Published October 26th, 2013 by

Hypothetically…

In the Liberals’ land of hypothetical situations, gun control just works. As Colion Noir points out, there’s quite a gap between what an anti-gun liberal imagines and what really happens in the world…

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Published October 13th, 2013 by

NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERT: Vol. 20, No. 40 10/11/2013

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Double-Standards in D.C.

As most Americans know, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives–and perhaps others in the Obama administration–knowingly allowed guns to be smuggled from the United States to Mexican drug-smuggling cartels, on the hope that the guns would be recovered at Mexican crimes scenes and eventually traced to sales in the United States. The goal of the effort, dubbed Operation Fast and Furious, was to give anti-gun politicians evidence to use in their campaigns against general-purpose semi-automatic rifles, such as the hugely popular AR-15. As for the carnage that might precede the guns’ recovery? That was obviously a risk the planners of the operation were willing to take.

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BATFE Solicits Comments on Poorly-Conceived NFA Transfer Proposal

As we previously reported, the Obama administration, via the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, has proposed a new rule governing applications by legal entities such as trusts and corporations to make and transfer National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms. To justify the proposed rule, the administration and BATFE have stated that over 39,000 applications for transfers of NFA firearms to trusts or corporations were received in 2012 alone. Nevertheless, the agency cited not a single case in which an NFA firearm transferred to a legal entity was used in the commission of a crime.

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Pearl Jam Frontman Comments on Those Who Don’t Support Gun Control: “I Almost Wish Bad Things Upon These People”

As lead singer for the band Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder is used to being in the spotlight. His relative fame provides Vedder a platform to voice his political opinions, but that doesn’t mean his views are based on fact.

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Enter the Pyramyd Air NRA Giveaway!

Enter the Pyramyd Air NRA Giveaway on Facebook! Three lucky winners will be chosen to receive air gun packages. Enter here: https://apps.facebook.com/thenragiveaway/

Enter the Pyramyd Air NRA Giveaway by Tuesday, October 15, at 4:00 p.m. ET, for a chance to win.

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NICS Will Continue to Operate during Government Shutdown

NRA-ILA has received a number of questions on the status of the NICS system during the government “shutdown”.

Law enforcement activities are designated as essential services and do not shut down even if Congress and the President continue in their failure to agree on funding legislation. Rest assured the NICS system will continue to operate.

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2013 Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium

The 2013 NRA “Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium” will be held on Saturday, October 12th, at The University of Denver.

Focusing on recent developments in our nation’s courts and legislatures regarding the Second Amendment, speakers will discuss and debate current Second Amendment developments and related issues.

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CALIFORNIA: Anti-Gun/Hunting Bills are both Signed into Law and Vetoed by Governor Brown TodayCONNECTICUT: Law Requiring “Ammunition Certificate” to Purchase Ammunition and Magazines Takes Effect

FLORIDA: Southwest Florida Water Management District Evaluating Hunting and Other Recreation

ILLINOIS: Bill to Create Mandatory Jail Time for Victimless Crimes to be Heard as Early as October 22

MAINE: Anti-Hunting Extremists are Threatening to Erode your Hunting Heritage

MARYLAND: Update on Pending Litigation

MICHIGAN: Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners to Consider Anti-Self-Defense Ordinance Next Wednesday

MISSISSIPPI: Join House Speaker Philip Gunn at a Town Hall Event Near You and Thank Him for His Role in HB 2 Becoming Law

 MONTANA: Pro-Gun Laws Take EffectNEVADA: Concealed Carry Improvement Law Takes Effect

NEW JERSEY: NRA-PVF Candidate Ratings and Endorsements for the 2013 General Election Now Available

NEW JERSEY: Don’t Miss the NJ State Association Annual Meeting Banquet on October 19!

NORTH CAROLINA: Comprehensive Pro-Gun Reform Bill Takes Effect

VIRGINIA: “All In” in Virginia!

