NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS April 29, 2019


NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 26, NUMBER 17

President Trump and Vice President Pence Make History Once Again at 2019 NRA Annual Meeting
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President Trump and Vice President Pence Make History Once Again at 2019 NRA Annual Meeting
For the second year in a row, a sitting president and vice president both addressed NRA members at the 148th Annual Meetings in Indianapolis on Friday during the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum. This makes the third year in a row that President Trump joined with thousands of NRA members to share his support for our Right to Keep and Bear Arms. His is once again one for the history books. In 2017, he became the first sitting president to attend the Annual Meetings in more than three decades when he addressed the Leadership Forum in Atlanta. The last president to attend the NRA Annual Meetings was Ronald Reagan in 1983.
President Trump Withdraws U.S. from United Nations Arms Trade Treaty
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President Trump Withdraws U.S. from United Nations Arms Trade Treaty
During his speech to the 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum, President Trump announced that he would “unsign” the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) effectively withdrawing the United States from the treaty.
Report: UK Gun Owner Loses Licenses Over Social Media Presence
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Report: UK Gun Owner Loses Licenses Over Social Media Presence
In 2016, UK shooter and popular YouTube gun channel personality Callum Long-Collins told the BBC, “Being British and a firearms owner, it almost feels illegal to have any sort of opinion on using guns for self-defense.” The comments appear to have been proved correct. According to an April 23 article in The Times titled, “Gun licences stripped from shooting activist over YouTube comments,” Long-Collins told the publication that he lost an appeal to have his firearms licenses reinstated with the primary reason being the content of his YouTube page, EnglishShooting.
NRA Applauds Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb for Signing Comprehensive Gun Rights Bill into Law
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NRA Applauds Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb for Signing Comprehensive Gun Rights Bill into Law
​ FAIRFAX, Va.–  The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauds Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb for signing into law a comprehensive gun rights bill that will make it easier for law-abiding Hoosiers to defend themselves. Gov. Holcomb signed the bill into law on the stage of the NRA-ILA’s Leadership Forum at the Indiana Convention Center – Lucas Oil Stadium.
New Jersey Governor Hopes to Price Low-Income Residents Out of the Lawful Gun Market
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New Jersey Governor Hopes to Price Low-Income Residents Out of the Lawful Gun Market
It’s no secret that the Garden State is hardly Eden for Second Amendment supporters, who are subjected there to some of the strictest firearm laws in the nation. But now Democrat Gov. Philip D. Murphy is targeting New Jersey’s law-abiding gun owners and would-be gun owners with proposals to increase by several orders of magnitude the mandatory fees state residents must pay to own or carry firearms. These anti-gun taxes would hit low-income residents the hardest, predictably pricing many of them out of the gun market entirely, even though they typically live in the state’s highest crime areas.
NRA Supporting Challenge to Washington State Release of Gun Owner's Private Data
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NRA Supporting Challenge to Washington State Release of Gun Owner’s Private Data
The NRA is supporting a challenge to Washington State’s plan to release names and addresses of those who participated in the state’s bump stock buy-back program.
NRA Statement on NYSRPA's Response to New York City's Travel Ban
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NRA Statement on NYSRPA’s Response to New York City’s Travel Ban
NRA backs NYSRPA’s response as New York City desperately tries to kill a lawsuit challenging the city’s unconstitutional firearm travel ban.

VIDEOS

President Donald J. Trump: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum
President Donald J. Trump: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum
Vice President Mike Pence: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum
Vice President Mike Pence: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum
Chris W. Cox: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum
Chris W. Cox: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum
Wayne LaPierre: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum
Wayne LaPierre: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum

STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP

Hawaii Hawaii
Hawaii: Contact the Governor Today!
Minnesota Minnesota
Minnesota: House and Senate Omnibus Bills Update
Nevada Nevada
Nevada: Gun Control Bills Pass Assembly
New Hampshire New Hampshire
New Hampshire: Senate Committee to Hear Gun Control Bills
Tennessee Tennessee
Tennessee: Your Action Needed – Pro-Gun Legislation Advancing in the General Assembly
Texas Texas
Texas: House Will Vote on Two More NRA-Backed Bills Monday!
Washington Washington
Washington: NRA Backs Lawsuit to Prevent Public Database of Gun Owners
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