Minnesota: “Universal” Background Check Legislation Introduced – This past week, state Senator Ron Latz and state Representative Dan Schoen, introduced Senate File 2493 which, if passed, would expand background checks to all sales and transfers of firearms in the state of Minnesota, with limited and narrow exceptions. Please contact your state Senator and state Representative TODAY and politely urge them to OPPOSE SF 2493. Please click the “Take Action” button below to contact your state Senator!
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| Tomorrow, the Iowa State Senate is scheduled to vote on House File 2279, the Hearing Protection Act. It is critical that you contact your state Senator immediately and politely urge him or her to SUPPORT HF 2279! |
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| Tomorrow, the Kansas Senate is scheduled to consider House Concurrent Resolution 5008. |
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| Senate Bill 1257, legislation that would expand the list of places where law-abiding gun owners can carry concealed in Arizona,has been added to the House Judiciary Committee agenda for tomorrow, March 15. The House Judiciary Committee will now consider SB 1257 in addition to Senate Bill 1266, the firearm preemption bill. |
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| Today, March 15, the Maine Secretary of State has released the Bloomberg gun control ballot initiative to the Maine State Legislature for consideration. The legislature may deliberate and vote as early as Thursday, March 17, to decide whether the measure will be placed on the ballot for November. If enacted, this initiative would criminalize virtually all currently legal private transfers. Please contact your state Representative and state Senator TODAY and ask them to vote against Bloomberg’s gun control initiative when it comes before the legislature! Please click the “Take Action” button below to contact your state legislators |
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| Late last year, your NRA led the charge in getting gun owners and sportsmen across The North Star State to contact the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to put a stop to their agenda to ban lead ammunition in Minnesota. As previously reported, the MDNR held a public forum last week to take public comment on their flawed proposal. Despite receiving feedback from thousands of Minnesotans who actively use public land for hunting, it has become clear that the MDNR is determined to impose this ban despite a lack of scientific justification and the undue burden the regulations would place on Minnesota’s sportsmen and women. The MDNR is determined to force their misguided agenda through in the coming weeks. In response, tomorrow, Wednesday, March 16, state Representative Tom Hackbarth will introduce a bill in the Minnesota House of Representatives with Revisor # 16-6715 that will stop this agenda by prohibiting the MDNR from implementing any rule that bans the use of lead shot in Minnesota. |
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| On April 6, the 2016 Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day (IGOLD) will be held in Springfield, IL at the State Capitol. This year, lawmakers have been pushing numerous bills of interest to gun owners, and the IGOLD is your chance to show up and make your voice heard. |
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| Last week, Utah’s 2016 legislative session came to a close with unfortunate news regarding permitless carry legislation. |
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| On Thursday, March 17, House Bill 2632 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee. As previously reported, HB 2632 would expand the list of possible prohibited possessors to include anyone who has undergone or is undergoing emergency hospitalization. This expansion for emergency hospitalization is vague and could entrap a person who has suffered something as common as diabetic shock to suddenly lose their Second Amendment rights, without due process of the law, simply for receiving care. Additionally under this bill, individuals are required to surrender firearms immediately, or else law enforcement may seize firearms, all without due process. |
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| Arthur Corral, along with five children, was at home in in Ontario, Calif. when an intruder forced his way inside the home. Corral retrieved a .45-caliber pistol and ordered the home invader not to move. When the intruder did not comply, Corral fired at the criminal three times, wounding the intruder severely. When authorities arrived, the home invader was rushed to a hospital, where he underwent surgery. Corral did not appear to relish being forced to defend his home, telling a local media outlet, “It’s something you don’t encounter everyday. You don’t expect to happen so it’s kind of taken its toll.” |
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| Sure, Sen. Bernie Sanders beat the odds and pulled off a significant primary win against Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s Michigan primary. But while most pundits credited disaffected white union workers and starry-eyed millennials with the Vermont senator’s win, another issue could have pulled in many of the late deciders who cast their ballot for Sanders. |
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| Idaho lawmakers advanced legislation on Monday that would allow state residents 21 years old and up carry hidden guns without permits or training.Currently, Idaho allows people to carry a gun openly — in a holster, for instance — without a permit. The bill would let people carry concealed, loaded guns without permits, such as by wearing a coat over a holster. People ages 18 through 20 would still need a permit and training. |
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| Growing numbers of South Shore residents are arming themselves with a Class A license to carry a firearm. It’s the only type of license – when issued without restrictions – that allows Massachusetts residents to carry a loaded, concealed handgun in public. |
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| Missouri lawmakers during a Monday House committee hearing weighed proposals that would expand gun access on college campuses by allowing people to carry concealed firearms. |
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| Hunting and fishing are not only cherished Kansas traditions, but paired with science, they are an integral part of wildlife management and conservation. Unfortunately, misguided extremists have been trying for decades to ban hunting and fishing either outright or incrementally. |
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| Important pro-gun self-defense legislation, House Bill 859, is sitting on Governor Nathan Deal’s desk. It is critical that you contact Governor Deal and strongly, but politely, urge him to sign HB 859 into law. |
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| Yesterday, Monday, March 14, 2016, the Coalition for Civil Liberties announced that the California State Sheriffs Association has officially opposed Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom’s gun control ballot initiative misnamed the “Safety for All Act of 2016.” |
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| California sheriffs announced Monday that they are opposing Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gun-control measure aimed for the fall ballot, arguing it would not prevent criminals from obtaining guns and ammunition via the black market or theft. Instead, the proposal would place additional restrictions on law-abiding people who want to buy ammunition for recreational use, retain guns and magazines that are currently legal or pass down historical or family heirlooms, the California State Sheriffs’ Association wrote in a letter to Newsom’s campaign. |
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| A masked man entered a Washington convenience store and immediately began swinging a hatchet, first targeting a customer and then attacking the store clerk. A concealed carry permit holder was also in the store and quickly responded to the attack by drawing his handgun and firing at the assailant, who was struck and killed. |
