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DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, September 6, 2019






HUNTING LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Pennsylvania: House Committee to Consider Pro-Hunting Legislation

On Tuesday, September 10, the House Game and Fisheries Committee is scheduled to consider pro-hunting legislation, Senate Bill 147.



WASHINGTON EXAMINER
'We are law-abiding Americans': NRA fires back after San Francisco labels them a domestic terror group

The National Rifle Association released a video on Wednesday in response to the city of San Francisco voting to label the gun rights group as a domestic terror organization. The city's Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution written by Supervisor Catherine Stefani at a Tuesday meeting.






NEWS
NRA Statement on Texas Lt. Gov.'s Gun Control Proposals

FAIRFAX, Va.– The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action released the following statement on Friday regarding Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's recent comments on gun control proposals:



FOX10TV.COM MOBILE, ALA.
Woman Confronts Intruder Inside Eastern Shore Home

Scary moments in a quiet Eastern Shore neighborhood Thursday morning during a bizarre shooting incident. According to Baldwin County Sheriff's Officials, a woman taking a bath, confronts a female intruder, then opens fire, wounding her.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Monday, September 9, 2019



ABC13 HOUSTON
Woman Shoots Man who Reached into Car and Tried to Steal Purse in SW Houston: Police

A woman shot and wounded a suspected robber who reached for her purse, police say. It happened around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday on Creekbend at Fondren in southwest Houston.

BREITBART
Joe Biden Starts Week Pushing ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden renewed his push for an “assault weapons” ban via a Sunday night tweet. Biden wrote: “The deadliest mass shootings all have one thing in common: assault weapons. It’s past time we get these weapons of war off our streets. I’ve banned them before, and I’ll ban them again in the White House.”



LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Florida Alert: Have They Los Their Minds?

San Francisco Officials passed a resolution branding NRA a "terrorist organization." Want to know why? Here are some reasons......


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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 26, NUMBER 34






NEWS
“Pro-gun” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Turns on Second Amendment Supporters, Sides With Anti-Gun Lobby

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick uses his political website to claim he is “leading the fight for life and liberty in Texas, including … standing up for the Second Amendment.” He also proudly notes his prior NRA endorsement. But when it comes to the right to keep and bear arms, Dan Patrick is showing himself to be all hat and no cattle. On Friday, for example, he appeared on Fox Newsto promote a federal mandate for expanded background checks In doing so, he exposed himself as not just unprincipled on the Second Amendment, but ill-informed as well.






NEWS
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Declares NRA a “Domestic Terrorist Organization”

On September 3, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution, “declaring that the National Rifle Association is a domestic terrorist organization and urging other cities, states, and the federal government to do the same.”The resolution was sponsored by District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani, who is described on the city’s website as a former prosecutor and “a leader and spokesperson for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.”






NEWS
Walmart Clamps Down on Firearm and Ammunition Sales

One of America’s largest big box retailers and a significant purveyor of firearms and ammunition is yielding to anti-gun hysteria by calling for action on gun control and adding extra-legal policies to its firearm and ammunition sales. Way to act like Dick’s, Walmart.






NEWS
Progressively More Mindless on Gun Control

It’s hard to imagine that Joe Biden could outdo himself with a gun control proposal even more absurd than his DNA-activated smart gun, but our imagination is apparently more constrained by truth and facts than that of the former vice president.






NEWS
Groovy: Former NY Times Editor Wants to Return to 1960 Gun Laws

Proving once again that ignorance is no bar to publication in the U.S. legacy press, former executive editor of the New York Times Howell Raines has offered his inane take on the current gun control debate in a piece for the Washington Post. According to the gun-control supporting newspaperman, the key to solving the political stalemate over firearms is to “revert to the gun laws that prevailed in the United States around 1960.” Raines claimed such a move would “break the maniacal hold of the National Rifle Association on the nation’s recreational shooters, not to mention Congress.”






