.org

NRA BOARD MEMBER Edie Fleeman5000 Mandel Road Durham, NC 27712 (919) 389-9710 edie.nra@gmail.com

NRA BOARD MEMBER H.J. “Walt” Walter (v) P.O. Box 39Flat Rock, NC 28731(828) 693-9904 hwalter2@earthlink.net

NRA Board Member Bob Sanders109 Candlewyck Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27104 (336) 659-2999 gunlaw@triad.r.com

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If your club would like it’s shooting schedule, Match Results or other club information published in the NCRPA Newsletter, please send it to newslettereditor@ncrpa.org

NCRPA Team Practice and Match Schedule

2013 Sat/Sun Feb 9&10 XTC Practice NSSC Sat/Sun Mar 16&17 XTC Weather Match NSSC Sun Mar 24 XTC Practice NCRPA Sun Apr 7 XTC Practice NCRPA Sat/Sun June 7&8 State Service Rifle Champ NCRPA Sun June 23 XTC Practice NCRPA Sat/Sun June 29&30 XTC Regional NSSC Sun July 14 XTC Practice NCRPA Sat/Sun Sept 7&8 State XTC Championship Match Sat/Sun Oct 5&6 Teachey Match 300,500,600Yd Prone Mid Range State Championships

ANY QUESTIONS CALL David McFariling, 919 730 5918

North South Skirmish Association matches

held at Allison Woods Range

in Statesville, NC.For more info: www.n-ssa.org

March 15-17, 2013April 5-7, 2013

April 26-28, 2013June 6-8, 2013

Aug. 30-Sep 1, 2013Nov. 8-10, 2013

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North Carolina Rifle & Pistol AssociationP.O. Box 4116, Pinehurst, NC 28374

Check Desired Membership INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPq Annual -1 year $ 25.00q Annual - 5 Year $ 100.00q Junior -1 year $ 15.00q Life Membership $ 250.00q Term Life Membership $ 275.00 $55 payment then 5 quarterly payments

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mail to: David Prest, Membership Secretary P.O. Box 4116 Pinehurst, NC 28374

CLUB MEMBERSHIP ( - FOR GUN CLUBS -)q 1 Year Adult Club Membership $ 40.00q 3 Year Adult Club Membership $ 100.00q 1 Year Junior Club Membership $ 20.00q 3 Year Junior Club Membership $ 50.00

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