NRA-ILA Daily Alert For 8-23-2018


DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, August 23, 2018

Why Judges Matter
NEWS 
Why Judges Matter
Can a state attorney general unilaterally reinterpret a gun control statute to retroactively ban firearms that had been openly bought and sold within the state throughout the law’s 20-year history? William G. Young, a federal judge in Massachusetts, said “yes” in Workman v. Healy, the NRA-supported challenge to the attorney general’s ban. That opinion illustrates why President Donald Trump’s appointments to the federal judiciary are so important. A wave of distinguished judicial nominees from Trump is already descending upon the federal bench. But far more are needed, and the U.S. Senate needs to quickly confirm them. It is no exaggeration to say that pro-Second Amendment judges are often the last line of defense for our Second Amendment rights.
NEWS 
2018 Election is an Important Midterm
Our many battles over the past 147 years have taught us that every election is important. Every decision made by you, the American voter, can have consequences for our country. Perhaps nothing exemplifies that more than Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016. There is no doubt that a Clinton victory would have been a grave threat to our fundamental freedoms. President Trump, on the other hand, has proven time and again that he is a true champion of our constitutional rights. His election was a great victory for all true believers in the Second Amendment. This November, we face a vicious attack on those freedoms. The events of the past two years have emboldened those who would take away our right to keep and bear arms, to the point that many are openly admitting that they want to repeal the Second Amendment. To that end, they continue to press for dramatic restrictions on our liberties, including banning common rifles and imposing other harsh restrictions on our rights, such as firearm and ammunition registration.
New Jersey: Gov. Murphy Targets Bear Hunting
LEGAL & LEGISLATION HUNTING 
New Jersey: Gov. Murphy Targets Bear Hunting
Earlier this week, anti-gun and anti-hunting Gov. Phil Murphy continued his pandering to animal rights extremists by issuing an executive order to ban bear hunting on public land in the Garden State.
PR NEWSWIRE
Canada: New Policy Paper Recommends Criminalizing All Gun Possession external site
The Mosaic Institute encourages Canadians and the federal government to take a harder line on possession, recommending the following:1. Criminalize possession of all guns (with the exception of police, military, hunters and gun clubs).2. Set aside a fund to buy back weapons.3. Ratify the United Nations Protocol on Firearms Control.