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Past Events:
ANJRPC Activities and
Outreach
As part of its mission
to encourage the
interest firearms activities, each year the Association participates in
firearms-related conferences, hosts events, and works with its member
clubs to host events, designed to
introduce the public to the safe and responsible enjoyment of the
shooting sports.
2007 YouthFest / Scout Day at Cherry
Ridge
The Association's annual introduction to the shooting sports for
youngsters and members of the Boy/Girl Scouts
2005 NRA Family
Shooting Sports Camp at Cherry Ridge
A day for families to learn about responsible firearms ownership and
enjoy the shooting sports
2005 10th Cavalry Open House
Sixth annual celebration of safe shooting and the Second Amendment
2005 NRA Day at Salem
County
Third annual day of safe shooting for families
2005 Youth Day at Central Jersey
Central Jersey Rifle & Pistol Club introduces young people to safe
shooting
2005 YouthFest at Cherry
Ridge
The Association's annual introduction to the shooting sports for
youngsters 10 to 18
2004 Annual Meeting
Highlights
Committee reports, election of officers and a keynote address by gun
rights attorney Evan Nappen
2004 Cal Ellis
Memorial Junior Scholarship Awards
At the its annual meeting
ANJRPC presented
two $1500 and one $500 scholarships.
10th Cavalry Open House
Celebrating the fifth year of an event promoting safe shooting and the
10th birthday of the 10th Cavalry Gun Club
NRA Day at Cherry
Ridge
A day for families to learn about responsible firearms ownership and
enjoy the shooting sports
YouthFest 2004
An introduction to safe shooting for youngsters 10 to 18
Junior ROTC Day
Members of high school Junior ROTC programs learn safe handling of
service rifles
Scout Day at Cherry Ridge
Scout troops from across New Jersey enjoy a day of safe shooting
Cal Ellis Memorial Scholarship
Awards
At itsannual meeting, ANJRPC presented
two $1500 scholarships.
2003 Annual Meeting Highlights
Committee reports, election of officers and a keynote address by John R.
Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime and The Bias Against
Guns
ANJRPC Named NRA’s
Outstanding State Association of the Year
The
Association was selected from 10,000 NRA-affiliated gun clubs and state
associations.
According to a NRA September 13, 2003 press statement, this prestigious
award recognized ANRJPC's "excellence in accomplishing the
objectives of NRA at the state level,”
NRA Day at Salem County Sportsmen’s
Club August 9, 2003
A relaxed, family-friendly day introduces new shooters to the sport
NRA Exhibit at Tuckerton August
9, 2003
Complementing NRA Day, an educational exhibit
Women’s Day at
the Range: A Perfect 10, July 19, 2003
At last! Beautiful weather, 250 enthusiastic women and a world-class
troupe of volunteers made for a spectacular day.
Minorities’
Day at the Range June 21, 2003
The fourth annual event hosted by ANJRPC and the Tenth Cavalry Gun Club
Inc. drew many new shooters and featured a luncheon address by
nationally syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams.
YouthFest 2003
May 24, 2003
The Association’s fifth annual day for youngsters and their parents
enjoyed a great turnout in spite of cold rainy weather and a threatened
demonstration from anti-free-speech Montclair residents stemming from
the settlement of the lawsuit
brought by ANJRPC.
Marine Junior ROTC Cadets Train at the
Range May 17, 2003
Forty-five cadets from Abraham Clark High School in Roselle trained in
the safe and proper handling of the AR-15. Their cadet drill team had
just won the 2003 National ROTC Drill Team Championship.
Scouts Come Prepared for a Great Day
April 5, 2003
More than 175 Boy Scouts and 85 leaders and parents form 15 troops
across New Jersey enjoyed a day of firearms saftey training and fun at
the Cherry Ridge Range.
Tenafly Club Hosts Firearms
Safety Training Session March 15, 2003
The Tenafly Rifle & Pistol
Club, an ANJRPC member club, hosted a live firearms safety training
class, led by Carl Albanese, president and found or the Safety
Association for Firearms Education and Training.
NRA Directors Visit Women's Day at the Range
2002
The unparalleled
success of ANJRPC’s range outreach events - Women’s Day, Youth Day,
and Minorities’ Day - has attracted national attention and these
events could become the model for a coordinated nationwide event
presently being studied by NRA.
YouthFest 2002
Three hundred kids, along with
parents and youth group leaders enjoyed a day of rootin’ tootin’ FUN
at the Cherry Ridge Range.
Women’s Day 2002
Hundreds of women jammed Cherry Ridge Range to
join us for our “Fourth Annual Women’s Day at the Range” and
afterward described it as “awesome, exciting, fun,” and “Better
than they expected.” They also described it as “safe, comfortable
and non-intimidating.”
Minorities’ Day 2002
The third annual Minorities’ Day at the Range and
Juneteenth Celebration hosted by ANJRPC and
its affiliate club, the Tenth Cavalry Gun Club, Inc. gave a warm welcome, introducing many potential new shooters to the
sport.
Annual Meeting 2002
The Association’s annual meeting
was held October 20, 2002 at The Willows in Dunellen, New Jersey. With the
start of 2002-2003 fiscal year, Robert E. Esch will serve as
ANJRPC President, succeeding Cal Ellis, who passed away in April 2002 at
the NRA convention.
Scholarship Awards
2002
At its annual meeting two Junior
Scholarship Awards of $1,500 each were presented to Kara Strawn, daughter of Margaret and Dean Strawn of
Long Valley and John G. Bilby, Son of Pat and Joseph Bilby of Wall
Township.
SAFE Conference
2002
ANJRPC Board members attended the
Sportsmen’s Association for Firearms Education (SAFE) Right to Carry
Conference on Long Island, along with over 1,000 firearms owners and sportsmen and women.
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