April 17, 2000

ATTENTION
	Our next show is May 6th and 7th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Exposition Gardens, Peoria, IL.  Call Bill Fritz if you want a table, or to cancel for this show.  Bill's phone number is (309) 274-2977.  Bill has a recording machine, which will accept your call if he is unavailable.

ALL STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS MUST BE OBSERVED!
	As usual, we will have police protection during show hours, but you are responsible for your merchandise.

 NOTES NEWS & VIEWS
Thanks to Mr. Miller for painting the signs at the range.  Also, we wanted to remind everyone that alcohol is prohibited on the range property.  Greg Crank will be working on the range on Mondays during the spring.  Any volunteer help would be appreciated.  While on the range, please have your range pass displayed.
There has been a change to the membership policy.  We will require that members who skip a year's membership will have to pay for the previous year when renewing their membership.
If you would like your newsletter emailed to you, please send an email to mgca@peoriagunshow.com.
The officer positions on the Board of Directors were appointed during the last board meeting.  The positions are:
President - Carl Dodd			Secretary - Mike Fritz		Board member - Ed King
Vice President - Bill Fritz		Treasurer - Jim Adams		Board member - Greg Crank
Here's another FAQ from the FOID pamphlet that the State Police provided.
Q: Can a person give, trade or sell his/her firearms to a friend, relative or neighbor?
A: Yes, providing both parties, if residents of Illinois, have valid FOID cards and that the person making the transfer keeps a record for ten years.  Such record must list: (1) date; (2) name and address of person to whom transferred; (3) description and serial number of firearm; and (4) the FOID card number of the person receiving the firearm.  In any sale or transfer of a firearm the proper waiting period must be observed (long gun-24 hour waiting period; cancelable weapon-72 hour waiting period).
				
Membership
     Contact Ed King at this show, or by mail for your "2000" Membership and or range pass.  The membership fee is $8.00 and a range pass is an additional $12.00.  Please make the check payable to the Midwest Gun Collectors Association.  Mail application and checks to Ed King, P.O. Box 1242 
Bloomington, IL 61701.
      		
Quote of the Quarter
     Walter Olson wrote an article about the lawsuits used to bully Smith & Wesson.  He wrote, "Using deliberate infliction of litigation costs to obtain leverage over an opponent was once considered a breach of legal ethics, but times have changed.  Litigators boasted that their attacks would bleed the thinly capitalized gun industry into submission.  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo warned gun makers that unless they cooperated they'd suffer "death by a thousand cuts."  Several makers have in fact gone bankrupt since the courtroom siege began."

Future Show Dates			
August 5th and 6th.                                                      Mike Fritz.