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NRA-ILA Daily Alert For 8-9-2018

By RVL / August 9, 2018
DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, August 9, 2018
THE GOLDENDALE SENTINEL
Gun control initiative is certified for November ballot external site
On July 27, Secretary of State Kim Wyman certified Initiative 1639 for the November General Election.Wyman said concerns remain about whether the format of the I-1639 petition signature sheets complies with constitutional and statutory requirements, and whether it sets a precedent for future petitions. However, the initiative complied with the requirements of RCW 29A.72.170, which limits the Secretary’s authority over initiatives to specific criteria.
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE.COM
To Limit the Second Amendment, New York Attacks the First external site
As I’ve written many times before, the battle over gun rights has devolved into a bitter, unyielding culture war, and in a culture war, civil liberties are often the first casualty. State officials have their own free-speech rights, yes, but those free-speech rights do not include the right to use express or implied threats to wield state power against disfavored viewpoints. Heckle all you want, Governor Cuomo. Display your malice. But the instant that malice translates into state action aimed at speech is the instant the Constitution holds you to account.
NEW YORK POST
Andrew Cuomo is now at war with the Bill of Rights external site
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lawyers will be in federal court in Albany next month, when they’ll try to get a judge to dismiss the lawsuit against him by America’s largest civil rights organization.
DETROIT NEWS
Scaremongering over 3D guns has little to do with reality external site
First of all, 3D plastic guns aren’t being sold to the public. Neither are “downloadable firearms” or “ghost guns.” These things don’t exist. Data, code and information are being sold to the public. There is no magical contraption that creates a new gun on demand. Sorry.
LOS ANGELES TIMES
The boring truth about 3-D printed guns external site
It’s rare in 2018 for even the most shocking news story to hold public attention beyond a 48-hour window, but it has been weeks since the State Department agreed to let Austin, Texas-based Defense Distributed resume hosting its digital firearms files at DEFCAD.com, and the media frenzy has yet to fully abate. After several state attorneys general sued to block the settlement, a Seattle judge granted a temporary restraining order, and a hearing is set for Friday.

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