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1 Page 1. Next 2 Meetings: march 23 & 24, 2013 and May 18 & 19 Annual Display Show, Banquet weekend! Roberts Centre, Wilmington, Ohio The German Gun Collectors Association Page 16. Arlen Saunders Tom Devers President Washington said it best , A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.. - Thomas V. Devers, OGCA Member and President of The German Gun Collectors Association Page 2. OFFICERS A Message From the President PRESIDENT. At the Janu- This is just the latest. We must now and in Jim Tekavec ary 2013 the future be more assertive of our right to FIRST VICE PRESIDENT meeting, I bear arms. Robert Ray Preston happened to meet a We must conscientiously withdraw our finan- SECOND VICE PRESIDENT cial support from any corporation, individual, union mem- Charles D.

2 Rush media source or newspaper who continually ber who was SECRETARY applying for make a living off of us and use their incomes Cecil Parker member- and influence to bite the hands that feed ship. He them. STOP consuming products, going TREASURER to the movies or watching programs on TV. shared with Thomas L. Kyser networks that are anti-Second Amendment. me his vote in the 2012 Devote your energy and resources to our DIRECTORS supporters. OGCA's new President, Jim election for 2013-2014-2015 Tekavec with wife, Barbara. presidency. Ralf J. Eyster In the past, we have waited for the next as- He told me Frank Kern sault on our Second Amendment rights and that as a member of a union he had to Sherman M. Kirkland III reacted accordingly. We have survived each vote for Barack Obama. I was also advised 2012-2013-2014 by him that he did believe in the Second assault and we will survive this one. How- Frank Becker, Jr. Amendment. ever, as the saying goes, the best defense Thomas E.

3 Bowersox is a good offense. Joe Criniti I question what he and other individuals fail to understand about the sanctity of the poll- THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY. 2011-2012-2013 ing booth. It is a secret ballot and no one is MEN'S SOULS - THOMAS PAINE. Terrie L. Hill with you when you cast your ballot. There- For the past 2 years during his presidency, Fred L. Kolb fore, if you voted for Barack Obama, you Cecil Parker's efficiency and professional- Charles D. Metcalf did so because you either subscribe to his ism have resulted in a substantial increase policies or you do not have the intestinal for- in our membership and significant enhance- BUSINESS OFFICE titude to make your ment of our repu- OGCA, Box 670406 own decisions. tation as the most Sagamore Hills, OH Voice opposition respected gun col- 44067-0406 This is about us and lectors' association Laura Knotts, Business Mgr. not about you. If you to any new gun regulations in the nation and for PH: (330) 467-5733.

4 Fax: (330) 467-5793. voted for Obama, your vote has put our (202) 224-3121 this we owe him a debt of gratitude. Email: organization in peril. The Capitol switchboard will Web: You have the right to connect you to your legislator's offices. I welcome the op- voice your opinion Take 60 seconds to call NOW and let them portunity to follow march 23-24 Guest Pass Forms again. This time do in his footsteps and on page 11. MAIL them in to know we don't need any new gun regs. it more wisely. those of his prede- avoid the possibility of a line at This is URGENT! cessors. I know that the meeting. Make the right choice my leadership will Inside Page and then call the US prove to be as suc- United We Stand 3 Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and cessful during these difficult times as long Armed Teacher Project 3 ask to speak with your senators and your as I have your help and support. Please, ev- representative to voice your concerns and eryone, take a minute right now to call your Annual Display Show 4.

5 To urge them to vote against any and all an- elected officials in Washington. Banquet 5. ti-gun legislation. Your calls should include BFA Armed Teacher Program 6 one to Senator Sherrod Brown. Jim Tekavec OGCA Constitution Change 7. Gun Control in Great Britain 8 We have over the years awaited each as- In Memoriam 9 sault on our constitutional right to bear arms. President Gun Quiz 10. march Guest Passes 11 Members who regularly attend OGCA meetings who hold an FFL and are march Table Application 13 willing to do transfers please contact the business office at Director Applications 15 com or (330) 467-5733. Licensed members are needed in and out of Ohio GGCA 16. AFFILIATED WITH THE NRA AND CMP and particularly those from adjoining states. Page 3. United We Stand Happy New Year to all my fellow collec- I know that many of you are thinking well, mediate solution would be to put armed tors. As you are aware, unless of course I collect old cap-and-ball Colts or Lever guards in every school and to address you have been under a large rock, the action Winchesters.