NEWS
Join NRA-ILA at the 2019 "Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium"

Join NRA-ILA for the annual 2019 NRA-ILA Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium on Saturday, October 5th, at the Doubletree by Hilton Richmond-Midlothian. RSVP is required.Focusing on recent developments in our nation’s courts and legislatures regarding the Second Amendment, speakers will discuss a variety of topics among multiple panels. The Symposium will feature top Second Amendment attorneys covering topics that range from recent, critical court decisions, federal and state level updates, as well as legal practice and legislative updates on both defending and advancing gun owners' civil rights in Virginia and nationwide.


VIDEOS






Wayne LaPierre: NRA's 5 Million Members Are Not Terrorists

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors declared NRA a ‘domestic terrorist organization.’

NRA's 5 Million Members are police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers, construction workers, stay-at-home moms, business owners, and WE ARE ALL LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS.

This is a reckless assault on a freedom-loving organization, its members, and the principles our nation stands for. We remain undeterred - guided by our values and belief in those who want to find real solutions to violence.


STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP




California
California: Precursor Parts Bill and GVRO Expansion Passes the State Senate



Florida
Florida Alert! Are You Ready For Gun Registration?

Florida Alert: Have They Los Their Minds?


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DAILY ALERT FOR Tuesday, September 10, 2019





LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Attend the FREE 2019 NRA-ILA Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium on October 5th in Midlothian

Please plan to attend the FREE 2019 NRA-ILA Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium on Saturday, October 5th, at the Doubletree Hilton Richmond-Midlothian in Virginia.



TOWNHALL
NRA Sues San Francisco For Declaring It a 'Domestic Terrorist Organization'

The National Rifle Association sued San Francisco on Monday for declaring the group a “domestic terrorist organization.” The gun rights group argues in the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, that the city and county of San Francisco as well as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors infringed on the NRA’s free speech rights and is trying to blacklist those associated with the group.



TULSA WORLD
Rich Manieri: Gun Control won't Solve our Violence Problem

You probably haven’t heard about this because no shots were fired. A 15-year-old boy showed up Aug. 28 at Great Crossing High School in Scott County, Kentucky, with a handgun. It was fully loaded.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Wednesday, September 11, 2019



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DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, September 12, 2019


BREITBART
Ted Cruz: Corporate Gun Control is ‘Social Signaling at the Country Club’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded to 145 companies pushing for more gun laws by suggesting corporate gun control is “social signaling at the country club.” On September 12, Breitbart News reported the GAP, Levi Strauss, Pinterest, Twitter, Yelp, and 140 other companies sent a letter to Congress asking for universal background checks and legislation allowing court orders to seize firearms.



TOWNHALL
Cruz Has a Warning For the GOP About Background Check Legislation

Sen. Ted Cruz warned Republicans not to pursue expanded background checks Thursday at an event sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, saying that it could jeopardize their chances in 2020.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, September 13, 2019



WASHINGTON TIMES
'Guardian' Program Trains Armed Teachers to Stop an Active School Shooter

“Get down on your knees!” It’s not something a teacher ordinarily would shout during a summer training program, but this is no ordinary program. This teacher was participating in active shooter response training under Florida’s revamped Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program at Southport Elementary School near Panama City.



WRAL.COM RALEIGH
Second deadly home invasion in 24 hours leaves intruder in Fayetteville dead, another at large

Fayetteville police reported a home invasion Thursday evening that left one intruder dead and another at large after being shot by the homeowner. It comes less than 24 hours after another home invasion in the county.



WASHINGTON TIMES
Chris Matthews labels O'Rourke's gun buyback 'extreme': 'I don't know where you get away with that'

MSNBC host Chris Matthews suggested Thursday that former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s proposed mandatory buyback of semi-automatic rifles is a losing issue. “I don’t know where you get away with that,” the liberal host said after Thursday night’s Democratic presidential primary debate.



TOWNHALL
Wow. It’s Not Just Donald Trump That’s Broken The Minds Of Liberal America

Okay—we all knew that President Donald J. Trump broke the minds of liberal America. You see that with the ongoing myth peddling concerning Russian collusion.



