The GOAL Podcast - Official Podcast of Gun Owners' Action League

Lexington voices.

In episode 8 and 9 we will hear from Lexington residents whose rights came under attack via an article filed on the town meeting warrant, which needed to be voted down.

Two of the leaders of the efforts to stop the attacks are Mike Barg and Alan Seferian, we will hear their take on what transpired in Lexington and how LexForLiberty came to be. We will also hear how they were successful in protecting liberty for Lexington residents.

Senate Budget Alert

GOAL is asking our members to contact their Massachusetts state senator and ask that they OPPOSE senate budget amendment #888.

The amendment would establish mandates to wildlife management programs within the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) as well as establish a "working group" for those programs. GOAL is well aware that the establishment of a rattlesnake population on a Quabbin island has become very controversial with local residents. All levels of management for fisheries and wildlife have apologized for the mishandling of the project and have placed the project on hold while they hear and address the concerns of local residents and legislators. GOAL has not taken a stance for or against the establishment of a new snake colony. Our concern comes with keeping politics out of the professional management of our wildlife resources and protecting millions of dollars of firearm owner's money!

Millions of dollars every year that are collected through excise taxes from the sale of firearms and ammunition partially fund the DFW. It is because of this that GOAL carefully watches how your money is being spent. If we were to allow political mandates like amendment #888 to pass, it would not be a far reach to see future mandates on everything the DFW is involved in.

Can you imagine extremist groups lobbying to remove funding for managing deer, turkey, or pheasant hunting? How about mandating working groups to study hunting or fishing in general? Every program that you cherish and pay for would be at jeopardy if we allow mandates like this to move forward!

Regardless of where you stand on the snake project, please stand with GOAL and prevent the future politicization of professional wildlife management.

Please call your Massachusetts state senator today and ask them to oppose senate budget amendment #888 and protect professional wildlife management.

Learn about the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program: http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/AboutUs/ItemsTaxedJan2011.pdf

Amendment #888 - Timber Rattlesnakes

Mr. Lesser moved that the proposed new text be amended, in Section 2, in item 2310-0200, by adding at the end thereof, the following:- "provided further, that no state funding, resources, or personnel shall in any way be used to establish or re-establish a population of venomous Timber Rattlesnakes in a location they presently do not exist; and provided further that the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife shall establish a working group to recommend the best ways to protect the Timber Rattlesnake population in locations where they presently exist."

The Primer, Episode 6 with Brent Carlton, President of Commonwealth Second Amendment, a non-profit Second Amendment litigation and education group, which specializes in Massachusetts law.

Commonwealth Second Amendment (Comm2A) has been doing great work in MA for 5 years now, so we thought it would be great to sit down and talk about their work, accomplishments and how our groups benefit each other.

We hope you enjoy!

The Primer, official podcast of Gun Owners' Action League.

Episode 5, Let's Talk Lexington!

On this episode we discuss how town meetings are being used as a subversive means of suppressing our Second Amendment rights. We discuss what just happened in Lexington, the future for Longmeadow and more.

The Primer! Official podcast of Gun Owners' Action League, episode 4 features our friend Mike Williams from the American Suppressor Association. On this episode we discuss GOAL's legislation at the MA State House, a national and local overview of the laws pertaining to suppressors, the history, the myths and more!

Click here for more information about American Suppressor Association.

For some time now GOAL has been meeting with the "distressed persons" task force, formed as part of Chapter 284, this task force is working on finding best solutions regarding gun ownership, mental health issues, and suicide prevention. We have not liked much of the info that has been presented and are working very hard to prevent some of the misguided ideas from becoming legislature to be voted on at the State House.

Episode two.

For this episode we are glad to have our Director of Education, Jon Green join us. We discuss many things regarding MA firearms law including how to get an LTC/FID card, training opportunities at GOAL, the convoluted lists and rosters regarding which firearms you can purchase and more!

The Primer, a Second Amendment podcast from Gun Owners' Action League of Massachusetts.

On this episode we will kick things off with an update on legislation currently at the State House, the proposed Lexington gun ban, Lowell's continued attack on 2A rights and more.