VIRGINIA: NRA-PVF Candidate Ratings and Endorsements for the November 5th General Election Now Available

 

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Published October 5th, 2013 by

NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERT: Vol. 20, No. 39 10/04/2013

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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERT: Vol. 20, No. 39 10/04/2013

Outrage(s) of the Week

Regular readers know that we report with great frequency on a veritable parade of ridiculous cases involving over-zealous school officials and their over-the-top enforcement of “zero-tolerance” rules. Well, here we go again.

This week, we have not one, but four outrageous incidents of ridiculously enforced zero-tolerance policies to report. So, depending on your perspective, either the bar you hoped would not go any lower has dropped yet another peg, or–alternatively–the “asinine enforcement index” has now reached a new high.

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Colorado DA Refuses to Prosecute Flood Victims for Private Firearm Transfers

Back in February and March, NRA-ILA warned that Colorado’s House Bill 1229, criminalizing the private transfer of firearms, was overbroad, and would unduly burden and ensnare law-abiding citizens. Lo and behold, less than seven months after Gov. Hickenlooper signed HB 1229, some victims of September’s devastating floods are fearful of being prosecuted under the new law.

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New Colorado Senators Sworn in After Predecessors Recalled Over Gun Laws

Two new Colorado senators were sworn in this week, replacing their predecessors after a historic grassroots effort by voters in Colorado resulted in the September 10th recall of Colorado Senate President John Morse (D) and Senator Angela Giron (D)–the first recall of legislators in Colorado history.

Recall proceedings began earlier this year, after Sens. Morse and Giron voted for anti-gun legislation that restricted the ability of law-abiding residents to exercise their Second Amendment rights, including their inherent right to self-defense.

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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood Opines that Enhanced Licensees May Carry on Educational Property

On Tuesday October 1, 2013, the office of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood issued an opinion reinforcing and expanding its prior decisions on the carrying of firearms by enhanced licensees on educational property. The opinion helps to clarify some questions regarding the enhanced license law and its effect on the state ban on possession of firearms on educational property and school districts’ authority to regulate the concealed carry of firearms on property under their control.

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NICS Will Continue to Operate during Government Shutdown

NRA-ILA has received a number of questions on the status of the NICS system during the government “shutdown”.

Law enforcement activities are designated as essential services and do not shut down even if Congress and the President continue in their failure to agree on funding legislation. Rest assured the NICS system will continue to operate.

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2013 Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium

The 2013 NRA “Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium” will be held on Saturday, October 12th, at The University of Denver.

Focusing on recent developments in our nation’s courts and legislatures regarding the Second Amendment, speakers will discuss and debate current Second Amendment developments and related issues.

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CALIFORNIA: The NRA Intends to File Legal Challenge if Governor Brown Signs Unconstitutional Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban into Law

CALIFORNIA: Pleasant Hill City Council Postpones Consideration of Stringent Requirements on Firearm Sales

CALIFORNIA: Last Week to Urge Governor to Veto Several Anti-Gun/Anti-Hunting Bills

CONNECTICUT: Law Requiring “Ammunition Certificate” to Purchase Ammunition and Magazines Takes Effect

FLORIDA: Southwest Florida Water Management District Evaluating Hunting and Other Recreation

MARYLAND: Update on Pending Litigation

MISSISSIPPI: Join House Speaker Philip Gunn at a Town Hall Event Near You and Thank Him for His Role in HB 2 Becoming Law

 MONTANA: Pro-Gun Laws Take Effect

NEVADA: Concealed Carry Improvement Law Takes Effect

NEW JERSEY: NRA-PVF Candidate Ratings and Endorsements for the 2013 General Election Now Available

NORTH CAROLINA: Comprehensive Pro-Gun Reform Bill Takes Effect

VIRGINIA: “All In” in Virginia!

