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NRA-ILA Daily Alert For 9-13-2018

By RVL / September 13, 2018
DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, September 13, 2018
THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW
Washington: With court fight over, gun control measure I-1639 goes around Legislature to voters external site
For about a week, it looked like Washington wouldn’t vote this year on a sweeping gun control initiative that would restrict the sale of semi-automatic rifles and require firearms to be stored safely in the home. But neither supporters nor opponents of Initiative 1639 took a break between a Thurston County Superior Court judge’s ruling the measure could not go on the November ballot and a Washington Supreme Court ruling that it must. Both had campaigns in full swing as soon as the high court said questions about the size of type and formatting in the initiative language weren’t enough to kill it.
THE HILL
McConnell predicts Senate vote on Kavanaugh in last week of September external site
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said that he expects Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to get a Senate vote in the final week of September.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. judge strikes down California ban on handgun ads external site
A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down a nearly century-old California law that banned handgun ads at gun shops, saying the state failed to show it would prevent suicides or crime.
NBC SAN DIEGO
California: Del Mar Gun Show Postponed Pending Policy Review external site
The governing board of the Del Mar Fairgrounds voted Tuesday to postpone the Crossroads of the West Gun Show, an exhibit which has been held at the fairgrounds for the past 30 years.
REASON
Pot Prohibition Makes Self-Defense Illegal external site
When a stranger forced his way into her apartment, tackled her, punched her repeatedly, and tried to cover her mouth with a cloth, Krissy Noble says, she did what she thought was necessary to protect herself and her unborn baby. She grabbed a handgun from the coffee table and shot the man three times, then ran to a neighbor’s apartment and asked her to call the police.
CBC
Canada: As Liberals contemplate handgun ban, an urban-rural caucus divide emerges external site
The Liberal government is contemplating a national handgun ban — a proposition that has opened up a divide between urban and rural MPs in the party, with some warning the rights of lawful gun holders must be considered when crafting new laws to curb gun crime in Canada.

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