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NRA-ILA Legislative Updates
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Anti-Hunting Ballot Initiative being Circulated for
Signatures at the North Dakota State Fair!
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ANOTHER LAWSUIT FILED CHALLENGING BAN ON SHIPPING AMMUNITION INTO CALIFORNIA
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Radical Group Launches Complete Lead Bullet Ban Campaign
As announced in a recent fundraising letter to its members, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) will launch a “once-in-a-lifetime campaign” this summer to “ban all lead bullets everywhere in the United States.” Make no mistake, hunters and shooters are in the crosshairs of this extremist group.
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Federal Legislative Roundup
Time is drawing short before your federal lawmakers adjourn for the “Summer District Work Period,” and there are two bills pending in Congress that require your immediate action.
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Contact Your Senators And Urge Them To OPPOSE Kagan’s Confirmation to U.S. Supreme Court
On Tuesday, July 20, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-6 to send Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination on to the full Senate for a vote. The full Senate vote on the confirmation is likely to occur the week of August 2nd. NOW is the time to contact your U.S. Senators and strongly urge them to OPPOSE and filibuster the Kagan nomination!
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NRA-ILA Protects Gun Owners’ Rights
During UN Arms Trade Treaty Meeting
The NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action wrapped up its lobbying efforts at the first session of the UN committee drafting an “arms trade treaty.” The “Preparatory Committee for the UN Arms Trade Treaty Conference” (called the “Prep Com”) has been meeting in New York from July 12 to today, July 23. The meeting is one in a series to prepare for a major conference to finalize an arms trade treaty in 2012.
NRA-ILA was one of few pro-gun groups at the meeting. Anti-gun groups had a strong presence led by the International Action Network on Small Arms.
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Mayor Trousil Continues to Threaten the Safety of Iowans in West Burlington
Since we’ve notified Mayor Hans Trousil and the City Council of West Burlington of its unlawful firearm ban ordinance, a number of stories have appeared in the Des Moines Register and The Hawkeye newspaper. In each instance, journalists have contacted Mayor Trousil seeking comments and he continues—even in his emails responding to Iowa’s NRA members’ concerns—to disingenuously misstate our position and display a poor understanding of Iowa’s firearm laws.
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Pennsylvania: Consideration of Discharge Ban Postponed in Exeter Township
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Virginia: York County Repeals “Prohibited Area” Discharge Ban
On Tuesday, July 20, the York County Board of Supervisors passed Ordinance 10-13 by a vote of 3 to 2. The original intent of the ordinance was to rescind both Section 16-7, Discharging of Firearms within Certain Areas Prohibited and Section 16-37, Discharge of High Powered Rifles Prohibited. However, at the meeting, the Board decided to retain Section 16-37 by a separate vote of 3 to 2. Section 16-37 will remain in effect and will continue to ban the discharge of all rifles larger then .22 caliber, except for the purposes of self-defense, hunting, or target shooting on firing ranges.
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Pennsylvania: Exeter Township to Consider Overreaching Discharge Ban!
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Join Ohioans for Concealed Carry for its
Seventh Annual Party in the Park Family Picnic!
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Virginia: York County to Consider Repealing Discharge Ban
on Tuesday, July 20!
On Tuesday, July 20 at 6:00 pm, the York County Board of Supervisors, located at 301 Main Street, will hold a public hearing and vote on Ordinance 10-13, which would repeal Section 16-7, Discharging of Firearms within Certain Areas Prohibited and Section 16-37, Discharge of High Powered Rifles Prohibited of York County Code
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Contact Your Senators And Urge Them To OPPOSE Elena Kagan's Confirmation to U.S. Supreme Court
As we reported in last week's Grassroots Alert, on July 1, NRA announced its strong opposition to the confirmation of Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court in a letter to the U.S. Senate.
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The "Blame and Punish Gun Owners Act"
Anti-gun politicians have often looked for ways to penalize law-abiding gun owners rather than go after violent criminals.
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"OMG, More Handguns!"