NEWS
NRA Statement on Texas Governor's Safety Action Report

The National Rifle Association released the following statement on Friday regarding Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Texas Safety Action Report:


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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 26, NUMBER 35






NEWS
Beto Going All-In on Confiscation

Democrat Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke continues to struggle to gain any sort of traction for his campaign. With some polls putting him in 10th place, and his average sitting around 7th, some might say that it is desperation time for the candidate who was once a darling with the far left and the legacy media while he was running his losing campaign to unseat U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.). A recent tweet from O’Rourke is just one clue that the candidate is, indeed, becoming desperate.






NEWS
House Democrats Continue Unprecedented Push for More Gun Control

As was continually threatened while Congress was on its six-week Summer break, House Democrats hastily convened a hearing on Tuesday to promote their latest batch of anti-gun bills. The House Judiciary Committee’s markup of three bills, with Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) controlling the process, went as one might expect. The anti-gun Democrat majority railed against guns, while Republicans demonstrated the innumerable flaws with each proposal.






NEWS
Tell Your Lawmakers: No Semi-Auto and Magazine Ban!

The Democrat Party is now so aligned with gun control that every major candidate running for its 2020 presidential nomination recently appeared in a propaganda video produced by one of the nation’s most active firearm prohibition groups. It should come as no surprise, then, that a bill introduced in the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives to ban most modern semi-automatic long guns, and the original-equipment magazines used with such firearms, is rapidly gaining steam. Your help is urgently needed to ensure this wide-ranging gun ban never becomes law.






NEWS
NRA Files Suit Against San Francisco for Violating First Amendment

On September 3, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors smeared millions of law-abiding Americans by unanimously adopting a resolution that designated NRA a “domestic terrorist organization.” Less than one week later, on September 9, NRA filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against the City and County of San Francisco and the Board of Supervisors to vindicate the political and First Amendment rights of NRA members and all Americans.






NEWS
Playing Games with Numbers

Stanford Law Professor John Donohue and Theodora Boulouta, a Stanford undergrad, wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times that claims their new research shows the 1994 “assault weapons” ban really did work. Their finding is that, “Compared with the decade before its adoption, the federal assault weapon ban in effect from September 1994 through 2004 was associated with a 25 percent drop in gun massacres (from eight to six) and a 40 percent drop in fatalities (from 81 to 49).”






NEWS
NRA-ILA 2020 Election Updates from Personal Protection Expo

NRA-ILA’s Grassroots Programs and Campaign Field Operations Division hosted multiple seminars during the 2019 NRA Personal Protection Expo in Fort Worth,Texas to educate gun owners on the importance of getting involved in the 2020 Elections. It is no secret that the anti-gunners are fired up and well-funded, and if we are going to be victorious on Election Day, it will be because pro-Second Amendment voters start now to prepare for next year’s elections.


VIDEOS






Dear San Francisco: I am not a terrorist.

NRA members attending the NRA Personal Protection Expo in Texas wanted to give a message to the anti-gun San Francisco politicians who declared the NRA a "domestic terrorist organization." We are proud that the NRA is the most diverse and inclusive group in America. NRA members are police officers, veterans, teachers, nurses, mothers, fathers, construction workers, firefighters, and law-abiding Americans... WE ARE NOT TERRORISTS. #IAmTheNRA


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DAILY ALERT FOR Tuesday, September 17, 2019






LEGAL & LEGISLATION
California: Carson City Council to Hear Unconstitutional Resolution Targeting Lawful Firearm Possession and Sales

Today, September 17 at 5pm PST, the Carson City Council will be considering a late addition to this evening’s City Council meeting, Resolution 19-1693. The resolution is being pushed by Mayor Albert Robles in an effort to prohibit firearm dealers and firearm possession in the City of Carson.






