WSSA MEETING MINUTES
President
The minutes from the
OLD BUSINESS
1] Ed
Cassidy continues to be a great asset to WSSA and quickly posts updates to the
web site. 2] M Spungin reviewed the Richard
Kern empty holster case. Legislative office advised that WSSA should
discontinue involvement but members should/could as the case is appealed.
NEW BUSINESS
1] The Casper decision to go
against the WY preemption law was discussed.
Wyoming Gun Owners is pushing a test case. Stay tuned. 2]
May 5th will be the annual meeting date. Sec/Trea
to make location known in next newsletter and will post on the web site. 3]
Sec/Trea asked for ideas to lower the costs of
printing and mailing the newsletter by going to electronic media. Discussion led to placing an item in the next
newsletter telling that the newsletter will be on the web site and if member
wishes a hard copy they notify the Sec/Trea. Jan 2012 printing and mailing was
$728.76. 4] Roy Bane’s competition letter included in
the Jan ’12 newsletter was discussed.
John Lancaster thanked Bane for realizing there were problems but warned
against the further dividing, rather than ‘hang together, or hang
separate’. Yes there are problems but
can not all be placed onto the leaders and coaches working with 4-H and junior
training. Dudley Irvine showed the
numbers that fired the Jan Jr Olympic event; 5 smallbore
and 32 air rifle.
Very difficult to keep youth involved as they reach junior hischool where school sports are on site and most have no
place to shoot with out traveling or
parents hauling and waiting. The
unanswered question is ‘How do we get the shooting sports back into the
school?’ 5] Doug Meachum,
Hunting/Conservation- Phillip Morgan said many factors
are affecting the future of hunting in WY:
disease, predators, license and
travel costs, access to lands, increase in leased lands, declining dedication
to the hunt, ageing population with low recruitment.
Legislative by
Junior programs by Dudley Irvine The Jr Olympic matches for air rifle and 3
position smallbore were held Jan 14-15 at Laramie CO
Fairgrounds. Thirty-two
competitors.
Club reports—
Lander
Valley Sportsmen continues with a
full calendar of events in air rifle & pistol, 3P & 4P smallbore, indoor and outdoor rifle silhouette, offhand
events, High power, cowboy action, & tactical shooting. Membership
at 258.
Thermopolis
Gun Club installing new clay throwers
and expected to continue with the youth, trap and sporting clays programs.
Fort Fetterman Sportsmen by
Brian Nugent About
200 members, $40 annual membership. Road
has been improved to reach distant target frames; vandalism still a problem; no
competitions planned.
Laramie
Rifle Range, Inc by Phil Morgan. The Nat Guard
completed the road and berm work making winter access
possible. The will host the long range
and hi-power 2012 Championships; 470 members.
Adjourned at