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| NEWS Couric’s Under the Gun, Under Fire Again | |
| The film Under the Gun, produced and narrated by news anchor Katie Couric and directed by Stephanie Soechtig, took a major credibility hit soon after its May release, when it was revealed that the film incorporates footage intentionally manipulated and edited to show, incorrectly, that members of a Virginia-based gun rights group were dumbstruck upon being asked about background checks for gun purchases. | |
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| NEWS Massachusetts AG Renews Attack on Gun Owners | |
| Last week, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey added to the confusion caused by her decision to unilaterally ban common semi-automatic firearms by releasing a list of “Guns That Are Not Assault Weapons.” In other words, she decided to independently, once again, confuse law-abiding citizens about a law that has existed for nearly two decades with another “opinion” that has little to do with the law itself. | |
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| NEWS Injunction Sought Against Texas Campus Carry Denied by Judge | |
| In July, University of Texas at Austin professors Jennifer Lynn Glass, Lisa Moore, and Mia Carter filed suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and UT officials to block the implementation of a recent change in Texas law that permits campus carry for those with a license in most portions of public university campuses. | |
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| NEWS Libertarian VP Candidate William F. Weld Continues to be Anti-Gun | |
| As governor of Massachusetts, William Weld supported various gun control schemes, including a ban on semi-automatic firearms. Unfortunately, and despite being the Libertarian candidate for vice president, Weld continues his anti-gun ways. | |
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| NEWS As Venezuelan Regime Loses Grip, Maduro Targets Guns | |
| Amid social and economic strife that threatens to topple the regime of Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan government is employing a favorite tactic of tyrants the world over, further gun control. Last week, Reuters reported that Venezuela Interior Minister Nestor Reverol is ramping up efforts to disarm the populace through a program of confiscation and gun turn-ins. | |
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| NEWS NRA ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox Delivers Remarks before the Maine Heritage Policy Center | |
| This week, NRA ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox was in Portland, Maine to address the Maine Heritage Policy Center on the importance of the upcoming elections, and of particular concern to Maine residents, Ballot Question 3. Read his speech here, and learn more about Question 3 here. | |
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| NEWS Work Locally with Your NRA-ILA Campaign Field Representative | |
| Your NRA-ILA Campaign Field Representative (CFR) is an NRA-ILA staff person who is living in your area, coordinating our volunteer activities with one goal in mind--ensuring pro-Second Amendment voters turn out to "Vote Freedom First!" on Election Day. | |
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WHAT IS THE FREEDOM CHALLENGE? The Freedom Challenge grassroots campaign was created by Rock Island Auction Company® to raise awareness and financial support for NRA-ILA, an organization that has stalwartly defended the Second Amendment for decades. 2016 is the most important year we’ve seen in a generation or more. The attack on the Second Amendment is clear; many politicians, government officials and members of the media look to destroy our Constitutional rights. The Supreme Court's greatest Second Amendment advocate — Justice Antonin Scalia — has passed away, leaving a vacancy on the Court that the next president will fill. Simply put, our firearm and other freedoms hang in the balance and it will take an army of us to take a stand. |
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On November 14, 2016, at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, Ariz., history will be made with 1,000 freedom-loving Americans simultaneously firing 1,000 Henry Repeating Arms Golden Boy Silver rifles! Don't miss this opportunity to help make a new World Record! |
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California California: Counting Down to the end of the 2016 Legislative Session |
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New York Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education Presents the 2016 Firearm Civil Rights Conference |