LEGAL & LEGISLATION
New Hampshire: House to Vote on Gov. Sununu's Vetoes of Anti-Gun Bills

On Wednesday, September 18th, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will vote on Governor Chris Sununu's vetoes of three anti-gun bills sent to his desk by the General Court. Anti-gun Representatives who remain stubbornly committed to gun control are hoping to override Governor Sununu’s vetoes.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Wednesday, September 18, 2019






LEGAL & LEGISLATION
California: Carson City Council Fails to Pass Unconstitutional Resolution Targeting Lawful Firearm Possession and Sales

Yesterday, September 17, the Carson City Council failed to pass anti-gun Resolution 19-1693. The resolution was being pushed by Mayor Albert Robles in an effort to prohibit firearm dealers and firearm possession in the City of Carson to the point of a near outright ban.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, September 19, 2019



YAHOO NEWS
Gun victim Scalise leads opposition to stricter US laws

Opposing sides in the US gun debate staked out their positions Wednesday ahead of anticipated White House firearm safety proposals, with a top lawmaker who was nearly shot dead pushing back against reforms. Congressional Democrats have demanded swift action on issues like expanding background checks to nearly all gun sales, and passing so-called red flag laws allowing authorities to confiscate weapons from people deemed a threat to themselves or others. President Donald Trump has waffled. Following a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas in August that left 22 people dead, Trump expressed interest in expanding background checks, but has since retreated. One reform opponent is the number-two House Republican, Steve Scalise, a fierce gun rights advocate despite being gravely wounded in a 2017 shooting at a congressional baseball practice. "Every time there's a mass shooting, I can tell you firsthand the first thing we all ought to do is pray," he told reporters.


DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Texas mass shooting survivor lobbies Congress for less gun control

Since surviving a 1991 mass shooting at a Luby's in Killeen, Suzanna Gratia Hupp has lobbied for looser gun control laws that she says could have allowed her to save the 23 victims, including both of her parents. "I reached for the gun in my purse on the floor next to me," Hupp told a congressional committee Wednesday during a hearing on the economic costs of gun violence. She recounted the moments after the killer, George Hennard, crashed his pickup into the restaurant where she was eating with her parents and opened fire. "But then I realized that a few months earlier I had made the stupidest decision of my life. My gun was 100 yards away, dutifully left in my car to obey the law because at that time in the state of Texas, carrying a handgun was illegal." Hupp's campaign to ease restrictions on guns has spanned several decades. She won a seat in the Texas House, where she served for 10 years. On Wednesday, she told her story during a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee.




NEWS HUNTING
NRA Names Jason Ouimet to Head NRA Institute for Legislative Action

The National Rifle Association’s executive vice president and CEO, Wayne LaPierre, has named Jason Ouimet to serve as executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA). The NRA Board of Directors unanimously affirmed Ouimet's selection at its recent board meeting.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, September 20, 2019






NEWS
The Hopkins Hypocrite: Michael Bloomberg Touts Free Speech While Everytown Affiliate Degrades First Amendment

Former New York City Mayor and billionaire gun control financier Michael Bloomberg wants you to know just how ardent a supporter of political pluralism and free speech he really is. In a piece for the magnate’s self-titled media outlet, Bloomberg took issue with the growing intolerance Americans seem to have for opposing political viewpoints. The subtitle of the item explained that “agreeing to disagree is a civic virtue.” But where was Bloomberg’s outrage on September 3rd, when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution designating NRA a “domestic terrorist organization”?






NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION
U.S. Supreme Court Schedules NRA-Supported Second Amendment Case for Argument

In January, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a Second Amendment challenge to a gun control law for the first time in nearly 10 years. The case arose from a New York City regulation that banned city residents with “premises” handgun licenses from taking their own legally-owned firearms outside Gotham for lawful purposes. The city defended the law all the way to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, insisting it was essential to public safety. But ever since the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of that decision, city and state officials in New York have been running scared, desperately maneuvering to convince the justices to dismiss it. Now, it seems, their reckoning may be nigh, as the high court has scheduled the case for argument on Dec. 2.






NEWS
Beto’s Confiscation Plan Shows Why Gun Owners Must Reject Appeasement

Gun confiscation is the goal. Gun confiscation has always been the goal. Thanks to a recent outburst by 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Robert (Beto) Francis O’Rourke, potentially millions more Americans are now aware of this fact.






NEWS
Andrew Who?

It’s no secret that the legacy media in America is struggling to maintain a certain level of trust with the general public. Polls show that Americans often feel that there is a great deal of bias permeating the nation’s newsrooms, with one survey even showing there is less confidence in the press than there is in Congress or the Executive Branch.






LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Pennsylvania: Please Attend Senate Judiciary Hearings on Numerous Gun Control Proposals

Next week, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold hearings on “Behavioral Health, Second Amendment Rights, and other Gun Related Issues.”






LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Wisconsin: Gov. Evers Calls for Firearm Confiscation & Criminalizing Private Transfers

On September 19th, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Attorney General Josh Kaul, Representative Melissa Sargent (D-48), and Senator Lena Taylor (D-4) held a press conference calling on the Legislature to violate the Second Amendment by: 1) allowing confiscation of firearms without due process; and 2) criminalizing private transfers. If the Legislature does not quickly comply with these demands, Gov. Evers threatened to push for a special session.



DALLAS SAFARI CLUB
Conservation Perspective: Buzz Charlton and Myles McCallum

There is a growing debate in Africa regarding the replacement of traditional sustainable use hunting areas with photo-tourism. The reality is that only a very small percentage of wild Africa lends itself to the photo tourism model as a way of sustaining both wilderness areas and wildlife. The Dande safari area in Zimbabwe is just one of many examples of the Conservation Through Hunting model being the only realistic revenue generator for truly wild areas that do not lend themselves to photo-tourism.



DALLAS SAFARI CLUB
Tanzania- How Hunting Saves Wildlife Pt. 2

Part 2 of this series focuses on the harm being done to the Tanzania safari industry do to ongoing import suspensions of both lion and elephant into the US. It clearly highlights the detrimental effect on Tanzania's wildlife, people, and wilderness areas, all of which depend on revenue of a healthy safari hunting industry to conserve Tanzania's wilderness and the wildlife that call it home. Mantheakis also addresses the misguided and fraudulent campaigns of the anti-hunting movement.



DALLAS SAFARI CLUB
The Unheard Voice

As the debate continues between the anti-hunting community and those who believe in the "Conservation Through Hunting" model, the unheard voice is the rural African who must live among the wild animals. It is these people who are most affected when politics supercedes science in the management of wildlife.



DALLAS SAFARI CLUB
The Guardians

The future of both wildlife and wilderness in modern Africa continues to follow a proven path. Only when rural people living among the wildlife realize shared benefits of conservation based hunting in their area will they embrace the wildlife and work with safari operators to eliminate illegal poaching. Chartlon McCallum and the Dande Safari Area clearly paint this portrait of conservation success.


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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 26, NUMBER 36






NEWS
Beto's Confiscation Plan Shows Why Gun Owners Must Reject Appeasement

Gun confiscation is the goal. Gun confiscation has always been the goal. Thanks to a recent outburst by 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Robert (Beto) Francis O’Rourke, potentially millions more Americans are now aware of this fact.



NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION
U.S. Supreme Court Schedules NRA-Supported Second Amendment Case for Argument

In January, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a Second Amendment challenge to a gun control law for the first time in nearly 10 years. The case arose from a New York City regulation that banned city residents with “premises” handgun licenses from taking their own legally-owned firearms outside Gotham for lawful purposes. The city defended the law all the way to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, insisting it was essential to public safety. But ever since the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of that decision, city and state officials in New York have been running scared, desperately maneuvering to convince the justices to dismiss it. Now, it seems, their reckoning may be nigh, as the high court has scheduled the case for argument on Dec. 2.






NEWS
The Hopkins Hypocrite: Michael Bloomberg Touts Free Speech While Another Bloomberg Entity Degrades It

Former New York City Mayor and billionaire gun control financier Michael Bloomberg wants you to know just how ardent a supporter of political pluralism and free speech he really is. In a piece for the magnate’s self-titled media outlet, Bloomberg took issue with the growing intolerance Americans seem to have for opposing political viewpoints. The subtitle of the item explained that “agreeing to disagree is a civic virtue.” But where was Bloomberg’s outrage on September 3rd, when the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution designating NRA a “domestic terrorist organization”?






NEWS HUNTING
NRA Names Jason Ouimet to Head NRA Institute for Legislative Action

The National Rifle Association’s executive vice president and CEO, Wayne LaPierre, has named Jason Ouimet to serve as executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA). The NRA Board of Directors unanimously affirmed Ouimet's selection at its recent board meeting.


STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP




Wisconsin
Wisconsin: Gov. Evers Calls for Firearm Confiscation & Criminalizing Private Transfers

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DAILY ALERT FOR Monday, September 23, 2019






LEGAL & LEGISLATION
New Hampshire: House Sustains Vetoes of Anti-Gun Bills

Anti-gun Representatives tried and failed on Wednesday, September 18th to override Governor Chris Sununu’s vetoes of three-anti gun bills.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Wednesday, September 25, 2019






LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Join Us for the 2019 NRA-ILA Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium Next Saturday October 5th

Focusing on recent developments in our nation’s courts and legislatures regarding the Second Amendment, speakers will discuss a variety of topics among multiple panels. The Symposium will feature top Second Amendment attorneys covering topics that range from recent, critical court decisions, federal and state level updates, as well as critical legislative and political updates on defending and advancing gun owners' civil rights in Virginia.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, September 26, 2019



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DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, September 27, 2019






NEWS
NRA Statement on Politically Motivated Senate Finance Report

The National Rifle Association released the following statements on Friday regarding the politically motivated report issued by Democrats in the Senate Finance Committee:






NEWS
Member Spotlight: Meet the Woman Who Took on Beto O’Rourke

A Colorado woman challenged Beto O’Rourke’s gun confiscation plan at a town hall last week and the video went viral. Lauren Boebert’s interaction with the presidential candidate was viewed more than 5 million times on NRA social media and was shared 190,000 times. Boebert was even featured on national news. The NRA sat down with Boebert for a Q&A. Here’s what she had to say.


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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 26, NUMBER 37






NEWS
Virginia Police Chief Advocates Ban on All Guns at U.S. House “Assault Weapons” Hearing

On Sept. 25, the Democrat-led U.S House Judiciary Committee held a 3 ½ hour “hearing” entitled “Protecting America From Assault Weapons.” That framing of the issue underscored the erroneous notion that Americans need protection from inanimate objects, rather than from violent criminals who have and always will use any means at their disposal to harm innocent, defenseless people. It also revealed the unfortunate agenda of the proceedings, which was to emphasize politics and finger-pointing over any useful exploration of how Congress might take meaningful steps to improve public safety.






NEWS
Where the House Judiciary Actually Got Things Right

While there was plenty wrong with Wednesday’s House Judiciary Hearing on H.R. 1296, the proposed ban on semi-automatic firearms introduced by Representative David Cicilline (D-R.I.), there were some shining moments for those who still support the Second Amendment.






NEWS
Anti-gun AGs Push So-called “Universal” Background Checks for Ammunition

Gun control laws aren’t about stopping violent criminals, they are about burdening law-abiding gun owners. Few pieces of anti-gun legislation illustrate this fact better than H.R.1705/S1924, which would extend anti-gun lawmakers’ cumbersome so-called “universal” background check proposal to cover the commercial and private transfers of ammunition. On September 23, this onerous plan received the support of 21 politically minded state attorneys general, who signed a letter to congressional leadership advocating for the proposal.






NEWS
NRA Supports Supreme Court Petition Against Massachusetts Semi-Auto Ban

On Monday, the plaintiffs in the NRA-supported case of Worman v. Healey filed their petition for writ of certiorari before the Supreme Court of the United States. This case challenges Massachusetts’s unconstitutional ban on commonly-owned, semi-automatic firearms as a violation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, citing the Supreme Court rulings in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago.

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DAILY ALERT FOR Monday, September 30, 2019



THE DAILY SIGNAL
Lawful Gun Owners Defended Their Lives and Livelihoods in August

It seems as though every day another celebrity or politician demands that we place more severe restrictions on the ability of law-abiding citizens to exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Unlike many of these celebrities and politicians, most of us do not live in safe, gated communities or spend much of our day protected by professional armed security.



