NRA Grassroots Alert for 12-24-2019

Pennsylvania AG Targets Partially-Manufactured Receivers, Gun Owners
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Pennsylvania AG Targets Partially-Manufactured Receivers, Gun Owners
On December 16, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro issued a convoluted interpretation of state gun law that will have broad implications for Keystone State gun owners. The attorney general’s letter expanded the state’s statutory definition of “firearm” to include almost any material that has the potential to be fashioned into a firearm frame or receiver. The strained interpretation has the potential to effectively eliminate Pennsylvanians’ long-standing tradition of making their own firearms for personal use.
Virginia Gov. Northam Wants to Ban Your Guns AND Make You Pay for It!
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Virginia Gov. Northam Wants to Ban Your Guns AND Make You Pay for It!
As if Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s wholesale attack on law-abiding gun owners wasn’t enough, the disgraced public official and his Michael Bloomberg-bought allies in the General Assembly now want the state’s hard-working taxpayers to foot the bill for their unconstitutional schemes. The budget bill (HB30) includes an appropriation of a quarter million dollars to carry out a host of gun control measures that Northam and his anti-gun allies hope to enact.
Puerto Rico Enacts Pro-gun Overhaul of Firearms Laws
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Puerto Rico Enacts Pro-gun Overhaul of Firearms Laws
The 3.5 million residents of the Unites States’ largest territory will soon be able to better exercise their Second Amendment rights. On December 11, Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez Garced signed the Puerto Rico Weapons Act of 2020. The legislation overhauled the territory’s gun laws in a manner that will make it easier for the island’s residents and visitors to exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.