Prove it on June 2nd at the First Annual Big Lake Shootout!

Compete against Jeff Kent of 99.7 The Fox.

Live Radio Remote from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. on June 2nd, but the fun and events go on all weekend!

The first 100 people on June 2nd get tickets to the Get The Led Out Concert at the Fillmore on June 15th!

Just $10 to shoot includes 10 rounds of ammo!

See the latest firearms and win prizes for the best shooting!

Step Up And Take Aim for a Great Cause!

A Portion of the proceeds from The Big Lake Shootout
will benefit Big Day at the Lake and Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Greater Charlotte.

The North Carolina General Assembly will convene its “short session” on Wednesday, May 16.  The NRA and law-abiding gun owners made tremendous advancements last year with the enactment of House Bill 650, the omnibus firearm bill.  However, there is still work to be done.  While new legislation cannot be introduced this year, NRA-backed House Bill 111 made last year’s crossover deadline and is therefore still viable for consideration this session. 

House Bill 111 would allow law-abiding Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP) holders to carry their personal protection firearms into restaurants that are licensed to serve alcohol for consumption on premises.  CHP holders would still be prohibited from consuming alcohol while carrying a firearm and restaurant owners would still be permitted to post their property to prohibit the lawful carrying of firearms by permittees.  North Carolina is one of only six states that absolutely prohibits the lawful carrying of firearms in any restaurant licensed to serve alcohol, and it is time for the Tarheel State to join the vast majority of the country in abolishing this anti-gun, extremist law that falls well outside of mainstream America.  The right to self-defense should not be suspended simply because alcohol is served in a restaurant, and law-abiding permittees across the country have proven themselves to be safe and responsible when permitted to carry in such restaurants in the majority of other states.  The NRA will work to amend this legislation to make other meaningful improvements to firearm laws.

HB 111 currently awaits a hearing in the Senate Judiciary II Committee.  Please contact members of that committee and urge them to support HB 111.  Also, encourage your Senator to work with the NRA in our effort to amend this legislation.

Contact information for Senate Judiciary II Committee Members can be found here.  Contact for your state Legislators can be found by clicking here.

Stop in the Range to see what we have planned for MAY!!

Read the full article on Page 6 of the digital edition here.

And call the Range at 704.895.3155 for information on reserving your time in our Simulator.

Read the article from the Lake Norman Citizen here.

“We’ve been struck by the number of customers who bring clients into The Range on a regular basis,” notes Managing Director Tricia Sisson. “It allows them to entertain customers in a unique way and to bond on a more informal level as they share an enjoyable experience.”

The Range has rapidly become a Charlotte and Lake Norman area travel and tourism destination, and has already garnered a reputation for executing flawless corporate events for entities such as Dell Inc., Lake Norman EDC, Visit Lake Norman, the Number 48 Lowe’s Racing Team, Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce, Cyan Partners and Planet Suzuki among others.

Yet it’s the The Range’s attractiveness as an entertainment facility, its highly trained staff dedicated to safety and customer service, and its relaxed environment that make it a place where executives are comfortable bringing clients. “If you want to leave a lasting impression, why settle for another boring lunch when you can give a client exhilarating memories instead?” Sisson asks.

Corporate and private events can be scheduled with The Range at Lake Norman by contacting The Range at 704-895-3155 or events@therangeatlakenorman.com.

Second Amendment Foundation

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(425) 454-7012  • FAX (425) 451-3959  • www.saf.org

SAF VICTORY STRIKES DOWN NORTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY POWERS GUN BAN

For Immediate Release:   3/29/2012

BELLEVUE, WA – A federal district court judge in North Carolina has just struck down that state’s emergency power to impose a ban on firearms and ammunition outside the home during a declared emergency, ruling that the provision violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

The case, Bateman v. Purdue, was brought by the Second Amendment Foundation, Grass Roots North Carolina FFE and three individual plaintiffs. Defendants in the case were Gov. Beverly Purdue and Reuben F. Young, secretary of the state’s Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, in their official capacities.

In his opinion, Judge Malcolm J. Howard, senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, wrote, “…the court finds that the statutes at issue here are subject to strict scrutiny…While the bans imposed pursuant to these statutes may be limited in duration, it cannot be overlooked that the statutes strip peaceable, law abiding citizens of the right to arm themselves in defense of hearth and home, striking at the very core of the Second Amendment.”

“When SAF attorney Alan Gura won the Heller case at the Supreme Court,” noted SAF Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, “the gun ban crowd said that we were a ‘one-trick-pony’ and that we would never knock out another gun law. Well, SAF has now knocked out gun laws in Maryland, Illinois and North Carolina.

“We filed this lawsuit on the day we won the McDonald case against Chicago,” he added, “extending the Second Amendment to all 50 states. This was part of our strategy of winning firearms freedoms one lawsuit at a time.”

Gottlieb pointed to language in Judge Howard’s ruling that solidifies the Second Amendment’s reach outside the home. The judge noted that the Supreme Court in Heller noted that the right to keep and bear arms “was valued not only for preserving the militia, but ‘more important(ly) for self-defense and hunting.”

“Therefore,” Judge Malcolm wrote, “the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms ‘is not strictly limited to the home environment but extends in some form to wherever those activities or needs occur.”

“Under the laws at issue here, citizens are prohibited from engaging, outside their home, in any activities secured by the Second Amendment,” Judge Malcolm wrote. They may not carry defensive weapons outside the home, hunt or engage in firearm related sporting activities. Additionally, although the statutes do not directly regulate the possession of firearms within the home, they effectively prohibit law abiding citizens from purchasing and transporting to their homes firearms and ammunition needed for self-defense. As such, these laws burden conduct protected by the Second Amendment.”

The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control. In addition to the landmark McDonald v. Chicago Supreme Court Case, SAF has previously funded successful firearms-related suits against the cities of Los Angeles; New Haven, CT; New Orleans; Chicago and San Francisco on behalf of American gun owners, a lawsuit against the cities suing gun makers and numerous amicus briefs holding the Second Amendment as an individual right.