Chemung County SCOPE

09/28/2026

Drawing at next Chemung County Scope meeting on October 28! Get yours soon.

09/08/2026

Chemung County SCOPE report September 2026

I wish to thank everyone that came to our August meeting to hear from our guest speaker, Assemblyman Chris Friend. Chris spoke at length concerning our rights in Albany, and enforcement of existing laws. Conversation ensued with the membership in attendance, a very good meeting. Thanks to Chris for coming.

And for our next chapter meeting on October 28, 2026 at Pine City Sportsmen’s Club 6:30pm our guest speaker is NYS Senator Thomas O’Mara. Tom actually requested to come and speak with us, we are glad to have him. Attached is the flyer for this event. Please distribute as much as possible.

In other news, I’ve initiated talks with Tioga County Sportsmen's Association, to see if we could collaborate as a joint chapter of SCOPE. While I haven’t heard back yet on their decision, I look forward to the possibility of adding another county into Scope representation.

The SCOPE annual Banquet is on September 26 at Palmyra VFW. Chemung County Scope is participating with donations to the fund-raising auctions, including a donation from Scott’s Guns in Horseheads. We look forward to hearing from the guest speakers, candidates in the upcoming elections. There is still time to get your reservation in to attend.

Don’t hesitate to visit the website scopeny2a.org, and the GOTV website myvotemattersny.com. These sites provide pertinent information to make an informed decision when you go to vote. And be sure to do so, every vote counts!

See you at our October meeting.

08/17/2026

Besides following NY SCOPE on Facebook and X, I found another poster on X that goes by Spirited Warrior. Search and follow. I've found very good posts about taking back New York, with emphasis on most issues especially on the Second Amendment!

08/13/2026

I almost forgot to post this! Please forward and attend our meeting!

07/23/2026

A special thank you to all who attended our June 24, 2026 Ladies Night meeting at Pine City. We had the largest attendance since we restarted this chapter in August 2025. And to our guest speaker representing the Armed Women of America. Though Bobbi Jo was unable to attend, Rebecca Allen provided great insight into the organization and the activities of the Steuben chapter of AWA.

In addition we had another guest speaker, Steve Leonard, who provided an update of SCOPE’s GOTV (Get out the Vote) initiative. Scope is proceeding with a strong statewide effort to increase voter turnout to hopefully avoid the continued persecution of normally law abiding gun owners in New York State.

For those who enjoy going to the Chemung County Fair, this year August 4 through August 8, be sure to visit the Chemung County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs at the Log Cabin where I’ll be manning the tables for the Federation and providing a large SCOPE presence. We’ll have information on what the Federation does within the county as well as informational materials for SCOPE and our GOTV efforts. Like last year we’ll have display maps of where various Federation members and projects are located, and the interactive map for you to indicate where you’ve seen various wildlife, such as Otters and Coyotes and Bears, oh my. Expect the exciting scavenger hunts for the young ones, who always enjoy searching the displays. And we’ll have various raffles available.

Be sure to plan on attending our next meeting of the Chemung County SCOPE chapter August 26, 2026 at 6:30pm, at Pine City Sportsmen’s Club 187 Mountain View Dr, Pine City, NY. While we are still working on getting guest speakers for that meeting, we plan to be informative and interactive. And we will take to heart the suggestions on limiting meeting length. We want to be informative without being boring.

One more thing. SCOPE holds their annual banquet in September of each year, and has numerous raffles and auctions to raise needed funds. Each year they request donations from chapters and local resources of items, events, offerings to put in for these auctions. We will be collecting any donations we can at our August 26 meeting to take to the banquet for fund raising. Anything you can think would be a donation item we can supply from our Chemung chapter would be greatly appreciated. Hope to see you in August.

07/12/2026

Be sure to check out Scope's new Get out the Vote initiative by visiting the website

MyVoteMattersNY.com, My Vote Matters NY

07/03/2026

Happy to announce I became a life member of SCOPE yesterday. No more annual fee and continuing support of our major gun rights organization in NYS.

06/03/2026

Be sure to set your calendar to attend our next Chemung County chapter meeting at Pine City Sportsmen’s Club on Wednesday June 24, 2026 at 6:30pm. Address is 187 Mountain View Dr., Pine City. Our guest speakers are Armed Women of America representatives Bobbie Jo Burdick and Rebecca Allen. See, print, and post the attached flyer as possible. All are welcome.

Attached also find our flyer for our Gun raffle, featuring a Henry Golden Boy R***e. This raffle will enable us to obtain funds needed for support of our chapter, 2A efforts, education and outreach, and support of local youth shooting teams. Tickets will be available to pickup so you can assist in obtaining donations, and for purchase from local Scope members. I’ll have them available at the gun club meetings I attend, as well as any events where I’ll have a presence.

Besides the Chemung chapter meetings we hold, I also attend the Steuben County Chapter meetings when I can. Extremely enlightening, and not very far away from our Chemung County base. Those are held the 1st and 3rd Mondays at 7pm of each month at the Bath rod and gun club, 7771 Telegraph Rd, Bath, NY. Actually just outside of Savona. I encourage those who can attend occasionally to do so, they are extremely informative. I also like to attend the Schuyler County Chapter meetings, usually held 4 times a year. Those are at the Moose lodge at 6pm of specified months, check the Scope website (www.scopeny2a.org) for which months. Normal meetings are held the 1st Thursday of the specified months, the next meetings this year are June 4 and October 1. Address is 2096 Co Rd 14, Montour Falls. Extremely close to our county residents. Schuyler’s monthly updates on the website are especially informative.

We are working on obtaining speakers for our August meeting, more details to follow. Until then, hope to see you June 24.

06/03/2026