Vermont Federation of Sportsman's Clubs

Lawsuit Info

     Appeal on 72-Hour Waiting Period in 2nd Circuit!

Current Bills In Play

     All the bills we are watching

     Firearm Bills of Major Concern

• • H.606- Omnibus Gun Bill with 5 sections

    • We STRONGLY OPPOSE this bill

  • S.131 - Burlington's No Guns In Bars bill

    • Bill passed the Senate, is now in House Govt. Ops
    • Our Senate testimony against is here
    • We gave initial testimony 4/3 @ 2:30 PM
    • We STRONGLY OPPOSE this bill 

     Fish & Wildlife Bills of Major Concern

• • H.132- An act relating to the taking of furbearers

    • VTFSC Testimony on H.132
    • We STRONGLY OPPOSE this bill

  • H.608 - An act relating to allow purple paint as notice against hunting and fishing

    • We STRONGLY OPPOSE this bill

  • S.224 - An act relating to the management of the State’s lakes

    • We STRONGLY OPPOSE this bill

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Vermont Trappers Association

• Must See Videos

VT Secretary of State Report

• Assessment of Statewide Firearm Ban for State and Municipal Buildings
• Our Response

Stay Informed

• Heller Decision
  • Syllabus & Full Decision
• McDonald Decision
  • Syllabus & Full Decision
• Bruen Decision
  • Syllabus & Full Decision
  • We believe that under Bruen:
    • Mag Bans will be found unconstitutional,
    • Age 21 Restrictions will be found unconstitutional,
    • Modern Sporting Rifle Bans will be found unconstitutional
    • ERPO/Red Flag laws and DV laws that take guns w/o Due Process are unconstitutional
• Court Cases Supporting the 2nd Amendment
• 2023 Supplement to Firearm Laws and the 2nd Amendment
• 2nd Circuit - AWBs & High Cap Mags in "Common Use"
• CDC Study on Defensive Uses of Firearms
• Local Control / Home Rule vs Dillon's Rule
• Mag Ban Decision made by VT Supreme Court
• Mag Ban Unconstitutional
  Sept 2023, Benitez - District Court of Southern CA
• Assault Weapons Ban Unconstitutional
  Oct 2023, Benitez - District Court of Southern CA
• A WIN for Concealed Carry Across State Lines
   

General News

• Background on Sarah George
• VTFSC on WDEV Vermont ViewPoint
• Op Ed - Legislators Make Laws Chittenden County Ignores
• GNAT-TV - Perspectives on Gun Control
  • VTFSC vs GSVT

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Early Rapid Firing Firearms

• Puckle Gun of 1718
  • Video of Puckle gun; 9 rounds per minute
• Girandoni Repeating Air Rifle of 1830
  • Video of the Girandoni Rifle
  • 2nd Video
  • 3rd Video

Videos of Note

• Excellent Video on the 2nd Amendment
• What Makes Vermont So Safe?
  • PDF Version of the above
• The Monetary Attack on Sporting Rights in VT
  • PDF Version of the above
• 2021 - Federation Statement on Waiting Periods

The Following Video was produced by Real Vermont News / Orca Media

• Video #1 - Waiting Periods and Safe Storage

These Videos were produced By Good Morning Vermont / Skylar Bailey

• Video #1 - Lobbying in VT
• Video #2 - Suicide in VT 

Rest in Peace Evan Hughes

Tireless defender of our Rights, our Freedoms and our Liberty

Evan Hughes Homage

The VTFSC is Vermont's NRA State Association

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