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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 33, NUMBER 18 |
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| April 29 was a big day for Second Amendment supporters in Washington, D.C., as ATF announced the confirmation of a new director, Robert Cekada, and rolled out perhaps the biggest one-day regulatory overhaul in the agency’s history. |
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| Rhode Island bill is silent on how the state would handle firearms it makes illegal overnight |
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| Homicide rates in the United States, including those where firearms are used, have been declining over the last few years. According to multiple reports on early projections, 2025 is expected to see the largest decline in homicides in the U.S. ever recorded, with some estimating a roughly 20% drop. |
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| Many years ago, Otis McDonald, a 76-year old retiree living in a high-crime area of Chicago testified that he had “been robbed numerous times in his Morgan Park home; [he’d] witnessed too many crimes to count and …been threatened with pistols around his home.” |
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| In 2024, the City of Chicago filed a lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock – the maker of some of the world’s most popular pistols for civilian and law enforcement use (including at one point the Chicago Police Department). |
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| Semi-automatic long guns, such as the AR-15, have been a hot topic of political rhetoric for decades now. And for those same decades, those same firearms have remained statistically under-represented in violent crime, while remaining wildly mischaracterized in policy debates and lawmaking. |
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| The National Rifle Association joined the Second Amendment Foundation, California Rifle & Pistol Association, Second Amendment Law Center, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of Patrick “Tate” Adamiak. |
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| Paul Walsh was honored for his exceptional grassroots leadership and dedication to advancing the Second Amendment through his work with NRA-ILA. |
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| STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP |
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