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| DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, May 10, 2019 |
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| On May 8th, Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a number of anti-gun bills that had been passed by the Legislature during the 2019 Legislative Session. |
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| The Vermont legislative session is nearing the finish line, and an anti-gun bill that was being heavily and rapidly pushed months ago has fallen off the pace as gun owners have persistently expressed opposition to the bill. |
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| Thank you to all the Texans who joined us in Indiana at the 2019 NRA Annual Meeting. And to all of those who couldn’t make it, we missed you! |
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| Thank you to all the Louisiana NRA supporters who made the trip to Indiana this year to attend the 2019 NRA Annual Meeting. And to all of those who couldn’t make it, we missed you! |
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| Having thus far failed to break through in the Democratic primary, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey is seeking to gain an edge in the contest by advancing the most extreme package of gun-control proposals to be touted by any presidential aspirant in two decades. In addition to the usual laundry list — “universal” background checks, a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” the prohibition of standard-capacity magazines — Booker hopes to establish not only a federal registry of guns, but a federal registry of gun owners, too. Under the terms of Booker’s plan, Americans wishing to exercise their Second Amendment rights would have to apply to Washington for permission — not just once, but every five years — and to inform the executive branch of each weapon they own in their home. |
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| The Bluegrass State was well represented at the National Rifle Association’s 148th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis by Gov. Matt Bevin. In his address to the thousands of freedom loving patriots gathered at the NRA Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum, your NRA-endorsed governor made clear he will fight to protect our God-given right to defend ourselves, our families, and our homes. |
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| Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB-7030 within hours after receiving it. SB-7030 contains the language that authorizes local school boards to allow classroom teachers to go through training and carry firearms on school campuses. News reports suggested that “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America” and another Bloomberg group, “Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America,” were apparently pushing on Governor DeSantis to veto SB-7070 — the wrong bill. |
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| Students and parents walked out of a planned vigil for the victims of a shooting at a Colorado high school after they say the memorial became political, 9 News reported. The event was described as an “interfaith memorial vigil” to honor victims of the Tuesday shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, which left one student dead and eight others injured. Students from STEM reportedly became frustrated when two Democratic politicians from Colorado, Rep. Jason Crow and Sen. Michael Bennet, who is running for president, began to speak about gun control and policy. |
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| Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kept one of his campaign promises on Tuesday by signing an executive order to relax his country’s 2003 firearms law. |
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| More Florida teachers will be eligible to carry guns in the classroom under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday that immediately implements recommendations from a commission formed after a mass shooting at a high school in Parkland. DeSantis signed the bill in private and didn’t issue a statement afterward. The bill was one of the most contentious of the legislative session that ended Saturday. It expands the “guardian” program that allows school districts to approve school employees and teachers with a role outside the classroom, such as a coach, to carry guns. School districts have to approve and teachers have to volunteer. They then go through police-like training with a sheriff’s office and undergo a psychiatric evaluation and a background check. The new law expands the program to make all teachers eligible regardless of whether they have a non-classroom role. |
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| Students who survived Tuesday’s suburban Denver school shooting walked out of a gun-control rally Wednesday night in anger and tears over concerns the event inappropriately politicized their grief. While primarily billed as a vigil to honor high school shooting victim Kendrick Castillo, most of the speakers at the 2,000-person rally were politicians and gun-control advocates pushing Congress to change the nation’s gun laws. After about 30 minutes, hundreds of students from the STEM School stormed out yelling “this is not for us!”, “political stunt” and “we are people, not a statement.” |
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| Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker says gun violence “is an everyday experience to people like me.” As he unveiled a wide-ranging gun control proposal this week and showcased his call for federal licensing of firearms, the Democrat from New Jersey and former mayor of Newark — one of the toughest cities in the nation — emphasized that “I can’t stay away from this.” Booker became the latest Democratic White House hopeful to make the issue of gun violence a top priority in the 2020 campaign. In the wake of the 2018 massacre at a high school in Parkland, Florida, gun control has returned to the center of the Democratic Party’s spotlight. |
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| The National Rifle Association’s Institute For Legislative Action’s Chris Cox penned an article reminding Second Amendment supporters of the challenges – and victories – gun owners have had, despite calls for stricter gun control legislation. Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts saw the piece but must have skimmed it. Either that or she doesn’t understand the very basics of firearms and ammunition. She took to Twitter to attempt to call out the NRA for defending “armor piercing ammunition,” the very ammo that’s used for self-defense purposes. |
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| Yesterday, the Senate Executive Committee held a hearing to consider a package of gun control bills |
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| Thank you for hosting more than 81,000 NRA members in Indianapolis last month at the NRA’s 148th Annual Meeting! We greatly appreciate the warm welcome you extended to all of us. One of the highlights of the meeting was hearing from Gov. Eric Holcomb, Sen. Todd Young, and Sen. Mike Braun at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum. All three made clear they will fight to protect our God-given right to defend ourselves, our families, and our homes. |
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