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Grassroots Alert: Vol. 32, No. 7 2/18/2025


NEWS Anti-Gun “Researchers” Face Harsh Reality
The reelection of President Trump is already paying great dividends for the Second Amendment, even at this early stage. Beyond the obvious jettisoning of the most anti-gun administration to ever occupy the White House, we saw the anti-gun director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) decide to quit prior to Trump’s inauguration.


NEWS Eighth Circuit Narrows Blanket Firearm Prohibition for “Unlawful User[s]” of Drugs
The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in the NRA-supported case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) continues to play a critical role in cases related to Second Amendment rights.


NEWS Defending the Indefensible: Court Strikes Illinois FOID Card Law
Lawmakers in Illinois have a long track record of irrational gun bans and restrictions based on the idea that public safety is best served by disarming criminals and law-abiding citizens alike, even if that means putting innocent individuals at a heightened risk of injury and death.


LEGAL & LEGISLATION NEWS NEWS SECOND AMENDMENT NRA Files Lawsuit Challenging Massachusetts’s Ban on the Possession and Carry of Handguns and Semiautomatic Firearms by Adults Under 21
Today, the National Rifle Association, along with the Gun Owners’ Action League, Commonwealth Second Amendment, Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owners of America, and an individual, Mack Escher, filed a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’s prohibition on the possession and carry of handguns and semiautomatic firearms by adults under 21.


NEWS NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION Legislation Introduced to Block Credit Card Gun Registry
U.S. Representatives Riley Moore (R-WV-02), Richard Hudson (R-NC-09), and Andy Barr (R-KY-06) have introduced H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act. This crucial legislation would prohibit credit card companies from tracking constitutionally protected purchases like firearms and ammunition.


NEWS NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION Rep. Wittman & Sen. Daines Reintroduce the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) recently reintroduced H.R. 556, the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act. This bill would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from arbitrarily banning the use of traditional ammunition on federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture.

STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP

	Maine: Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Waiting Period Law
	Colorado Colorado: Senate to Attempt Semi-Auto Ban Vote Again Tomorrow Colorado: Semi-Auto Ban Mutates into Permit-to-Purchase Scheme After Midnight
	Kansas Kansas: Pro-Gun Amendment and Education Bill Pass House Committee
	South Dakota South Dakota: Firearm Financial Privacy Legislation Heads to Governor's Desk South Dakota: Pro-Gun Bills Advance in Legislature
	Virginia Virginia: Gun Control Bills Pass General Assembly, Head to Youngkin's Desk
	Washington Washington: Anti-Gun Radicals Spend Taxpayer Funds for Elaborate Gala
	Wyoming Wyoming: Gun-Free Zone Repeal Bill in Senate Committee

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