Tomorrow, February 10, at 11:00am, the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is scheduled to consider two pro-gun bills outlined below. Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 307 and House Bill 334. House Bill 307: Over recent years, numerous local governments have attempted to enact gun control ordinances in violation of the current
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Today after 10:00am, the House will vote on legislation that strengthens Mississippi’s firearms preemption law, House Bill 634. HB 634 serves to prevent state agencies from enacting their own differing gun laws across the state. It is extremely important that you contact your State Representative and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 634. House Bill 634 includes stronger protections
Last week, Senator Todd Johnson (R-35) introduced Senate Bill 43 to expand the ability of citizens to defend themselves and their loved ones while attending religious worship. Last year, a similar bill, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, passed both chambers with bipartisan majorities after stalling the year before. It moved through the legislative process quickly
One of Washington’s leading conservative constitutional lawyers publicly broke Sunday with the main Republican argument against convicting former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, asserting that an ex-president can indeed be tried for high crimes and misdemeanors. In an opinion piece posted on The Wall Street Journal’s website, the lawyer, Charles J. Cooper, who
This week, the Hawaii Legislature will be considering anti-gun legislation in three separate committee hearings. It’s important that gun owners stay engaged and let their voices be heard. Please consider submitting testimony against SB 301, SB 307, HB 31 and HB 1366 through the Hawaii Legislative website. For help creating an account and submitting testimony, click here. Tuesday February 9th Senate Committee
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Today, February 8th, the Utah House concurred on the Senate amendments for House Bill 60, clearing the final hurdle prior to enrollment and presentation to Governor Cox for his consideration. The NRA applauds both the Utah House and Senate for passing this important legislation. HB 60 had more than three dozen sponsors and co-sponsors, passing both chambers
At the February 10th public hearing, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors will consider an ordinance banning firearms in certain public places. Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to OPPOSE Item 05 on the agenda. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting is to be held electronically. Citizens may sign–up to speak remotely over phone
Last November, Bill Blair, the federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, refused to answer questions about the costs associated with the Liberal Government’s gun ban and confiscation program imposed by Order-in-Council on May 1, 2020. Minister Blair’s department is responsible for implementing the ban and overseeing the confiscation of previously lawful firearms from
Having tried and failed to impose a national firearm licensing and registration scheme on an unwilling American public for more than half a century, gun control advocates have spruced up the policy for the 21st century. In a paper titled “A Decentralized and Encrypted National Gun Registry,” a group of Brown University researchers working with
Those who stay involved in the efforts to defend the Second Amendment have always known President Joe Biden is, to put it lightly, no friend to gun owners. During his campaign for the White House last year, the legacy media did everything they could to conceal that fact. The Las Vegas Sun recently revealed that
A federal judge in South Dakota was blunt last summer when she sentenced Paul Erickson, a seasoned Republican operative who had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. “What comes through is that you’re a thief, and you’ve betrayed your friends, your family, pretty much everyone you know,” federal District Judge Karen Schreier told
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah gun owners would be able to carry concealed weapons without a permit under a bill that passed the state Senate on Friday, leaving one procedural vote before it heads to the desk of a supportive Republican governor. Several other states this year are considering similar measures, which are backed
Today, the House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee took no action on House Bill 1283, legislation that could cause the lawful open carry of a firearm to become a felony offense. While today’s outcome is good news, the committee has scheduled two more executive sessions on the measure for Wednesday and Friday of next week. It is important
As previously reported, Senate Bill 5078 and Senate Bill 5038 were heard in the Senate Law and Public Justice Committee in January. During that hearing, these anti-gun measures were substituted, passed, and have been sent to the Senate Rules Committee. Senate Bill 5078, bans the manufacture, possession, sale, transfer, etc., of magazines that “are capable of holding” or
In December, The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) partnered with the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association and asked the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to New York’s restrictive process for issuing concealed carry licenses. Today, the NRA-ILA applauds the 23 Attorneys General who filed an amicus brief in support of that petition.
DATE: February 4, 2021 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President YOUR HELP IS ESSENTIAL! LEGISLATORS DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND UNLESS YOU TELL THEM. On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 3:30pm, the House Criminal Justice Committee will hear HB-259 Sponsored
NRA would like to highlight Senator Kathy Harrington (R-43), who is North Carolina’s first female Senate Majority Leader. She also holds a concealed carry permit, and earned an “A” rating and NRA-PVF endorsement in the 2020 election cycle for her proven record of supporting our right to keep and bear arms while serving in the