In 1979, the group now known as the Brady Campaign said "over 50 million handguns flood the houses and streets of our nation. . . . If we continue at this pace, we will have equipped ourselves with more than 100 million handguns by the turn of the century. One hundred million handguns. Will we be safer then?"
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Long Gun Registration and Open Carry Ban Pending Consideration in the Golden State
Two attacks on the Second Amendment rights of California’s law-abiding gun owners are currently awaiting consideration in Sacramento.
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NRA/CRPA Foundation Legal Action Project Sues to Stop AB962
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North Carolina: New Management Plan for
The Uwharrie National Forest
The US Forest Service is planning to revise the current management plan for the Uwharrie National Forest. The new plan will guide the Forest's management for the next 15 years. This process is of critical importance to sportsmen and women because hunting and recreational shooting must be included in the plan in order to safeguard these activities for the future.
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West Burlington’s Mayor refers to Gun Owners in Iowa as “Nut Jobs”
This past week, in response to an NRA letter opposing the City of West Burlington’s “firearm ban” ordinance, Mayor Trousil said: “That’s too bad… they need to sit in our chairs and worry about these nut jobs that go around with guns.” Why does Mayor Trousil think that Iowans, who decide to exercise their rights and lawfully carry or possess a firearm to defend themselves and their family, are “nut jobs?”
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With NRA Support, Chicagoans Challenge New City Gun Law
Barely a week after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago, NRA is supporting a new lawsuit—Benson v. City of Chicago—to enforce the court's decision.
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Watch NRA's New Ad Opposing
Elena Kagan's Confirmation to U.S. Supreme Court
On July 1, NRA announced its strong opposition to the confirmation of Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court in a letter to the U.S. Senate.
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Federal Open Fields Program to Expand Hunting Opportunities Nationwide
NRA is pleased to report that the federal Open Fields Initiative is now in effect and grant money is available through the United States Department of Agriculture for state and tribal governments interested in enrolling in the program, or expanding their existing Open Fields program.
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Massachusetts: Governor Patrick’s Anti-Gun Bill Could be Voted on Soon!
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Massachusetts: Efforts Underway to Move Governor Patrick’s Anti-Gun Bill Forward!
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Two Pro-Gun Bills Become Law in Louisiana
On June 30 and July 6 respectively, Governor Bobby Jindal (R) signed Senate Bill 534 and House Bill 556 into law. These bills will go into effect on August 15.
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Get the Top Source on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the States
Attorneys challenging Chicago’s handgun ban in McDonald v. City of Chicago relied on one key book to explain how the framers of the 14th Amendment intended to protect the right to keep and bear arms against state infringement. That book is Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms, 1866-1876, by Stephen P. Halbrook.
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NRA-Backed Excise Bill Overwhelmingly Passes U.S. House
On June 29, the NRA-backed Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act (H.R. 5552) easily passed in the House by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 412-6.
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NRA-PVF Endorsement Policy
We are rapidly approaching the time when NRA’s Political Action Committee the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) will begin issuing endorsements in elections across the country.
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VPC’s Self-Induced Plunge Into Irrelevancy Continues With Knee-Jerk Reaction To McDonald Decision
By now, most people know that on June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States, in McDonald v. City of Chicago—a case challenging handgun bans in Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois—ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms for self-defense nationwide. The Court declared, “We have previously held that most of the provisions of the Bill of Rights apply with full force to both the Federal Government and the States. Applying the standard that is well established in our case law, we hold that the Second Amendment right is fully applicable to the States.” Also, by now, most people who are familiar with the Violence Policy Center (VPC) know that the Court's decision appears to doom the very thing for which the little anti-gun fringe group was formed—a total ban on handguns.
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Daley Says "Stick It" To The Supreme Court
Having previously told a reporter that he would stick a rifle “up” his rear end for questioning the value of Chicago’s handgun ban, Chicago mayor Richard Daley has told the Supreme Court where to stick its ruling in McDonald v. Chicago.
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