Purpose:
a. To Promote outdoor recreational pursuits and all shooting sports with emphasis on the teaching and practicing of methods in safe and proper handling and care of firearms, bows and arrows, and techniques of attaining improved marksmanship
b. To promote educational programs among the youth in the proper care and handling of firearms, bows and arrows, and marksmanship
c. To promote harmony with all laws, rules, and regulations of federal, state, and local governments
d. To promote the educational programs of the NRA and SAM in the State of Maine
e. To teach and practice principles of wildlife and resource conservation, insofar as they relate to firearms and shooting sports, archery, and fishing
f. To conduct rifle, pistol, shotgun, and archery competitions under proper supervision, both as a sport and to train marksmen qualified to serve either in military or civilian police positions. To promote outdoor sports, such as archery, hunting, fishing, camping, and recreational use of permissible woodland properties
g. To continue to own, purchase, sell, rent, and maintain real and personal property in the furtherance of the purposes stated herein
h. To adopt by-laws governing the number of qualifications of members of the Corporation, the different classes of membership, the voting and other rights and privileges of members, the liability of members to dues or assessments, and matters pertaining to the admission, withdrawal, and suspension of members and officers
i. The organization shall not be conducted or operated for profit and no part of any profits or remainder of residue from dues, donations, or other sources of income to the organization shall inure to the personal benefit of any member or individual