With 2025 soon coming to a close, it is time to take care of some Territorial Governor business! While our goal is to always provide as much time as possible for you to discuss upcoming voting items with your club members, the 2 items up for vote this year were brought up later in the year. Rather than push these items another year, it was unanimously decided that we would go ahead and move forward with getting these items out to the TG Body for a vote.
You will have until December 15th to submit your vote to ensure we have enough time to make the appropriate updates to the Shooters Handbooks by January 1.
1. Proposal: Any unloaded firearm that falls, regardless of whether it breaks the 170 = SDQ. Remove the verbiage surrounding a gun that “slips and falls”/falls (breaking the 170 v. not breaking the 170).
Reasoning: the rule with variables is no longer applicable. The rule dates to when props and staging items were less reliable.
2. Proposal: A cocked revolver re-holstered with unfired round(s) remaining leaving the shooter’s hand = MDQ. This is currently a SDQ (SHB p. 23).
Reasoning: A re-holstered revolver with unfired rounds, cocked and released can be incredibly dangerous.
CLARIFICATIONS/EDITS NEEDED:
1. SHB p. 14 EXCEPTION: For Buckaroo/Buckarette shooters knockdown targets do not have to go down to count but must be hit. 2. Classic Cowboy Category- add verbiage that zippers are allowed, if hidden from sight. OTHER BUSINESS POLICY ITEMS per SASS: 1. Adding 90+ Category a. Shootist b. Lady Shootist 2. Adding Verbiage to all SASS Sanctioning Contracts: a. All side matches and mini matches must be conducted 100% by SASS rules b. Only officially registered shooters may participate in any shooting activity (no “off the book”/not for score shooters allowed) 3. Adding verbiage to SHB, p. 12 – Participant guidelines SASS Membership is not a right, and SASS reserves the right to revoke a member’s membership. SASS expects all its members to behave honorably and with respect for the sport, its official rules, the SASS organization, and their fellow competitors. Any SASS member that refuses to conduct themselves within SASS rules will face disqualification, removal/banning from the area/range, and revocation of their SASS membership.
I will be submitting our vote in a couple of weeks
Please express your feelings on these two items