TOWNHALL
The House Judiciary Committee's Assault Weapons Ban Fallout

If you want to see how extreme the Democrats have gotten on gun control, you just had to listen to a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week It is one thing for Democrats such as Beto O'Rourke and Rep. Eric Swalwell (R-CA) to call for confiscating AR-15s and civilian versions of AK-47s. But in the committee hearing this past Wednesday, the loudest applause came when Democratic witnesses called for bans on all or at least the vast majority of guns.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Tuesday, October 1, 2019



THE WASHINTON TIMES
Florida Teachers now Allowed to Carry Guns in Classroom

Florida teachers are now allowed to carry guns in their classroom thanks to a controversial new law that went into effect Tuesday. School districts can now choose to opt in or out of arming teachers.






NEWS
San Francisco Backs Down: Facing a Lawsuit by the NRA, Mayor Breed Declares – We Won’t Blacklist NRA Contractors

The National Rifle Association of America declared victory in San Francisco today, after Mayor London Breed formally disavowed key provisions of a municipal resolution that signaled the blacklisting of contractors linked to the Second Amendment advocacy group.



TOWNHALL
Beto to 2020 Dems: I Won't Win the Nomination but Please Adopt My Gun Control Proposal

Former Congressman Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) made waves when he said "hell yes!" to taking away law-abiding gun owners AR-15s and AK-47s via a mandatory "buyback" program. Anti-gunners rallied around him, applauding him for being unapologetically in favor of harsh gun control measures that could eventually lead to firearm confiscation.


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DAILY ALERT FOR Wednesday, October 2, 2019



THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
Rifle Murders Declined Nearly 24 Percent, FBI Report Shows

America saw a significant decrease in the number of homicides involving rifles, a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation released on Monday shows. All methods of murder dropped by 7 percent in 2018, and gun murders fell by 6.7 percent, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. But murders committed specifically with rifles fell by an even greater 23.8 percent.

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DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, October 3, 2019



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DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, October 4, 2019






NEWS
Member Spotlight: Meet the Police Officer Who Told Congress She ‘Would Not Comply' with a Gun Ban

Last week, a retired Tulsa, Oklahoma law enforcement officer testified in a Congressional hearing that she “would not comply” if Congress passes a ban on firearms. Her bold assertion earned her national media attention and viral status on social media. Dianna Muller, who is the founder of a non-partisan Second Amendment advocacy group called the DC Project, is also a proud NRA Member. We caught up with Dianna after the hearing.






NEWS
MSNBC’s Las Vegas Anti-Gun Rally

On Wednesday, anti-gun news outlet MSNBC, along with their partner organizations Giffords and March for Our Lives, hosted nine Democrat candidates for President for what was billed as a “Gun Safety Forum” Most of the time was spent by candidates and anti-gun activists railing against guns, NRA, and occasionally, President Donald Trump.






NEWS
Federal Court Entertains Bizarre Legal Theories That Threaten Gun Owners, Rule of Law

Frustrated by the lack of political progress on the gun control agenda, the legal wing the anti-gun movement continues to pursue ever-more radical and confused legal strategies. In the 1990s, trial lawyers and their allies in government sought to bankrupt the gun industry by holding them accountable for the criminal actions of third parties – a theory that would have overturned hundreds of years of established tort law. After failing to stop campus carry legislation in Texas in 2015, a group of professors filed a suit claiming that the state’s recognition of the Right-to-Carry in the classroom unlawfully infringed on their “First Amendment rights to academic freedom.”






NEWS
Violent Crime Dropped in 2018

The FBI released the 2018 “Crime in the United States” report on Monday, which compiles crime data from law enforcement agencies around the country. The news is good, and the positive data proved easy to consume:






NEWS
San Francisco Mayor Waffles on NRA “Terrorist” Group Designation

It seems that not all the powers-that-be in San Francisco are sure how to move forward with the Board of Supervisors’ widely-publicized “declaration” that the NRA is a “domestic terrorist organization.”






NEWS
NRA’s Adaptive Shooting Program Aids Disabled Hunters

It’s well-known that the shooting sports offer many positive experiences for people. But what if you suffer from a physical disability? How do you actually hunt afield, compete with other shooters in various events or even just access your local range for much-needed practice?



WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Beto was Honest About Taking Guns, and That's Why Joe Biden's Gun Plan is Dead on Arrival

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a plan for gun control. It certainly isn't the most radical plan out there. He wants to expand the list of crimes for which convicts can be deprived of their gun rights to include misdemeanor hate crimes.



TOWNHALL
Women, Minorities Fueling Increase in Concealed Handgun Permits

Each year brings a new record increase in the number of concealed handgun permits. The rate of growth in permits among women and minorities has far outpaced growth among white men. The data paint a picture of incredibly law-abiding permit holders, the vast majority living outside America’s insular media capitals.






LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Texas House Select Committee to Hold Public Hearing in Farmers Branch on Interim Charges To Prevent Mass Violence

In a shameless effort to exploit the tragedies in El Paso, Midland, and Odessa, gun control advocates have demanded restrictive measures that would eliminate private firearm transfers, ban commonly-owned firearms and magazines and impose so-called "red flag" gun confiscation laws.


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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 26, NUMBER 38






NEWS
MSNBC’s Las Vegas Anti-Gun Rally

On Wednesday, anti-gun news outlet MSNBC, along with their partner organizations Giffords and March for Our Lives, hosted nine Democrat candidates for President for what was billed as a “Gun Safety Forum.” Most of the time was spent by candidates and anti-gun activists railing against guns, NRA, and occasionally, President Donald Trump.






NEWS
San Francisco Mayor Waffles on NRA “Terrorist” Group Designation

It seems that not all the powers-that-be in San Francisco are sure how to move forward with the Board of Supervisors’ widely-publicized “declaration” that the NRA is a “domestic terrorist organization.”






NEWS
Federal Court Entertains Bizarre Legal Theories That Threaten Gun Owners, Rule of Law

Frustrated by the lack of political progress on the gun control agenda, the legal wing the anti-gun movement continues to pursue ever-more radical and confused legal strategies. In the 1990s, trial lawyers and their allies in government sought to bankrupt the gun industry by holding them accountable for the criminal actions of third parties – a theory that would have overturned hundreds of years of established tort law. After failing to stop campus carry legislation in Texas in 2015, a group of professors filed a suit claiming that the state’s recognition of the Right-to-Carry in the classroom unlawfully infringed on their “First Amendment rights to academic freedom.”






NEWS
Violent Crime Dropped in 2018

The FBI released the 2018 “Crime in the United States” report on Monday, which compiles crime data from law enforcement agencies around the country. The news is good, and the positive data proved easy to consume:






NEWS
NRA’s Adaptive Shooting Program Aids Disabled Hunters

It’s well-known that the shooting sports offer many positive experiences for people. But what if you suffer from a physical disability? How do you actually hunt afield, compete with other shooters in various events or even just access your local range for much-needed practice?






NEWS
Member Spotlight: Meet the Police Officer Who Told Congress She ‘Would Not Comply' with a Gun Ban

Last week, a retired Tulsa, Oklahoma law enforcement officer testified in a Congressional hearing that she “would not comply” if Congress passes a ban on firearms. Her bold assertion earned her national media attention and viral status on social media. Dianna Muller, who is the founder of a non-partisan Second Amendment advocacy group called the DC Project, is also a proud NRA Member. We caught up with Dianna after the hearing.


STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP




Illinois
Illinois: Committee Rules May Shut Down Gun Stores


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DAILY ALERT FOR Monday, October 7, 2019






LEGAL & LEGISLATION
California: Several Anti-Gun Bills Still Awaiting Governor’s Action

Governor Newsom has until Sunday, October 13 to take action on anti-gun bills awaiting his consideration. Contact Governor Newsom and respectfully urge him to VETO AB 12, AB 61, AB 879, AB 893, AB 1254, AB 1297, AB 1669, SB 61 and SB 172.



THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Supreme Court Keeps Gun Law Challenge on Docket Despite Democrats' Threat to Pack the Court

The Supreme Court Monday declined to dismiss a Second Amendment challenge to a firearm regulation in New York City after Democrats threatened the justices with court packing, fearing a divided ruling. The case involves a New York City system that set up two types of licenses for handgun possession: one that allowed carry outside the home, and the other that only authorized possession at a home or business.


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