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More Washington cities consider gun storage mandates
More Washington cities consider gun storage mandates Communities not far from Seattle are now considering their own safe gun storage regulations after the Emerald City passed its own. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Utah lawmakers debate requiring gun locks
Utah lawmakers debate requiring gun locks The National Rifle Association attacked the proposal Wednesday, and the Legislature’s Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee held a long discussion about whether it would infringe too much on gun owners’ rights, and whether it would actually prevent suicide. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
California: Gun control activists call for end to gun shows at Cow Palace
California: Gun control activists call for end to gun shows at Cow Palace Prior attempts to shut down the guns shows locally have been largely unsuccessful, including 2013 legislation that would have required approval by local authorities. That legislation was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Campaign manager quits after video shows candidate secretly backing gun ban
Campaign manager quits after video shows candidate secretly backing gun ban The campaign manager of a Democrat seeking a U.S. House seat in upstate New York quit the campaign Tuesday, after a video showed the candidate saying she wouldn’t publicly endorse a ban on certain firearms — for fear that she’d lose the election. View […]
Oregon: Pro-Second Amendment measure to appear on Klamath ballot
Oregon: Pro-Second Amendment measure to appear on Klamath ballot Petitioners collected enough signatures to place a pro-Second Amendment measure on the November ballot in Klamath County. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Federal Court Upholds Decision to Block California’s Magazine Ban
Federal Court Upholds Decision to Block California’s Magazine Ban A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit issued a ruling in the case of Duncan v. Becerra on Tuesday upholding a lower court’s decision to suspend enforcement of California’s restriction on the possession of magazines that hold 10 rounds or more. View full story Originally posted […]
Court to consider NRA appeal of Florida gun buyer age restriction
Court to consider NRA appeal of Florida gun buyer age restriction A federal appeals court Monday cleared the way for considering a dispute about whether two teens can remain anonymous in a challenge to a new Florida law that raised the minimum age to buy rifles and other long guns. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court […]
NRA Endorses State Senator Leah Vukmir for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin
NRA Endorses State Senator Leah Vukmir for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is proud to announce its endorsement of state Sen. Leah Vukmir in the 2018 Republican U.S. Senate Primary in Wisconsin. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Illinois Governor Signs Gun Control Bills
Illinois Governor Signs Gun Control Bills Gov. Bruce Rauner signed laws Monday authorizing judges to take weapons away from people suffering mental health and other problems and to extend the waiting period for delivery of newly purchased guns, but pledged to veto a third piece of legislation that would require state licensing of firearms dealers. […]
Nashville woman shoots boyfriend to protect her children
Nashville woman shoots boyfriend to protect her children A north Nashville woman told police she was forced to shoot her boyfriend after he attacked her children on Saturday night. Police say the children corroborated the woman’s complaint and had visible injuries. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Soros-linked group will spend millions to stop Kavanaugh
Soros-linked group will spend millions to stop Kavanaugh A new political advocacy group that vowed to put $5 million behind an effort to stop Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court has significant ties to the liberal financier George Soros. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Gun control advocates are hyperventilating over Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination
Gun control advocates are hyperventilating over Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination Gun control advocates are hyperventilating over President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Gun rights groups side with Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh
Gun rights groups side with Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh For Republican pro-Second Amendment Reps. Elise Stefanik and John Faso, Trump’s Supreme Court pick was an “excellent choice.” View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Feinstein: I’m equipped to lead anti-Kavanaugh brigade
Feinstein: I’m equipped to lead anti-Kavanaugh brigade Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Saturday that the vetting process for the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court will be “incredibly difficult,’’ and that her staff is reading nearly 1 million documents that she said could give red-state Democrats […]
NRA Files Comments in Support of Trump Administration’s Export Reform Effort
NRA Files Comments in Support of Trump Administration’s Export Reform Effort On Monday, the public comment period closed on a pair of rulemakings that could finally free American gun owners and small businesses from being trapped in a minefield of federal regulations designed for exporters of sophisticated military technology. As we mentioned earlier, the proposals are […]
Justice Scalia Made Clear the Second Amendment and Heller Prohibit “Assault Weapon” Bans
Justice Scalia Made Clear the Second Amendment and Heller Prohibit “Assault Weapon” Bans On July 9, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) offered the following ham-handed statement in an attempted attack on President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh is a true Second Amendment radical. He believes assault weapon bans are unconstitutional, […]
Hawaii: Governor Signs Trigger Modification Ban Into Law
Hawaii: Governor Signs Trigger Modification Ban Into Law On Monday, July 9th, Governor David Ige signed Senate Bill 2046, which makes it a crime to manufacture, import, sell, gift, lend, or possess certain trigger modifications. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Delaware: Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Sunday Deer Hunting
Delaware: Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Sunday Deer Hunting On July 11th, Governor John Carney signed Senate Bill 198 into law to expand hunting opportunities in Delaware by eliminating the prohibition against hunting for deer on Sundays and allowing for the harvesting of deer on Sundays through DNREC’s deer depredation programs. View full story Originally posted at http://www.nraila.org/
Judge Brett Kavanaugh Has Earned NRA Members’ Support
Judge Brett Kavanaugh Has Earned NRA Members’ Support NRA members can feel confident throwing their enthusiastic support behind President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Throughout his time on the bench, Judge Kavanaugh has demonstrated deep respect for the Second Amendment as construed in Justice Antonin Scalia’s landmark decision […]
The ACLU Wants To Do What The NRA Does: Get People To Vote
The ACLU Wants To Do What The NRA Does: Get People To Vote “We talk about the NRA often here,” said Faiz Shakir, the group’s national political director. “Not because we agree with them, but because they have effectively created an organizational model around the single issue they care deeply about. They make their members […]
