Richard Cullin Chambers Jr.

In November 2020 U.S. Army Garrison Fort Devens/U.S. Army notified our small non-profit shooting and marksmanship-promoting Club affiliated with both the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) and the NRA, the Ft. Devens Rifle & Pistol Club, Inc., incorporated in 1996, most of whose members are Veteran...s, that in 2021 it would start charging our Club $250 per firing range outing . Those charges violated 10 U.S. Code Section 7409. Despite Club requests both the CMP and the NRA refused to assist our Club. USAG Fort Devens/U.S. Army ignored our Club's January 2021 FOIA request seeking documents related to USAG Fort Devens' actual costs incurred for materials and supplies in providing its firing ranges to our Club. In Summer 2022 our Club hired Atty. Chambers, an Army Veteran himself, to represent our Club in a Boston Federal Court action to vindicate our Club's rights under the 10 U.S. Code section 7409 and the FOIA statute. For our small Club, whose members are mostly retired Veterans, Atty. Chambers graciously reduced, significantly, his usual retainer fee in agreeing to represent us and handle our case. In a hard-fought slugging match against the less-than-honest U.S. Attorney's Office, Boston, representing USAG Fort Devens/U.S. Army, Atty. Chambers and his Law Office team secured a VICTORY for our Club, under 10 U.S. Code Section 7409, on 20 March 2025. U.S. District Court Judge Myong Joun ORDERED that our Club's use rights to firing ranges at USAG Fort Devens be restored FORTHWITH AT NO CHARGE TO OUR CLUB! We are most grateful. Jim Gettens Lawyer, Retired Iraq War Veteran Treasurer, Ft. Devens Rifle & Pistol Club, Inc.