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| NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION NRA Backed SHARE Act Passes Committee | |
| “Today marks an important step in protecting the Second Amendment freedoms of America’s hunters and sportsmen and strengthening our outdoor heritage,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director, NRA-ILA. “The SHARE Act will cut burdensome red tape that restricts millions of hunters and sportsmen.” | |
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| HUNTING NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION House Committee Passes SHARE Act by Wide Margin | |
| As we have reported, this year’s version of the SHARE Act is the most expansive and far-reaching yet. Besides previously-introduced provisions aimed at enhancing opportunities for hunting, fishing, and shooting and broadening access to federal lands for these purposes, this year’s SHARE Act contains reforms that would widely benefit sportsmen and the gun-owning public at large. | |
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| NEWS NRA strongly supports secretary Zinke's land management plans | |
| The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today announced its strong support for Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s public lands access initiative. In the spirit of Teddy Roosevelt, Secretary Zinke's land management plans demonstrate his steadfast commitment to conservation and America’s hunting heritage. | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION NEWS National Reciprocity Bill Nears Goal Line in the House but Needs Your Support to Reach the End Zone | |
| Gun owners received good news this week with the passage of the SHARE Act by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources (see related story). Meanwhile, progress continued to be made on another NRA legislative priority, as Congressman Rob Goodlatte (R-VA) – chairman of the House Judiciary Committee – signed on to co-sponsor H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. | |
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| NEWS “What Happened”: Clinton Recognizes NRA’s Power, Rewrites History, and Urges Dems to Double-down on Gun Control | |
| This week, twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton released her new book, “What Happened,” which chiefly serves to assign blame to the myriad politicians, journalists, organizations, countries, prejudices, and technologies she claims caused her defeat. Gun rights supporters will be happy to know that NRA is featured prominently. | |
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| NEWS SECOND AMENDMENT Washington Post’s Resident Anti-Gun Zealot Parades his Ignorance in SHARE Act Column | |
| Dana Milbank is not a serious journalist. A former White House correspondent for the Washington Post, Milbank now writes what can be characterized as a humor column for the paper. | |
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| NEWS Urban Myth: Crime Doesn’t Pay – California City Authorizes Stipends to Gang Members | |
| In a special meeting on August 29, the nine-member City Council of Sacramento unanimously agreed to allocate $1.5 million in funding and to move forward with a “gun-violence reduction strategy” that will include cash payments (“LifeMAP milestone allowances”) and paid vacations for the handful of gang members suspected of committing the majority of gang-related gun crimes in the city. | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION HUNTING Massachusetts: Bills to Increase Hunting Opportunities to Be Heard in Committee | |
| Next week, on Monday, September 18, the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee will meet to discuss multiple bills to increase hunting opportunities in the Commonwealth. Legislation of particular interest to hunters are as follows: | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION Ohio: Right to Carry Reform Bill Gets Substitute | |
| On Tuesday September 19, the Ohio state House Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations will hold a hearing on a substitute version of House Bill 142 which would reform the requirement that a concealed handgun licensee notify a law enforcement officer that they are carrying a concealed handgun when stopped for a law enforcement purpose, like a routine traffic stop. | |
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NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox joins Grant to give an update on important Second Amendment legislation. |
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