Today, NRA-ILA and our state affiliate, the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association, filed a Lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, challenging anti-gun Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s use of emergency powers and her COVID-19 statewide order to shut down firearm retailers and ranges. We are working with the Second Amendment
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Yesterday, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders officially dropped out of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Despite early successes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada, Sanders failed to put up much of a fight against Joe Biden after the latter convincingly won South Carolina. And so, for the second campaign in a row, he
article Bradley Finnan | Arlington Heights police ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Police are investigating a Saturday home invasion that left one suspect dead and another arrested in northwest suburban Arlington Heights. A Tennessee man faces a felony murder charge after he allegedly broke into an Arlington Heights home Saturday to rob a family at gunpoint
Presented by Facebook With David Beavers and Daniel Lippman ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE: Here’s an indication of how fast the lobbying on coronavirus relief measures is moving: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to Congress this morning urging them to shore up the $349 billion loan program run by the Small Business
DATE: April 9, 2020 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President In their ongoing effort to take control of America and render the Second Amendment null and void, another of Bloomberg’s well-funded, anti-gun groups is waging a campaign to
As COVID-19 diagnoses surpasses 400,000 cases, U.S. hospitals are concerned about capacity. There are not enough ventilators, beds or frontline clinical staff to handle the impending tsunami of intensive care unit patients. Meanwhile, U.S. unemployment counts have continued to multiply, exceeding 10 million in the past 30 days. Many are worried about each of these
Because no results were released from Tuesday’s pandemic election in Wisconsin, there were no winners. But there was one clear loser: the notion that the judiciary is non-partisan and apolitical. Wisconsin had a presidential primary vote, but that was not even close to the main event. The focus of both political parties was on the
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-42 to order all nonessential businesses and activities to cease. Though her order exempts “critical infrastructure,” she purposefully references an outdated list of such industries rather than the most current federal guidelines that designate firearm and ammunition retailers as critical. This deliberate
On April 2, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced that it had received 25,468 background checks for gun sales in the previous week — a 227% increase from the same time frame in 2019. It’s indicative of a trend as old as the United States — in times of crisis, be it financial, political, health-related
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” —Second Amendment to the United States Constitution As the deadly COVID-19 contagion sweeps across the country, gun sales are surging, spurred in many regions by panic buying and purchases by first-time firearm owners. Fearful and insecure Americans are
(RNS) — In the midst of one plague, we are sowing the seeds of another. As our nation struggles to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, gun sales are surging. Such sales are always seasonal, but according to the FBI’s analysis of data from licensed gun stores, Americans bought 1 million more guns last month than are
At the White House coronavirus task force press briefing on April 7, President Donald Trump distorted the facts about the person he dismissed as the chief watchdog for spending under the new pandemic relief legislation and the Wisconsin election, which took place as scheduled despite the coronavirus outbreak: The president suggested he removed Glenn Fine
Fairfax, Va. - The National Rifle Association on Wednesday applauded U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith’s proposal to expand hunting and fishing opportunities nationwide by 2.3 million acres. This expansion would be the largest in modern history and brings the total expansion of hunting and fishing opportunties under
Presented by Facebook With David Beavers, Daniel Lippman and Zachary Warmbrodt THERE’S NO HIRING FREEZE ON K STREET: Some Washington lobbying firms are still hiring, even amid the uncertainty of the pandemic. The Smith-Free Group has added Chris Scribner, who was previously an in-house lobbyist for Regions Financial Corporation. “Chris has established relationships with Members
Fairfax, Va. - In response to the growing number of first-time gun buyers during the coronavirus outbreak, the National Rifle Association’s Education & Training Division is pleased to announce the launch of four new online gun safety courses. “These courses will provide an option for first-time gun owners who don’t have the ability to take an
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Some of the top prepper advisers who rightly counseled people in the early days of the coronavirus crisis to hoard toilet paper and fuel are now urging the purchase of “defensive guns” as the national lockdown drags on through April. Pew-Pew Tactical boss Eric Hung told us that firearms are still hot but that the
Presented by If any foreign policy change is emerging in the post-coronavirus era, it’s the desire to tangle with and inch away from China. | Ng Han Guan/AP Photo DRIVING THE DAY PLAYBOOK FLASHBACK … 10 YEARS AGO (YESTERDAY) … “BREAKING — Treasury Secretary [Timothy] Geithner has added a SURPRISE STOP in Beijing on Thursday