NRA-ILA Daily Alert For December 6, 2018

DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, December 6, 2018

Oklahoma: Constitutional Carry Pre-Filed in the Senate for 2019
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Oklahoma: Constitutional Carry Pre-Filed in the Senate for 2019
Recently, Senator Nathan Dahm pre-filed constitutional carry legislation, Senate Bill 12 for the 2019 Legislative Session.
Warning to New Mexico Gun Owners: Expect Unprecedented Attacks On Your Second Amendment Rights During The 2019 Legislative Session
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Warning to New Mexico Gun Owners: Expect Unprecedented Attacks On Your Second Amendment Rights During The 2019 Legislative Session
While the New Mexico Legislature will not convene for its 60-day Regular Session until January 15, lawmakers can start prefiling bills on December 17.
WALL STREET JOURNAL
How Dick’s Sporting Goods Decided to Change Its Gun Policy external site
Dick’s expects same-store sales to fall between 3% and 4% this year, in line with the calculations it made in February, Mr. Stack said Tuesday. The vast majority of the sales weakness is due to the company’s decision on guns, he said, as those under 21 aren’t buying guns and some gun enthusiasts have stopped shopping at Dick’s. “It’s as expected.”
THE HILL
House Dems to introduce bill to criminalize private firearms transfers: report external site
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) plans to introduce a bill that will require universal background checks, according to the news outlet.
TOWN HALL
Rep. Scalise Explains to ‘The View’ Why His Position on Gun Control Hasn’t Changed After Being Shot external site
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) explained his firm pro-Second Amendment stance to ‘View’ host Whoopi Goldberg Tuesday.
DES MOINES REGISTER
Michael Bloomberg focuses on climate change, gun control in his first visit to Iowa external site
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made his debut Iowa appearance as a possible presidential candidate Tuesday with a message hyper-focused on curbing the effects of climate change and reducing gun violence.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Freshman Lawmakers in Congress ready to use new-won power external site
“We know that all of our issues are tied and are the same,” she added. “There is no health care justice without gun violence reform.”
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
American kids are ‘political pawns’ in gun control battle, CEOs say external site
America’s partisan standoff over gun regulation has made pawns of the nation’s youth, the heads of two companies that supported tighter firearm restrictions complained Tuesday.
MERCURY NEWS
California: Contra Costa supervisors ask state to ban gun shows at fairgrounds external site
Deciding that gun shows don’t belong at the county fairgrounds, the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to ask the state to ban them.