April 26, 2010
The Vermont Senate could consider House Bill 243 as early as tomorrow.
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April 26, 2010
Florida Chamber of Commerce abandons Business Mission to attack 2nd Amendment rights! The Florida Chamber of Commerce is once again attacking freedom and Second Amendment rights. In an email blast to Chamber members it says: "Rather than offering constructive ideas on how to create jobs and stimulate the economy, the gun lobby in Florida is once again attacking the rights of property owners across this state."Clearly, the anti-gun Florida Chamber has abandoned its true mission, and is now attacking law-abiding gun owners and our Second Amendment rights. The NRA's job is to protect your gun rights from organizations like the Florida Chamber, which spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to subvert your Second Amendment rights instead of working to improve jobs and the economy. Rather than spending its money to keep workers employed, it is working to strip law-abiding gun owners of their constitutional rights. NRA is sponsoring an Amendment to clarify a problem created by anti-gun businesses.
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April 23, 2010
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal animal cruelty law so broadly written that it would criminalize the distribution of hunting videos and magazines under many circumstances.
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April 23, 2010
On Friday, April 23, House Bill 243 passed the Senate Finance Committee and now heads to the Senate Floor.
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April 22, 2010
Last month, the NRA-ILA sent a statewide email which announced the first scheduled bear hunt in New Jersey since 2005. The information below provides an opportunity for your voice to be heard in support of the bear hunt.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey Fish and Game Council have submitted the proposed, Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy (CBBMP) for publication in the April 19 edition of New Jersey Register.
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April 21, 2010
On Wednesday, April 21, two NRA-supported bills passed through the Senate Committee of the Whole (COW) and will move on to third and final reading.
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April 19, 2010
Significant acreage in Chatfield State Park and Cherry Creek Park near Denver was originally designated for hunting dog training making these parks vital assets to the sporting dog community for many years. Colorado sportsmen and women are now being pushed out of these hunting dog-training areas with plans to convert them to dog parks that would prohibit most training activities.
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April 16, 2010
House Bill 243 was passed out of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee by a vote of 4-1. The bill now heads to the Senate Finance Committee for consideration.
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April 16, 2010
On Thursday, April 15, Governor Jodi Rell (R) signed House Bill 5545 into law. HB5545, one of several bills introduced to aid gun owners, will impose a modest reduction to the recent fee increases associated with hunting and fishing licenses approved during last year’s legislative session.
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April 13, 2010
Please Contact Your State Representative Today!
This Thursday, April 14, the Wisconsin State Assembly will be considering legislation (Assembly Bill 558, Assembly Bill 559, and Assembly...
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April 13, 2010
The Maryland General Assembly has adjourned for the 2010 session and Maryland’s firearm owners were able to defeat three tyrannical gun bills, Senate Bill 516, Senate Bill 645 and House Bill 820, designed to cede more of your Second Amendment rights to vehement anti-gun politicians.
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April 12, 2010
Please Make Your Voices Heard Today!
An important bill for the future of hunting and fishing in California will be considered on Tuesday, April 13 by the Assembly Water, Parks and...
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April 9, 2010
The Forest Service is working on a new planning rule that will guide future development of land management plans for the 193 million acres within the National Forest System.
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April 9, 2010
Governor Haley Barbour (R) has signed SB 2862, NRA-backed legislation sponsored by State Senator Gray Tollison (D-9), into law!
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April 9, 2010
House Bill 243, introduced by State Representative Steve Adams (R-Windsor-4), is still pending in the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee.
H. 243 would establish a mentored hunting license that would allow prospective hunters to try their hand at hunting before being compelled to complete a hunter education course. Apprentice hunters would have to be directly supervised in the field by a mentor who is at least 21 years-old and who holds a valid hunting license. Experience in more than two-dozen other states with these laws shows that this kind of mentored hunting programs are exceptionally safe and will bring many new hunters into the field. There is no reason to believe that the citizens of Vermont will prove to be the exception to this outstanding track record.
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April 6, 2010
House Bill 243, introduced by State Representative Steve Adams (R-Windsor-4), is currently pending consideration in the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee.
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April 5, 2010
Please Make Your Voices Heard Today!
Two bills of importance to California’s hunters will be considered on Tuesday, April 13.Assembly Bill 2223, sponsored by Assemblymember Pedro...
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April 2, 2010
The Forest Service is working on a new planning rule that will guide future development of land management plans for the 193 million acres within the National Forest System.
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April 2, 2010
Currently awaiting action in the State Senate are two hunting-related bills. One which would adversely affect those who hunt with dogs (SB 274), while the other is an attempt to lower fees associated with hunting and fishing licenses (SB207).
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April 2, 2010
House Bill 243 will be heard in the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee on Tuesday, April 6 at 11:30 a.m. This important mentored hunting legislation has proven an effective way to draw those interested in hunting to our fields and forests by allowing them to participate with experienced hunters. More then two-dozen other states already have some type of mentored hunter program, and this legislation seeks to give those in Vermont that same opportunity. As a result of this legislation, more citizens will complete hunter education and join the hunting ranks as a result. Please contact members of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee and respectfully urge them to support H. 243.