VIRGINIA: NRA-PVF Candidate Ratings and Endorsements for the November 5th General Election Now Available

 

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Published October 2nd, 2013 by

California: The NRA Intends to File Legal Challenge if Governor Brown Signs Unconstitutional Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban into Law

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California: The NRA Intends to File Legal Challenge if Governor Brown Signs Unconstitutional Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban into Law
Posted on October 1, 2013
There are currently several gun control bills sitting on Governor Brown’s desk that he will either veto or allow to become law by October 13, 2013. Our Right to Keep and Bear Arms has never been as seriously threatened in California as it is today. After years of incrementally adopting gun control measures, this year the Legislature decided to propose new laws adopting everything on the gun ban lobby’s wish list. Many of those bills were successfully opposed by the NRA and died in the Legislature, but unfortunately some did not.

These bills pending before the governor include a ban on lead ammunition for hunting and a limit on how many handguns one can transfer in a year. California gun owners should review the NRA’s Action Alert to learn more about the bills and should contact the Governor to request vetoes of all these gun control bills.

Perhaps the worst of the worst of the lot is Senate Bill 374 (“SB 374″), which would make unprecedented changes to California’s already unjust and byzantine “assault weapon” law. Under current California law, these firearms can only be possessed if they are properly registered, can only be used for limited purposes, and, with few exceptions, cannot be transferred to anyone in the state. SB 374 would drastically expand the definition of “assault weapon” to includeany “semi-automatic rifle that does not have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept no more than ten rounds.” (Yes, that quote contains a double negative, and no, we have no idea what that means). The bill defines a fixed magazine as “an ammunition feeding device contained in, or permanently attached to, a firearm in such a manner that the device cannot be removed without disassembly of the firearm action.”

Under SB 374, all rifles meeting this description must be registered as “assault weapons” by July 1, 2015. It is practically impossible to know which firearms meet the new definition of “assault weapon,” however, as “disassembly of the firearm action” is undefined and nobody (least of all the legislators who voted for it) knows what it means, or for that matter even what a firearm “action” actually is.  Millions of semi-automatic rifles have magazines that can be removed with the push of a button, and, at a minimum, those will likely be considered “assault weapons” under SB 374.  That classification would include classic hunting rifles like the Remington Woodsmaster, Browning BAR, and the Ruger 99/44, among many others.

SB 374 will restrict the use and ban the transfer of millions of commonly owned and constitutionally protected semi-automatic, center-fire rifles, making those rifles completely unavailable to future gun owners. Possession of currently owned rifles meeting the new definition will remain legal, but only for those who register their firearms in time and limit their use of the firearms to the specific activities California permits. Those who don’t register and limit their use of those guns will become felons.

Unlike with previous registration requirements, there is no planned public education campaign to notify people about the new law and its mandates. So the tens of thousands of firearm owners who do not hear about or understand SB 374 are out of luck if found with an unregistered firearm that falls under the new definition of “assault weapon.” And even those who do register their firearms on time will be precluded from ever selling them or passing them down to their children or grandchildren.

By banning millions of the most common hunting, sporting, and self-defense rifles in existence, SB 374 is in direct conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Heller decision.  In Heller, the Court made it clear that arms “typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes” or those “in common use” are constitutionally protected.

If SB 374 is signed by the Governor, the NRA intends to immediately file suit challenging this unconstitutional law.  To help with that effort, please consider making a donation to the NRA Legal Action Project here.

This lawsuit would join previous NRA legal challenges in California such as our suit against AB 962, the “handgun ammunition” regulatory scheme passed in 2009 in the Parker v. California case; our suit against the California Department of Justice over SB 819, which authorized misuse of the fees firearms purchasers are required to pay inBauer v. Harris; and our challenge to SB 140, which stole $24 million from the firearm-purchaser-fee account and gave it to DOJ for political projects. To learn more about additional actions the NRA’s legal team is taking on behalf of California gun owners, click here.

Second Amendment supporters should also be careful about supporting litigation efforts promised by other individuals and groups without access to the necessary funding, relationships, firearm experts and experienced lawyers on the NRA’s California and national legal teams. Our network of esteemed civil rights attorneys and scholars has the resources, skill and expertise to maximize the potential for victory, along with a track record of challenging anti-gun legislation with positive results.

Please donate to the NRA Legal Action Project today!

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Published October 1st, 2013 by

Yaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnnnn

So I guess the government’s shut down now.

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