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Texas: National Right to Carry Reciprocity Begins with You!

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Texas: National Right to Carry Reciprocity Begins with You!

On Monday, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee reported out Texas Senate Bill 706 by Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown). SB 706 requires Texas to universally recognize all valid out-of-state carry licenses, as twenty other states currently do. Texas can take a leadership role in the fight to pass National Right to Carry Reciprocity by acting first on SB 706. NRA members should contact their State Senators and urge them to support SB 706!  Contact information can be found here: The Texas State Senate – Members of the Texas Senate.

A number of high-profile, pro-Second Amendment issues have seen House and Senate companion bills filed already this session, including:

House Bill 162 & Senate Bill 1362: The "Anti-Red Flag Acts" by State Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) and Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of red flag orders unless expressly authorized by Texas law.

House Bill 259 & Senate Bill 1596: Introduced by Rep. Richard Hayes (R-Lake Dallas) & Sen. Brent Hagenbuch (R-Denton), removing short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns from the list of prohibited weapons in Texas. These items would still be regulated under the National Firearms Act at the federal level.

House Bill 920 & Senate Bill 1603: Authored by State Rep. Ben Bumgarner (R-Roanoke) and Sen. Adam Hinojosa (R-Corpus Christi), exempting firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories from the state sales and use tax.

House Bill 1337 & Senate Bill 706: Filed by Rep. Carrie Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) and Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown), providing for universal recognition of out-of-state carry licenses and aligning Texas' License to Carry law with the permitless carry law.

House Bill 1715 & Senate Bill 1065: Introduced by Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) and Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood), requiring contracts involving the use of property owned or leased by a governmental entity to include a provision that the contractor may not restrict the carrying of a handgun by a License to Carry holder on the property during the term of the contract.  This legislation is in response to the State Fair of Texas’ gun ban.

House Bill 1403 & Senate Bill 1524:  Authored by Rep. Cody Harris (R-Palestine) and Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston), prohibiting child placement and state agencies from requiring foster parents to provide a list of the specific types of firearms that are kept in the home and ensures that information regarding the presence of firearms in the home remains confidential.

NRA-ILA will report to you on when these bills are set for public hearings and what actions you can take to help advance them!  The deadline to introduce bills in March 14.

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David Hogg: “The Grift that Keeps on Grifting”

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Monday, October 20, 2025

David Hogg: “The Grift that Keeps on Grifting”

At this point, anybody who reads NRA-ILA’s Grassroots Alerts even sporadically is well aware of the shameless, anti-gun self-promoter David Hogg. 

Urban Crime Spike “the Most Overlooked U.S. Crime Story in Recent Years”

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Monday, October 20, 2025

Urban Crime Spike “the Most Overlooked U.S. Crime Story in Recent Years”

It was a standard talking point of the Biden White House that violent crime had dropped by record levels under the Biden-Harris administration, attributed in part to its support of gun control measures.

NRA Files Lawsuit Challenging California’s Glock Ban

Monday, October 13, 2025

NRA Files Lawsuit Challenging California’s Glock Ban

Today, the National Rifle Association—along with Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, Poway Weapons & Gear, and two NRA members—filed a lawsuit challenging California’s Glock ban.

First Affirmative Lawsuit in Support of Gun Owners Filed by Trump’s DOJ

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Monday, October 6, 2025

First Affirmative Lawsuit in Support of Gun Owners Filed by Trump’s DOJ

California officials’ egregious foot-dragging over the issuance of carry permits has finally attracted the ire of the federal Department of Justice (DOJ). 

Colorado Joins States in Promoting Use of Red Flag Laws

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Monday, October 20, 2025

Colorado Joins States in Promoting Use of Red Flag Laws

First there were the red flag laws themselves, dangerous laws allowing for the seizure of firearms while bypassing a citizen’s right to due process. 

North Carolina: Update on Permitless Carry

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

North Carolina: Update on Permitless Carry

Last week the North Carolina General Assembly briefly returned from recess and re-referred Senate Bill 50, Freedom to Carry NC, to the House Rules Committee.

California: Governor Newsom Signs Gun Control Bills Into Law

Monday, October 13, 2025

California: Governor Newsom Signs Gun Control Bills Into Law

For someone who has claimed to be"...deeply mindful and respectful of the Second Amendment and people’s Constitutional rights,” Governor Gavin Newsom has once again proven that actions speak louder than words.

FBI Persists in Underreporting Armed Citizen Defensive Gun Use

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Monday, October 13, 2025

FBI Persists in Underreporting Armed Citizen Defensive Gun Use

Three years ago, Dr. John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), writing for RealClearInvestigations, described how the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was vastly undercounting, “by an order of more than three the number of instances in ...

NRA Files Another Lawsuit Challenging the National Firearms Act

Thursday, October 9, 2025

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Today, the National Rifle Association—along with the American Suppressor Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, and Second Amendment Foundation—announced the filing of another lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA).

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Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.