Category: Gun Control

ATTEND THE NRA UNIVERSITY IN DUNDEE, MI!

Join NRA-ILA Grassroots staff on Saturday, February 8, for our FREE NRA University (NRA U).   NRA University (NRA U) is a FREE training seminar geared toward college students, but open to all interested in learning more about NRA, the Second Amendment, the real facts surrounding the gun control debate and how to become an even more effective grassroots activist. Attendees who are not current NRA Members will receive a complimentary one-year membership to NRA, along with hats, t-shirts, and other important materials.

At this NRA U you will hear from NRA staff on the challenges and opportunities we will face this year and what you can do to ensure the preservation of our Second Amendment rights. Success in the 2014 elections is critical if we are to preserve our Second Amendment rights from a relentless barrage of attacks by President Obama and Michael Bloomberg, and victory in November is dependent on your activism, which has never been more important. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control, Hunting, Self Defense

Maryland Police Go Overboard with Licensed Concealed Carry Citizen

As anybody who is a member of NRA knows, we support the dedicated men and women of law enforcement who put themselves in harm’s way for the benefit of us all.  We understand that most law enforcement officers take their oaths to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States seriously.  We also understand that untold thousands of reassuring interactions occur between citizens and law enforcement officers every day.
What we don’t understand are reports like this one arising from an incident in Baltimore, Maryland. Read more

Firearms, Gun Control

NRA’s Response to Moviemaker, Weinstein

Hollywood producer and Obama mega fundraiser Harvey Weinstein used an appearance on The Howard Stern Show Wednesday to announce what he billed as a new anti-NRA movie, reportedly titled, The Senator’s Wife. During the interview, Weinstein called NRA a “disaster area” and said of the film, “I’m going to make a movie with Meryl Streep, and we’re going to take this head-on. And they’re going to wish they weren’t alive after I’m done with them.”

Weinstein indicated that the movie is also intended to decimate the gun industry and leave viewers thinking, “Gun stocks, I don’t want to be involved in that stuff. It’s going to be like crash and burn.”  (We’ll leave it to you to decide whether ordinary people, or just entertainment tycoons, normally leave a movie pondering stock portfolios.) Read more

Gun Control

Michigan Benefits from Spending by Target Shooters

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation has released a major new report about the importance of target shooting activities to the economies of Michigan and the nation. NSSF is the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry.

The report, Target Shooting in America: Millions of Shooters,  Billions of Dollars, was released today in conjunction with a press  conference at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show), the  largest trade show of its kind in the world and a showcase for the firearms and  ammunition industry.

The report provides a  first-ever look at U.S. target shooting-related expenditures. Also included are  state-by-state statistics for the number of target shooters, retail sales,  taxes and jobs. The target-shooting report complements the Hunting in  America report released by NSSF and the Association of Fish & Wildlife  Agencies in March 2013.

In Michigan, target shooting-related spending contributed $726,643,476 to the state’s economy and supported 7,153 jobs.

Nationally, the money target shooters spent in 2011 resulted in $23 billion being added to the nation’s economy and supported more than 185,000 jobs. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control

The Second Amendment

“At one time this was even understood by the Supreme Court. In United States v. Cruikshank (1876), the first case in which the Court had an opportunity to interpret the Second Amendment, it stated that the right confirmed by the Second Amendment “is not a right granted by the constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence.” The repeal of the Second Amendment would no more render the outlawing of firearms legitimate than the repeal of the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment would authorize the government to imprison and kill people at will. A government that abrogates any of the Bill of Rights, with or without majoritarian approval, forever acts illegitimately, becomes tyrannical, and loses the moral right to govern.” — Jeffrey R. Snyder, A Nation of Cowards, 1993.

Gun Control, Self Defense

Supreme Court Asked to Consider NJ Carry Case

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the appeal in the challenge to New Jersey’s unconstitutional carry laws. The case is Drake v. Jerejian.
Prepared by attorneys Alan Gura (who won Second Amendment victories in the groundbreaking Heller and McDonald cases) and David Jensen, today’s petition is the latest effort to bring a right-to-carry case before the high court and is the next step in the process of resolving the differing opinions of lower courts on the right to bear arms for personal protection outside the home. Read more

Firearms, Gun Control, Self Defense

NSSF, SAAMI Seek to Invalidate Microstamping Law

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) today filed a lawsuit on behalf of their members against the State of California in Fresno Superior Court challenging the state’s microstamping law. NSSF and SAAMI seek to invalidate and enjoin enforcement of provisions of state law enacted in 2007, but not made effective until May 2013, requiring that all semiautomatic pistols sold in the state not already on the California approved handgun roster contain unproven and unreliable microstamping technology. Read more

Firearms, Gun Control
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