Pennsylvania: Game Commission Unanimously Approves Proposed Rulemaking for New Semi-Auto Rifle Hunting Law-NRA-ILA ALERT. Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Game Commission unanimously passed the proposed rule making for the semi-auto rifle hunting law at the quarterly meeting. Final approval for the regulations will take place at the March 27-28 meeting. Signed by Governor Tom Wolf on November 21, 2016, Act 168 of 2016 eliminates the prohibition on the use of semi-automatic rifles for hunting and allows for the Pennsylvania Game Commission to regulate these sporting rifles for all game species in accordance with season and bag limits.
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| Campus carry legislation is making progress, and several more bills could see action in the Arkansas General Assembly very soon. Your NRA-ILA is working with a number of legislators to ensure our Right to Keep and Bear Arms is protected, and improved where possible, in the Natural State. Please click the “Take Action” button below to contact your state Representative in support of the legislation detailed below. |
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| Today, the Wyoming House of Representatives passed House Bill 136 by a 40-19 vote without amendments, and House Bill 137 by a 47-13 vote with an amendment. |
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| Chris Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), today issued the following statement following the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s approval of Sen. Jeff Sessions’s nomination to be United States attorney general. |
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| Today, Senate Bill 12, legislation eliminating the requirement to obtain a permit in order to lawfully carry, was successfully voted out of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee with a 12-8 vote. Please contact your state Representative and urge them to vote in favor of this critical legislation! |
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| Senate Bill 318 and its companion bill, House Bill 766, create a new section of law that could greatly expand the list of individuals losing their firearm rights while receiving limited due process. |
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| President Trump on Tuesday nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, elevating a conservative in the mold of Justice Antonin Scalia to succeed the late jurist and touching off a brutal, partisan showdown at the start of his presidency over the ideological bent of the nation’s highest court. |
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| President Trump, in nominating Judge Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, has chosen a judge who not only admires the justice he would replace but also in many ways resembles him. He shares Justice Scalia’s legal philosophy, talent for vivid writing and love of the outdoors. |
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| Adding to these senators’ anxieties, the National Rifle Association and National Sheriffs’ Association endorsed Sessions and announced that their legislative report cards will include the yeas and nays on his confirmation. Voters in these Republican-leaning states will scrutinize these ratings and weigh them seriously before going to the polls in November 2018. |
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| A bill to permanently exempt public colleges and medical centers from a requirement to allow concealed guns on their premises was rejected by a Kansas Senate committee on Tuesday. |
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| Recently, state Representative Ako Abdul-Samad (D-35) introduced two deeply flawed anti-gun bills. The first, House File 145, would expand background checks to include all transfers and sales of firearms. The second, House File 157, would prohibit the sale or transfer of commonly owned semi-automatic firearms that proponents call “assault weapons.” These misguided bills, much like other anti-gun legislation, are aimed at providing a false sense of safety while infringing upon the rights of law-abiding gun owners and those that wish to lawfully purchase a firearm. Please contact your state Representative today and urge them to OPPOSE these anti-gun measures. Also, please contact Representative Abdul-Samad and tell him that these bills do not represent the views of law-abiding gun owners in Iowa. |
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| On Tuesday, the New Mexico Senate Public Affairs Committee voted 5-3 to approve Senate Bill 48, NRA-opposed legislation banning private firearms sales and transfers sponsored by state Senator Richard Martinez (D-Espanola) and being pushed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s national gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety. |
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| As the bill introduction period draws to a close, there are two anti-gun bills that would violate the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. |
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| The National Rifle Association (NRA) applauds the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the United States Supreme Court. |
