[ad_1] Attorney and lifelong Greene County resident Jeff Grimes on Monday announced his candidacy for judge of the Court of Common Pleas. With over two decades of broad-based legal experience that includes running his own law practice, Grimes pledged to be a fair and trusted judge who will serve with integrity and work to protect

[ad_1] Today after 10:00am, the House will vote on legislation that strengthens Mississippi’s firearms preemption law, House Bill 634.  HB 634 serves to prevent state agencies from enacting their own differing gun laws across the state.  It is extremely important that you contact your State Representative and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 634. House Bill 634 includes stronger

[ad_1] In fact, as our colleague Jeff Stein scooped yesterday, senior Democrats are today set to unveil a key plank aimed at “making a major dent in child poverty.”  With millions of Americans set to be cut off from unemployment benefits in March, top White House officials are eyeing the first week of March to

[ad_1] Today, February 8th, the Utah House concurred on the Senate amendments for House Bill 60, clearing the final hurdle prior to enrollment and presentation to Governor Cox for his consideration. The NRA applauds both the Utah House and Senate for passing this important legislation. HB 60 had more than three dozen sponsors and co-sponsors, passing both

[ad_1] This week, the Hawaii Legislature will be considering anti-gun legislation in three separate committee hearings. It’s important that gun owners stay engaged and let their voices be heard. Please consider submitting testimony against SB 301, SB 307, HB 31 and HB 1366 through the Hawaii Legislative website. For help creating an account and submitting testimony, click here. Tuesday February 9th Senate

[ad_1] Those who stay involved in the efforts to defend the Second Amendment have always known President Joe Biden is, to put it lightly, no friend to gun owners. During his campaign for the White House last year, the legacy media did everything they could to conceal that fact. The Las Vegas Sun recently revealed

[ad_1] Having tried and failed to impose a national firearm licensing and registration scheme on an unwilling American public for more than half a century, gun control advocates have spruced up the policy for the 21st century. In a paper titled “A Decentralized and Encrypted National Gun Registry,” a group of Brown University researchers working

[ad_1] Last November, Bill Blair, the federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, refused to answer questions about the costs associated with the Liberal Government’s gun ban and confiscation program imposed by Order-in-Council on May 1, 2020. Minister Blair’s department is responsible for implementing the ban and overseeing the confiscation of previously lawful firearms

[ad_1] The first issue that will be debated in the opening hours of former President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday will be the question of whether it is constitutional to put an impeached former president on trial. The politics around the question are significant. Republicans have argued that the proceeding is unconstitutional, and

[ad_1] Several of the House impeachment managers wanted firsthand testimony to help prove their case that Donald Trump incited the Jan. 6 riot, our sources tell us. But leaders and Biden administration officials have been eager for the process to move quickly, we’re told. | Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP Democrats who’ve struggled for years to

[ad_1] Last week, Senator Todd Johnson (R-35) introduced Senate Bill 43 to expand the ability of citizens to defend themselves and their loved ones while attending religious worship. Last year, a similar bill, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, passed both chambers with bipartisan majorities after stalling the year before. It moved through the legislative process

[ad_1] Dear New Mexico NRA Member: On Tuesday, February 9, the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee will meet at 1:30pm (or upon final adjournment from the House floor) to hear two gun control bills and take testimony from the public virtually on the measures.  You can access the committee’s Zoom meeting and give testimony here.  Please

[ad_1] A federal judge in South Dakota was blunt last summer when she sentenced Paul Erickson, a seasoned Republican operative who had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. “What comes through is that you’re a thief, and you’ve betrayed your friends, your family, pretty much everyone you know,” federal District Judge Karen Schreier

[ad_1] As previously reported, Senate Bill 5078 and Senate Bill 5038 were heard in the Senate Law and Public Justice Committee in January.  During that hearing, these anti-gun measures were substituted, passed, and have been sent to the Senate Rules Committee. Senate Bill 5078, bans the manufacture, possession, sale, transfer, etc., of magazines that “are capable of holding”

[ad_1] In December, The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) partnered with the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association and asked the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to New York’s restrictive process for issuing concealed carry licenses. Today, the NRA-ILA applauds the 23 Attorneys General who filed an amicus brief in support of that

