NRA-ILA DAILY ALERT FOR MAY 20, 2020

Oklahoma: Legislature Adjourns from its 2020 Legislative Session
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Oklahoma: Legislature Adjourns from its 2020 Legislative Session
Late Friday, the Oklahoma Legislature adjourned from its 2020 Legislative Session.
Father Pfleger's Selective Reasoning
NEWS
Father Pfleger’s Selective Reasoning
Close observers of gun politics might be surprised to learn that decades-long Chicago gun control advocate and Catholic priest Father Michael Pfleger is in fact capable of some logic.
Everytown Ignores Its Own Data to Get Attention
NEWS
Everytown Ignores Its Own Data to Get Attention
Everytown for Gun Safety produced an “analysis” that sought to tie an “‘alarming’ spike” in fatal firearms-related accidents involving children to the recent surge in firearms purchases across the country. Their point is predicated on the deliberate exclusion and misuse of their own data – they used the tragic deaths of children to push their anti-gun agenda. Their own historical data disproves their claim.
Playing Pandemic Politics in New Mexico
NEWS
Playing Pandemic Politics in New Mexico
COVID-19 is indiscriminate –it infects without regard to class or background or political orientation. In addition to the loss of health or lives or livelihoods, an indirect victim of the virus, one more selectively targeted due to government intent or intransigence, is civil rights.
Mexico Demands Explanation for Obama-era Gun-walking Scandal
NEWS
Mexico Demands Explanation for Obama-era Gun-walking Scandal
Nearly a decade has passed since the public first learned of the botched Obama-era gunwalking scandal Operation Fast and Furious. These days, Barack Obama spends his time collecting money from a lucrative Netflix contract, shuffling between lavish homes in Washington, D.C. and on Martha’s Vineyard, and occasionally offering his tepid support for presumptive democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Former Attorney General Eric Holder enjoys a profitable position as a “rainmaker” at high-powered D.C. law firm Covington. Meanwhile, those who lost loved ones to the Obama Department of Justice’s misguided gun trafficking scheme are still searching for answers and accountability.
Alabama: Legislature Adjourns Sine Die
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Alabama: Legislature Adjourns Sine Die
On May 18th, the Alabama Legislature adjourned sine die from the 2020 session.  During this session, sheriffs attempted at every turn to derail NRA-supported Senate bill 47 and House Bill 39, bills to improve your right to self-defense by creating the option of a lifetime carry permit.