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| NEWS Walz as Harris VP Pick Continues to Have Problems | |
| We talked last week about one of the problems newly-minted VP candidate Tim Walz (D) had been facing. Whether it is considered “stolen valor” for Walz to have implied he served in an active combat zone when he did not is a hotly debated topic these days. Our problem with Walz, though, is the idea that he is any sort of an expert to be listened to when determining what firearms the government should prohibit law-abiding citizens from owning. | |
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| NEWS Press Covers for Kamala Harris’s Clear Record on Gun Confiscation | |
| The legacy media has mostly given up the pretense of carrying out its once-professed mission – holding power to account. At this point, no reasonable person expects the regime press to cover legitimate news that might reflect poorly on their political allies. Still, conspicuous ignorance is one thing, distortion is another. | |
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| NEWS Poll Reveals Overwhelming Support for Right to Bear Arms | |
| Americans are deeply divided on many issues these days. But a recent poll conducted by Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, WI, revealed at least one area of broad agreement: A supermajority in the U.S. supports a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The poll questioned 1,005 adults nationwide from July 24 to Aug. 1, 2024, and has a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points. | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION NRA Files Amicus Brief in Challenge to Massachusetts’s Nonresident Carry Restrictions | |
| On August 16, the NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation filed an amicus brief supporting a challenge to Massachusetts’s carry restrictions for nonresidents. The brief argues that Massachusetts’s nonresident licensing scheme violates the Second Amendment because it is overly burdensome and unsupported by a historical tradition of regulation. Throughout American history, nonresidents were never subject to greater restrictions than residents. When nonresidents were treated differently, it was always to provide them greater carry protections. But Massachusetts’s licensing regime is significantly more burdensome for nonresidents than residents, often requiring multiple trips to the Commonwealth—in addition to other burdensome requirements—to acquire a nonresident carry license that is valid for only one year. | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION AG Paxton Directs City of Dallas to End Carry Ban at State Fair | |
| We previously reported to you on the announcement of a new policy banning License To Carry holders from possessing firearms at the Texas State Fair, property which is owned by the City of Dallas but contracted out to a nonprofit entity (the State Fair of Texas) to run the annual event in the fall. Today, Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the city, directing it to end this policy, which violates state law prohibiting restrictions on the carrying of firearms on property owned or leased by a governmental entity unless those premises are specifically enumerated as prohibited locations under Texas Penal Code Section 46.03 (note that the Texas State Fair does not meet the criteria for an "amusement park", which is one of the prohibited locations in 46.03.) Paxton also warned the city that unless the wrongful exclusion of LTC holders is corrected within 15 days, he will file suit to seek injunctive relief and civil penalties under Texas Government Code Section 411.209. NRA-ILA thanks General Paxton for taking swift and decisive action to enforce state law and protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Texans! | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION NRA Joins Amicus Brief Filed in U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Civil Rights Plaintiffs | |
| Yesterday, NRA joined an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in Lackey v. Stinnie to prevent governments that violate constitutional rights from avoiding attorney fee awards by strategically mooting a case before final judgment. | |
