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| Current Disabled Archery Cases | ||||||
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Current Disabled Archery Cases: |
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| The Alliance’s primary goal is to reform disabled archery regulations nationwide to ensure that disabled archers are afforded the opportunity to choose a weapon that best accommodates their needs – this will include the legalization of crossbows, modified bows, body braces, and mouth tabs. The Alliance has helped organize the filing of ADA complaints against the following states for their discriminatory archery regulations. Please click the state name to learn details of each state complaint. | ||||||
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Step #1 -- All new members should send a request for accommodation letter.
If you have already been denied, please find your denial letter, and stand
by for instructions on Step #2. More
info, click here. |
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Step #1 -- All new members should send a request for accommodation letter.
If you have already been denied, please find your denial letter, and stand
by for instructions on Step #2. More
info, click here. |
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Step #2 complete -- ADA complaints have been filed. Step #3 (writing
rebuttals to the state's response) will begin shortly. New members are still encouraged to send letters to
Oregon. More
info, click here. |
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West Virginia |
Victory in West Virginia !!!! On May 3, 2005, the governor
of West Virginia signed SB575 into law. Starting in 2006, disabled hunters
in West Virginia will be allowed to hunt with a crossbow during the entire
WV archery season. |
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| New York |
Step #2 complete -- ADA complaints have been filed. Step #3 (writing
rebuttals to the state's response) will begin shortly. New members are still
encouraged to send letters to New York. More info, click here. |
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| New Mexico |
Victory in New Mexico !!!! On September 23, 2004, the New Mexico
Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to approve the use of crossbows for
disabled hunters. Based on this vote, the New Mexico law has been modified. |
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| Washington |
Victory in Washington!!!! 4-16-04. Washington State has approved the
use of crossbows for disabled hunters in the archery season. Details of the
system are not out yet, but the Alliance will keep a close eye to ensure the
new system is fair and reasonable. |
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| Alaska |
Victory in Alaska!!! On
June 6th, the Alliance received a letter from the US Fish & Wildlife
Service showing that Alaska has responded to our discrimination complaints,
and will now allow disabled hunters to use crossbows in the archery-only
sections of the state. Disabled hunters will now be able to hunt as equals
in 100% of Alaska's territory. Details of the new system are not yet
available. |
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| California |
Victory in California!!!! 4-23-04. California has approved the
use of crossbows for disabled hunters in the archery season. Details of the
system are not out yet, but the Alliance will keep a close eye to ensure the
new system is fair and reasonable. |
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| Rhode Island |
Victory in Rhode Island !!! 6-10-04. On June 9th, the governor of
Rhode signed H7913 into law. This law, for the first time, legalizes
crossbows and modified bows for disabled hunters in the State of Rhode
Island. In response to this new law, the Rhode Island Department of
Environmental Management has already included new disabled crossbow
regulations in their proposed 2004-2005 hunting regulations. For more
information, including a copy of the new law, please see the RI
Update page. >>more>> |
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Hawaii |
Victory in Hawaii!!! 10-21-03: Finished. Hawaii has accepted our requests for accommodation,
claiming they have allowed crossbows for disabled "for some time", but only
recently placed the information on their website. The Hawaii application is
reasonable, needing only a doctor's signature. The application for Hawaii
can be found by
clicking here. |
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Current Disabled Forest Access Cases |
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| The Alliance will soon be tackling a new issue -- the inability for disabled individuals to gain entry into many public forest areas around the country. Our primary focus will be to ensure road gates and trails are wheelchair accessible. | ||||||
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Washington |
Washington will likely be the first state in which this disabled forest
access issue is addressed. We are currently putting the case material
together. More information to come later. |
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Ohio |
Ohio has set aside 9 disabled-only hunting areas throughout their state, but
many of the trails and blinds in these areas are not wheelchair accessible.
More information to come later. |
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