[ad_1] DATE:   February 4, 2021 TO:       USF & NRA Members and Friends  FROM:  Marion P. Hammer   USF Executive Director   NRA Past President   YOUR HELP IS ESSENTIAL!  LEGISLATORS DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND UNLESS YOU TELL THEM.   On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 3:30pm, the House Criminal Justice Committee will

[ad_1] Today, the Indiana Senate Committee on Education and Career Development is hearing Senate Bill 64 to impose onerous, one-size-fits-all requirements on school security. Please contact your state senator and ask them to OPPOSE SB 64. Senate Bill 64 places severe, mandatory training qualifications that school security or other staff members must meet before they

[ad_1] Today, the Montana Senate passed Permitless Carry legislation, House Bill 102, on Third Reading.  This important self-defense measure will be sent back to the House where it will receive a concurrence vote.  Those votes are expected to occur tomorrow and Friday.  Please contact your State Representative and ask them to CONCUR on House Bill 102.

[ad_1] On February 9th, the Fairfax City Council will consider banning firearms in certain public places. Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to OPPOSE the firearm restriction ordinance. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council meeting is to be held electronically. Citizens may participate in the public hearing by submitting comments in a number

[ad_1] On Friday, February 5th, the House Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety will consider self-defense legislation, House Bill 81 and House Bill 197.  Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 81 and House Bill 197. House Bill 81 is a common-sense clarification in the laws relating to the statute governing physical

[ad_1] Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted down Stand Your Ground Legislation, Senate Bill 24.  Unfortunately, this prevented the measure from being passed out of committee.  However, your State Representative can vote TOMORROW to bring the measure out of committee directly to the House Floor for a vote.  Please contact your State Representative and ask them to call Senate Bill

[ad_1] Today, the Montana Senate passed Permitless Carry legislation, House Bill 102, on Second Reading.  The measure is now expected to receive its final vote in the Senate TOMORROW, and your Senator needs to hear from you!  Please contact your State Senator and ask that they SUPPORT House Bill 102. House Bill 102 will strengthen Montana’s self-defense

[ad_1] SB 224: Lock Up Your Guns or Face State Charges  Dear New Mexico NRA Member: Another legislative session — another ineffective, intrusive and unenforceable gun control proposal.  You wonder what they’ll come up with next?  Well, here it is: Senate Bill 224 by Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (D-ABQ), who must be auditioning for anti-gun billionaire Bloomberg’s support

[ad_1] Last week marked the end of the bill filing period for the 2021 Hawaii Legislative Session. Dozens of firearm related bills were introduced, with a majority seeking to further limit your firearm and self-defense rights in the Aloha State. Below are a few of the more egregious bills introduced.  Senate Bill 301 expands Hawaii’s current

[ad_1]   DATE:   February 2, 2021 TO:       USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer   USF Executive Director   NRA Past President   On Monday, February 1, 2021, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB-498 Sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters and co-sponsored by Sens. Ben Albritton, Dennis Baxley, Jeff Brandes, Doug Broxon, Travis

[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas is on a comeback from a pandemic that has killed more than 36,000 people here – third-most in the U.S. – and steered America’s biggest red state Monday night into a thicket of battles over voting, policing and immigration that are likely to deepen

[ad_1] NRA-backed Stand Your Ground legislation, Senate Bill 24, will be considered tomorrow at 2:00pm in the House Judiciary Committee, and your lawmakers need to hear from you now!  This important legislation is a huge step forward for self-defense rights and law-abiding gun owners in the Land of Opportunity!  Thirty-four other states have passed Stand Your Ground laws allowing

[ad_1] For the 2021 legislative session, Representative Bobby Cox (R-19) introduced House Bill 3094 to allow citizens who hold a concealed weapons permit to carry a handgun in the manner they choose. Currently, South Carolina is one of just five states that do not explicitly allow open carry, among them Illinois, New York, and California.

[ad_1] New Zealand’s beleaguered gun owners are bracing for a second round of gun confiscations following a raft of new gun control measures enacted last summer that are set to take effect on February 1. Kiwi shooters will have until August 1 to turn over their prohibited items or face severe criminal penalties. On March

[ad_1] Longtime gun rights supporters know that gun owners need to stick together. Over/under shotgun and revolver aficionados help to fight semi-automatic bans, because their guns would be next on the chopping block. Those over 21 fight firearms restrictions on 18-21-year-olds, because such gun controls diminish the Second Amendment right, deter future gun owners, and