In the coming days and weeks, the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) will be announcing endorsements and candidate ratings in hundreds of federal races, as well as thousands of state legislative races. Unless these announcements are required by the timing of primary or special elections, the NRA-PVF generally does not issue endorsements while important legislative [...]
August 28, 2010 | Posted in
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CHICAGO, IL – The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today filed a lawsuit in federal court against the City of Chicago’s new gun ordinance, asserting that “by banning gun ranges open to the public…under color of law,” the city is depriving citizens of their right to keep and bear arms in violation of the Second Amendment [...]
August 16, 2010 | Posted in
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From NRA-ILA: Two attacks on the Second Amendment rights of California’s law-abiding gun owners are currently awaiting consideration in Sacramento. Assembly Bill 1810 and Assembly Bill 1934 are awaiting action in the Senate Appropriations Committee. AB1810: AB1810 would establish a registration system, similar to the one currently in place for handguns, for all newly-acquired long [...]
July 16, 2010 | Posted in
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BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against Westchester County, New York and its handgun permit licensing officers, seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of a state law that allows carry licenses to be denied because applicants cannot show “good cause.” SAF is joined in the lawsuit by Alan Kachalsky [...]
July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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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. The suit, filed on July 6 against the city and its mayor, Richard Daley, is the first to challenge the city’s new gun control ordinance passed [...]
From the NSSF Blog: U.S. Congressman Dan Boren introduced legislation this week (H.R. 5667) to direct the U.S. Attorney General to work with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of firearm microstamping. NSSF supports this bipartisan legislation as a means of ensuring adequate research of microstamping is completed, and the concept [...]
July 7, 2010 | Posted in
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Fairfax, Va. — The National Rifle Association is supporting a lawsuit against Mayor Richard Daley and the City of Chicago’s newly adopted gun control ordinance, which violates the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago. Last Friday, the City Council rushed through passage of this ordinance in response to the Court’s [...]
July 6, 2010 | Posted in
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Joint Statement By Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President, And Chris Cox, Executive Director Of NRA’s Institute For Legislative Action: There may be no vote a United States Senator casts that is more important than a vote to confirm a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Now that the Court has clearly stated that the [...]
July 3, 2010 | Posted in
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On July 1, 2010, outside witness testimony concluded the four day confirmation hearing of Elena Kagan to be Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Here is the audio of David Kopel’s oral testimony: Video including including Q&A with Senators Sessions and Hatch is available here. *************** David B. Kopel is Research Director of the [...]
NRA has just published a 1st Freedom Magazine Special Edition available online. The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in McDonald v. Chicago was a landmark victory for all law-abiding Americans, reaffirming the Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms as a fundamental right, regardless of where one lives. This 33-page special edition of America’s [...]
