NRA-ILA Daily Alert Of 10-11-2018


DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, October 11, 2018

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
NRA Drops New Anti-Bredesen Ad in Tennessee Senate Race external site
The National Rifle Association released a new ad opposing Tennessee Democrat Phil Bredesen and supporting Republican Marsha Blackburn this week in the gun-rights group’s latest foray into the hotly contested Senate race. “The Supreme Court is divided,” the ad begins. “Our right to self-defense hangs in the balance. If Phil Bredesen wins, Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein will destroy our right to self-defense.” The ad then goes on to advocate that Tennesseans vote for Bredesen’s opponent. “But there’s something you can do about it,” the ad says. “Marsha Blackburn will defend our rights. Always. On November 6, vote Marsha Blackburn for U.S. Senate.”
NEWS
NRA Launches Seven-Figure Ad Campaign in Indiana
The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) today launched a seven-figure ad campaign to inform voters that Sen. Joe Donnelly cannot be trusted to support their constitutional right to self-defense. The television ad, titled DC Joe , will air on cable and broadcast stations.
NEWS
There’s Nothing Grassroots About Bloomberg-backed Gun Control
By now you know the media narrative: young Americans are uniformly working together on “grassroots” anti-gun activism in an attempt to unseat pro-gun elected officials across the country at all levels of government.  The danger facing gun owners is very real. Without an historic effort from pro-gun voters, gun control will be on the agenda throughout the country come January. But the threat doesn’t come from a grassroots movement, it comes from a cadre of wealthy elites intent on eliminating your fundamental rights.
NEWS
Don’t Let Your State’s Governor Mansion Become a Gun-Free Home
While Congressional elections will likely get the lion’s share of media coverage leading up to November 6, gun owners know that threats to our Right to Keep and Bear Arms do not only emanate from Washington, DC. State legislatures regularly move far more swiftly than Congress when it comes to considering proposals that impact our Second Amendment freedoms.
LIBERTY PARK PRESS
WA Law Enforcement Groups Line Up Against I-1639 external site
Four major Evergreen State law enforcement organizations representing the overwhelming majority of sheriff’s deputies, local police and state troopers have lined up against Initiative 1639, which would make Washington’s gun laws among the strictest in the nation.
TENNESSEE STAR
Tennessee: Bredesen Claims ‘Not With Dems’ on Gun Control Before Bloomberg Fundraiser external site
Gun-control advocate Mike Bloomberg hosted a Manhattan fundraiser for Bredesen Tuesday.
THE SEATTLE TIMES
Washington’s I-1639 would implement some of the nation’s most stringent gun-control laws external site
What isn’t up for discussion is that the 30-page initiative, on the Nov. 6 ballot, will vault Washington into the vanguard of state gun-restriction laws with Massachusetts, Hawaii and California.
NBC SAN DIEGO
California: Supervisors Vote to Ban Target Shooting Near Dulzura external site
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to restrict target shooting in San Diego County’s backcountry near Dulzura, citing a 2017 wildfire that was sparked by gunfire.
MIAMI HERALD
Florida: Gun control group investing millions in the 2018 election endorses a Miami Republican external site
A national gun control group co-founded by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing Miami Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo in the nation’s most expensive House race.
GOVERNING.COM
Does Hunting Need Constitutional Protections? external site
This November, North Carolina voters will decide whether to codify the right to hunt and fish in the state’s constitution. This type of amendment is not new, though it has rapidly gained steam in the last two decades. More than 20 states have cemented a constitutional right to hunt and fish — most through the ballot box. The effort is backed by outdoor sporting groups and the National Rifle Association (NRA) and faces concerns from animal rights groups. If approved by voters, this change would limit the state’s ability to regulate hunting and establish hunting as the “preferred” means of managing wildlife.