IDPA - (International Defensive Pistol Association)

IDPA (International Defensive Pistol Association) is a competitive shooting sport where the use of practical equipment including full charge service ammunition to solve simulated real world self-defense scenarios using practical handguns and holsters that are suitable for self-defense use.

Any questions please Contact Neail Glausier, PMSC Match Director matchdirector@pmscidpa.com

https://www.idpa.com/

IPSC - (International Practical Shooting Confederation)

The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was established to promote, maintain, improve and advance the sport of practical shooting, to safeguard its principles and to regulate its conduct worldwide for the safe, recreational use of firearms by persons of good character.

IPSC recognizes all the shooting disciplines - Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, and Action Air.

IPSC shooters need to blend accuracy, power, and speed into a winning combination. Multiple targets, moving targets, targets that react when hit, penalty targets, or even partially covered targets, obstacles, movement, competitive strategies, and other techniques are all a part of IPSC to keep shooters challenged and spectators engaged.

IPSC Motto

The Latin words Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (DVC) meaning accuracy, power, and speed are IPSC's motto and form the foundation for competition. IPSC also emphasizes procedures for safe gun handling and strict adherence to the rules governing the sport

IPSC Competition

In IPSC shooting, no course of fire is ever the same from one competition to the next. Diversity is encouraged to keep the sport from becoming too formalized or standardized and typically, competitors do not know in advance what to expect in any given match.

Handgun

IPSC targets have a 15-centimeter center representing the "A zone" or bullseye. Most shooting takes place at relatively close distances, with rare shots out to 50 meters. Hitting a 15-centimeter zone might seem easy to an experienced pistol shooter, but in IPSC only full power handguns are used (9mm or larger).

Mastering a full power handgun is considerably more difficult than shooting a light recoiling target pistol, especially when the competitor is trying to go as fast as possible. Time is a key factor. Target points are divided by the time taken to achieve them, adding to the challenge.

Handgun shooters may enter one of five different Divisions depending on the style of firearm used.

Shooting all the IPSC disciplines can be seen as the pinnacle of marksmanship and overall shooting skill.

Shotgun and Rifle

IPSC Shotgun and Rifle disciplines are similar to Handgun but differ in many details. Only minor differences are found in the competition rules.

Although the roots of IPSC are martial in origin, IPSC shooting matured from those beginnings, just as karate, fencing, and archery developed from their origins.

https://www.ipsc.org/

Firearm Owners Against Crime (FOAC) is a non-partisan, non-connected all-volunteer Political Action Committee organized to empower ‘all’ gun owners, outdoors enthusiasts and supporters of the 2nd Amendment to the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution and Article 1 Section 21 and 25 of the PA Constitution with the tools and information necessary to protect freedom from transgression.  FOAC was formed shortly after the City of Pittsburgh's illegal gun and ammunition ban of 1993.  This was an active year for gun legislation in Pennsylvania (Act 84 of 1994-HB 185 the preemption law, Casey's gun ban) and the United States (Brady Bill, Assault Weapons Ban...).  A number of those who fought the Pittsburgh gun ban realized that a more politically active role was necessary if we were to keep and protect our rights.  FOAC became a formal statewide Political Action Committee in early 1994.

We vigorously oppose legislators who want to restrict the legitimate use of firearms, including personal and property protection as guaranteed by the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We accomplish these goals by monitoring and reviewing legislative initiatives and voting records of elected officials. This information is shared with interested parties, such as County Sportsmen’s Leagues, the PA Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, the Unified Sportsmen of PA, the Eastern Firearms Coalition, the Concerned Gun Owners of PA, PA Gun Owners Association, PA State Camp Lessees Association and other interested organizations at both the state and county level.

The FOAC process is specific and thorough as well as determined by our bylaws and member directive.  FOAC is a member driven organization.  Our members are active and well informed on political issues at both a state and federal level.  Legislators and candidates are welcome to attend our meetings and state their case as well as to answer questions directed to them from our members.  A vote on endorsing major candidates is always taken of the members after debate and review of the analysis of the candidate’s completed questionnaire; and debate is and has been very dynamic.  Endorsement by FOAC entails the active involvement of our members’ time and resources, personal as well as organizational, as well as extending our reputation to that candidate as one who can be supported because his/her philosophy and/or record show a dedication to our rights and heritage.  Candidates for statewide office are evaluated every election cycle.  These evaluations are then placed on an FOAC voter guide and distributed throughout the region.

Unlike many organizations, we recommend that you never, ever vote for the "lesser of two evils." If we cannot make a good recommendation, then we simply do not make a recommendation for that race. When you see a particular office without a name (or unsuitable candidate) on our list, then either we felt none of the candidates were worth our recommendation or we were unable to obtain the information needed to make a recommendation.

Our philosophy is summarized as follows: In a free society, no citizen should ever have to justify the assertion of a fundamental right. Indeed, unless there is a compelling reason, government should never inhibit the exercise of privilege either. A very general premise is that the best government is the least government.

“When the government is not properly enforcing the laws to curtail violent crime that already exist, it is wrong to place additional restrictions on the law-abiding to accomplish the same purpose.”

https://foac-pac.org/

License to carry

Westmoreland County 

https://www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/352/Firearms-Permits

Allegheny County 

https://www.sheriffalleghenycounty.com/firearms.html

https://home.nra.org/

PAFOA DATES (Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association)

January 1, 2022

April 16, 2022

June 18, 2022

August 20, 2022

October 15, 2022

The Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association is a grass-roots non-profit organization created with the goal of preserving the individual right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by Article 1, Section 21 of Pennsylvania Constitution and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.

PAFOA PHILOSOPHY

The Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association firmly believes that the individual's right to keep and bear arms is the most basic human right of a self-reliant and free society.

Whether one's reason for owning a firearm is hunting, self-defense, recreation, competition, collection, or any other peaceful reason the Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association fully supports that choice.

https://www.pafoa.org/

For more than 100 years, the Game Commission has managed the Commonwealth's wildlife resources for all Pennsylvanians. With the help of more than 700 full-time employees and thousands of part-timers and volunteers, the agency provides a host of benefits to wildlife, state residents, and visitors.

In the late 1800s, however, wildlife was dwindling as a result of deforestation, pollution, and unregulated hunting and trapping. From this dark period emerged the Game Commission, created by the state Legislature to protect and conserve wildlife, which was then commonly referred to as "game." The wildlife diversity we enjoy today is largely due to the agency's progressive, scientifically-based wildlife management programs and support from countless Pennsylvanians and outdoors organizations.

Funded primarily by hunting and furtaker license sales; State Game Lands timber, mineral, and oil/gas revenues; and a federal excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition; the Commission is almost entirely supported by hunters and trappers, or assets that have been procured with license dollars. The Commission does not receive state General Fund appropriations. More than half its annual revenue comes from license sales, a relatively fixed income source. License fees cannot be increased without approval of the General Assembly, and fee increases have historically come only about every 10 years.

https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Second Amendment Info

Here is the link for the petition to have the wording changed on the White House's description of the Bill of Rights:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/recognize-government-does-not-give-citizens-right-bear-arms

 Skeet

Skeet practice is Saturday mornings at 10 AM (same as trap practice) Of course, members are still free to shoot skeet whenever they like after having the skeet orientation.  Saturday morning skeet is open to the public. 

Kenny Riddile    kfriddile@gmail.com