Your NRA-ILA Daily Alert 10-9-2016

Your NRA-ILA Daily Alert 9-28-2016NRA Endorses Morgan Griffith for Virginia’s 9th Congressional District – On behalf of our five million members across the country, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is proud to endorse Morgan Griffith for Virginia’s 9th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. 

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Why You Should Vote No On California’s Proposition 63
California’s Proposition 63, if passed by voters in November, will fundamentally change how law-abiding citizens can purchase and transport ammunition in the state. In my opinion, based on 27 years of shooting nearly every day, this measure will only serve to make California residents less safe. And if you think this sort of effort will end with California, think again. 
 
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Learn How to Stop the Assault on Our Second Amendment Rights in Washington
Join NRA next week for one of our two Election Action Meetings! Anti-gun legislators have already promised to introduce restrictive gun control legislation during the 2017 legislative session. Now is the time for Second Amendment activists to mobilize to help elect legislators who will Stand and Fight against these attacks in Olympia!
 
NEWS
Attorney General Morrisey Announces Expanded Concealed Handgun Recognition in West Virginia
The National Rifle Association congratulates Attorney General Patrick Morrisey for expanding concealed carry reciprocity for young West Virginian provisional permit holders.
 
NEWSWEEK
NRA Spending Big to Keep Senate in Hands of Pro-Gun Republicans
If Republicans maintain control of the Senate this November, they’ll have to be sure to thank the gun lobby. In addition to spending millions of dollars on TV ads and other support for presidential nominee Donald Trump, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is playing a major role in election contests likely to decide which party has a majority in the Senate come 2017, an outcome that is very much up in the air right now.
 
SEATTLE TIMES
Gun sales, concealed-carry permits spike after Cascade Mall shooting
Skagit Arms store manager Guy Hanson stood Wednesday afternoon behind a glass display case filled with small handguns, the type of weapon favored by those with concealed-carry permits.“Usually we have a lot more than this,” he said. “This case isn’t even full.”
 
USA TODAY
Gun control hits the ballot in November
Voters in four states will decide on proposed gun restrictions next month, as gun-safety proponents, often rebuffed by Congress and state officials, increasingly turn to ballot initiatives to push passage of stricter firearms laws.
 
NEWS
Ruger Answers the Call for Freedom
When Bill Ruger, Sr. founded Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. in 1949, his newly minted company faced an uphill battle. Experts cast doubt that a new firearms company could stand up to the established name-brand gunmakers in an industry that was already viewed to be in a state of decline.   More than 60 years later, the Ruger name is respected around the world.  In the spirit of Bill Ruger, Ruger CEO Mike Fifer and President/COO Chris Killoy have taken a stand to not only provide customers with a great firearm, but to ensure their customers have the right to use them for years to come.
 
WASHINGTON TIMES
When the checkers miss the facts
Fact-checking has become such a growth industry in the media that sometimes busy fact-checkers overlook the obvious, such as Tim Kaine’s attempt to rewrite his history as mayor of Richmond. He boasted in his debate with Mike Pence that he had cut Richmond’s frightening murder rate in half by relying on “community policing.” His record, as he presented it, sounds good. But he knew better.
 
WASHINGTON TIMES
Obama adds to record total, commutes another 102 sentences
In what is becoming a monthly routine, President Obama granted commutations Thursday to another 102 federal inmates for mostly drug-related crimes.
 
BALTIMORE SUN
Maryland handgun licensing law challenged in federal court
Gun-rights activists are challenging a Maryland handgun licensing law in federal court.Maryland Shall Issue, a gun store and four residents filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Wednesday.
 
ASSOCIATED PRESS
West Virginia, 16 states reach gun reciprocity expansions
While a new law lets people 21 and older to carry covered-up guns without permits, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says 16 states will recognize West Virginia’s expanded permits for 18- to 20-year-olds.
 
NEWS
NRA Launches New Seven Figure Ad Buy in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate Race
Today, the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) released a new $1.7 million ad buy in North Carolina exposing Deborah Ross’ anti-freedom record. The ad, “Hometown,” brings NRA’s spending in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race to nearly $4 million and will run on both broadcast and cable television in Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro and Wilmington as well as digitally statewide.
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