6 So I ask you to think the way we treat the mentally ill. Second Amendment is under attack like about this, if the assault weapons ban never before. I was recently in DC for goes into effect the air rifle in the NRA This will be a fight in which we must band meetings with the NRA and let me tell National Firearms museum that was together and not fracture because that's you there was not a lot of smiles. used by Louis and Clark will be outlawed exactly what they want, to divide and because it holds twenty two rounds. conquer. You may not like black rifles, This will be a long and bloody battle to Rugers, Smith and Wessons, Taurus and keep what we so deeply care about. We old Colts - - but they want them all, one may lose a battle here or there but I be- This will be a at a time. lieve we will win the war. Our freedoms are under assault, and, not to sound fight in which we must This is not to be taken lightly. The NRA. dramatic, but the current administration band together and not is our best defense and without them we won't last long.

7 I would like to think wants to crush the NRA and the Second Amendment. fracture because that's that all of my fellow collectors are proud members of the NRA, but if not, for God's This is not about the thirty round mags exactly what they want, sakes JOIN, and now! that you hear about or the so called as- to divide and conquer.. sault weapons, it goes much deeper. I wish you all the best, The President, in his speech two hours after he was re-elected, said to the UN, If they outlaw thirty round magazines, Send me the Small Arms Treaty and I what will this solve and how would it be Joe W. Pittenger will sign it. This treaty would ban many controlled? Magazines have no serial President, Colt Collectors Association small arms worldwide. numbers and are cheap to make, not to Past President, OGCA. mention that there are millions out there. As NRA President, David Keene, said in So, now a mentally disturbed person JOIN or RENEW your NRA membership one of our meetings, "Did you enjoy the goes into a school with three ten round by visiting and click- mags - what have we accomplished?

8 I ing Join NRA . You'll receive a $10. last gun show you went to? It may have discount and it benefits the OGCA Civil been your last". believe, as does the NRA, that an im- Rights Defense Fund. Armed Teacher Project Gets $15,000 Boost by OGCA and OGCA CRDF. Americans are determined that mas- Therefore, at the January 4th meeting of Attacking firearms and ignoring children sacres such as happened in Connecti- The OGCA Board of Directors a unani- is not a solution to the crisis we face as cut never happen again. The question mous motion was passed to support The a nation. We invite comment from our is how . And, while Washington fails to Armed Teacher Project with a donation of many OGCA members who are educa- consider realistic solutions, there is much $10,000. Meanwhile, our affiliated OGCA tors and encourage everyone to read the positive progress toward protecting chil- Civil Rights Defense Fund approved a Q&A section on page 6.

9 Dren on the state level. separate donation of $5,000 for this posi- tive, and proactive program (page 15). Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine was one of the first leaders across the nation to Many say arming teachers simply can't be indicate he is open to local school boards done. But it is already being done. Ohio arming trained teachers, principals and law leaves it to each individual school staff as a means of responding quickly to board to set policy regarding allowing shooting incidents. certified employees to carry firearms in One week after the Newtown tragedy, schools. There are currently armed teach- Ohio's Buckeye Firearms Foundation ers in schools right now and more and announced the Armed Teacher Training more school boards are considering it. Program. The original intent was to simply offer free in-depth firearm training to 24 There is much hand-wringing on the con- teachers to show that teachers could be cept of arming teachers, but the realists an effective deterrent to mass murder in understand that if a school has no one on- schools.

10 After three weeks, they received site who can respond to an active killer, well over 1,000 requests for this training! people are going to die until someone can While the goal is still the same, the scope respond. As Wayne LaPierre said, Noth- ing can stop a bad guy with a gun except Educators from all over Ohio are of the program has changed significantly a good guy with a gun. applying for training. and so has its need for funding. Page 4. OGCA-Guns-PAC-NRA Wanted: Annual Display Show Participants - By Frank Becker The May Display Show is fast approach- a packet. Deadline for return of display ing and the packets are ready to mail. Are applications is April 1st to be guaranteed you ready to display? Lever Actions and a free banquet/bus ticket for each dis- As we are all painfully aware of the play show table that you purchase. All Their Variations is the theme, but you unpleasant and dangerous changes Display Show applications must be in don't have to fit into the theme to win one taking place in America in the past by April 10th regardless of the banquet of the many great prizes listed below.