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April 2, 2010
Congressman Jared Polis is hosting a town hall meeting in Frederick, CO and needs to hear from you about the implications of potential Wilderness legislation that would lock up 400,000...
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April 1, 2010
Please Stand Up and Make Your Voices Heard!
House Bill 542, introduced by State Representative Terry Mills (D-24), passed the House by a vote of 96-2 on Thursday, March 18. ...
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March 30, 2010
On Friday, April 2 at 9:00 a.m. the Clarke County Planning Commission will consider amending the County Zoning ordinance in a way that will be detrimental to hunters and others who own and use dogs. At the request of animal “rights” extremists, references to dogs and cats will be changed to “companion animals” and the ownership of five or more adult companion animals will require a Business License. This sort of proposed ordinance affects average families and hunters who are responsible pet owners and advances the Humane Society of the United States’ radical agenda of ending pet ownership and hunting.
The meeting will be held in the Main Meeting Room on the 2nd Floor in the Town/County Government Center located at 101 Chalmers Court, Berryville, Virginia.
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March 30, 2010
The well-funded Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is up to its old tricks again. HSUS is once again attacking Indiana’s hunters by attempting to shutdown fenced areas for dog training and field trialing involving foxes and coyotes!
A rule change has been presented to the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) to close all fenced coyote and fox training and field trialing areas based on emotional, politically-charged complaints. The NRC must consider the interests and concerns of hunters and dog owners before it takes any final action.
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March 30, 2010
Please Stand Up and Make Your Voice Heard!Late yesterday, Monday, March 29, the Kentucky Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 64 by a 37-0 vote. SB64 now heads to the desk...
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March 26, 2010
Two bills of importance to Connecticut’s gun owners and sportsmen are currently pending action.
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March 26, 2010
Please Contact the Members of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee!
House Bill 243, introduced by State Representative Steve Adams (R-Windsor-4), is currently awaiting...
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March 25, 2010
On Wednesday, March 24, HCR 2008, Arizona’s Right to Hunt and Fish Constitutional Amendment, passed its third and final reading in the House by a vote of 37 to 18, with five listed as absent. HCR 2008 will now head to the Senate for assignment.
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March 22, 2010
On Tuesday, March 23 at 2:00 p.m., the Maryland Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee will hear Senate Bill 978, a bill to expand Sunday hunting in Maryland. SB978 would authorize a person in Talbot County to hunt deer on private property with a bow and arrow on the last three Sundays in October and the second Sunday in November.
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March 22, 2010
Thank You for Your Hard Work and Support!
On Monday, March 22, Governor Bob Riley (R) signed House Bill 330 into law.
HB330, authored by State Representative Craig Ford (D-28),...
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March 19, 2010
Last week, the New Jersey Fish and Game Council unanimously approved a bear management policy that includes a six day bear hunt, beginning December 6. Acting Department of Environment...
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March 19, 2010
The National Park Service has released a general management plan (GMP) for the New River Gorge, a 70,000-acre park along the New River in south central West Virginia. The important aspect of this plan is that hunting will be permanently protected. Although hunting had been a discretionary activity in the park, its future was not threatened until the Service began a planning process which ignited efforts by anti-hunters to close the park forever to hunting.
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March 19, 2010
On Thursday, March 18, the Vermont House passed H. 243, a bill that would establish a mentored hunting license that would allow prospective hunters to try their hand at hunting before completing a hunter education course. Apprentice hunters would have to be directly supervised in the field by a mentor who is at least 21 years-old and who holds a valid hunting license.
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March 19, 2010
Senate Joint Resolution 30 passed the State House on Thursday, March 18 by a vote of 90-1. SJR30 now heads to Governor Phil Bredesen’s (D) desk for consideration. This will be one of the final steps in the legislative process to get the Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment on the ballot this November.
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March 19, 2010
On Tuesday, March 9, the Alabama Senate passed House Bill 330 by a vote of 34-0. HB330 is now awaiting consideration by Governor Bob Riley (R).HB330, authored by State Representative...
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March 17, 2010
Two bills of importance to Kentucky’s gun owners and sportsmen are currently on the move in Frankfort.
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March 16, 2010
HCR 2008, Arizona’s Right to Hunt and Fish Constitutional Amendment is scheduled to be heard on the House floor tomorrow, Wednesday, March 17. If HCR2008 passes this third and final reading, it will then be sent to the Senate for assignment.
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March 12, 2010
Please contact the House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
House Bill 542, introduced by State Representative Terry Mills (D-24), is currently...
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March 12, 2010
HB 243 passed out of the Committee on Ways and Means and could be brought up as early as next week for a vote on the House Floor.
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March 12, 2010
H.R. 4289, sponsored by Representative Diane DeGette (D-01), would designate 850,000 acres of additional land in Colorado as Wilderness Area. In light of the fact that all mechanized means of transportation, including bicycles and game carts, are prohibited in Wilderness, this would dramatically curtail hunter access to these vast areas. In addition, Wilderness designation ends virtually all active wildlife and habitat management methods employed by state and federal biologists on all other lands. This could not come at a worse time for Colorado with the forest devastation being caused by the pine beetle. Wildlife officials must retain all means necessary to combat invasive species and actively manage for wildlife and forest health.
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