NRA-ILA Daily Alert for October 18, 2018

DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, October 18, 2018

POLITICO
Pelosi details her plans for House majority external site
After that, Pelosi said, Democrats are looking at lowering drug prices and then will try to work with Republicans on a gun background check bill and protecting so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.
WASHINGTON TIMES
Trump stocks federal appeals courts with conservative judges at record pace external site
President Trump is smashing the record for appointing judges to the powerful federal appeals courts with 29 picks confirmed, helping him put his stamp on the judiciary well beyond the Supreme Court.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ruling: Kansas gun law no defense to federal firearm charges external site
An appeals court on Tuesday upheld the firearms convictions against two Kansas men who mistakenly believed that a Kansas law can shield from federal prosecution anyone owning firearms made, sold and kept in the state.
WBFF
Guns and Medical Marijuana: An Illegal Mix, According to Feds external site
Maryland’s medical marijuana users may have gained the right to use the drug, but as a result, their right to bear arms is taken away.
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR
How Guns Made America external site
Andrew Cuomo recently blurted out that “America has never been great.” The remark generated the predictable reaction and Cuomo quickly backed away, saying that the remark had been “inartful” and that, of course, “America has always been great.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Montana: AG asks judge to reconsider Missoula gun ordinance case external site
Montana’s attorney general is asking a state judge to reconsider a ruling that upholds Missoula’s right to enforce background checks on all firearms transfers in the city.
TORONTO SUN
Canada: Serious flaws in Ottawa’s handgun ban consultations external site
The Trudeau government said they would consult far and wide on banning handguns, they just didn’t specify that it would be world-wide.
President’s Column | Your Vote Outweighs Their Millions: Make Your Voice Heard Nov. 6
NEWS
President’s Column | Your Vote Outweighs Their Millions: Make Your Voice Heard Nov. 6
My fellow NRA members, we stand at the edge of the precipice of one of the most important elections of our lives. That is the reality we face, and we face it just days from now. All the freedoms we hold dear are at stake in this election. The enemies of our freedom are highly organized and abundantly funded, thanks to a group of super-rich political elites hell-bent on “buying” this election to serve their own agenda. This self-serving cabal of billionaires and their pet politicians have conspired to permanently transform America into a socialist state.They tried their best to win the White House in 2016, and they’ve done everything possible to undo that election ever since.