NRA-ILA DAILY ALERT FOR 5-8-2019


DAILY ALERT FOR Wednesday, May 8, 2019

TOWNHALL
Armed Guards at Houses of Worship Is Not Enough external site
From New Zealand to Sri Lanka, houses of worship are under attack. This has been an all too common phenomenon around the world. At home, there have been recent shootings at synagogues in Pittsburgh and San Diego, and at churches in Texas, Tennessee, Colorado, and South Carolina. So how do we make people safer?
Montana: Governor Vetoes Preemption Legislation – Will be Placed on the 2020 Ballot
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Montana: Governor Vetoes Preemption Legislation – Will be Placed on the 2020 Ballot
Last week, Governor Steve Bullock vetoed preemption legislation, House Bill 325.
Louisiana: House to Consider Two Pro-Gun Bills Next Week
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Louisiana: House to Consider Two Pro-Gun Bills Next Week
Next week, the Louisiana House is scheduled to consider pro-gun legislation, House Bill 281 and House Bill 235.
GUNS.COM
Lawmakers Demand Google Scrap Anti-Hunting Ad Policy external site
Two lawmakers say Google’s stance on refusing to run paid ads for pro-hunting groups steps on centuries of the country’s hunting legacy.
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Gun confiscation on the table as Booker, Swalwell lead 2020 Democrats leftward external site
Democratic presidential candidates are headed sharply left on gun control as New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and California Rep. Eric Swalwell sought Monday to one-up each other with calls for the government to confiscate firearms.  Booker pledged to take executive action on his first day in office “closing dangerous loopholes in gun sales, cracking down on unscrupulous dealers and gun manufacturers, and investing in communities impacted by gun violence.”
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Cory Booker: Americans should be ‘thrown in jail’ if they won’t give up their guns external site
Cory Booker said he backs legislation that would get Americans “thrown in jail” for owning “assault weapons” if they do not hand them over in a buyback program in which they would be sold to the government.  Booker, a senator for New Jersey and 2020 presidential hopeful, said that incarceration would be an option after a “reasonable period” following the buyback offer.  “Again, we should have a law that bans these weapons, and we should have a reasonable period in which people can turn in these weapons. Right now we have a nation that allows in streets and communities like mine these weapons that should not exist,” Booker said on CNN on Monday.
Connecticut: Gun Control Bills To Receive Votes Today
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Connecticut: Gun Control Bills To Receive Votes Today
Today, the Connecticut House of Representatives will hold votes for a broad-based set of gun control legislation that would require firearms be made unavailable for self-defense, effectively end the centuries old practice of home-manufacturing firearms for personal use, and impose unnecessary restrictions on transporting handguns.