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Whether you're traveling interstate, have recently moved, or are a long-time resident, knowing your specific state's gun laws is an important part of gun ownership.

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Saturday, January 9, 2016

Obama Misleads, Cites Bogus Data at CNN “Town Hall”

On Thursday, January 7, President Barack Obama appeared in the CNN-produced “Guns in America,” an invitation-only “town hall” ...

Saturday, January 9, 2016

New Jersey: “Smart Gun” Legislation Passes Assembly Committee

On Thursday, January 7, the Assembly Appropriations Committee passed Senate Bill 3249 with a partisan 6-3 vote.

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Friday, January 8, 2016

Obama Issues Executive Actions on Guns

On Tuesday, the president announced a series of gun control actions in the form of “executive actions” during ...

Daily Caller  

Friday, January 8, 2016

Columnist: I’m More Afraid Of Legal Gun Owners Than Gun-Wielding Criminals

A Baltimore Sun columnist wrote in a Thursday op-ed that citizens who legally own firearms are more frightening than the criminals who use the weapons on the rough streets of her hometown. Tricia Bishop, deputy ...

Penn Live.com  

Friday, January 8, 2016

After fight with Harrisburg mayor, NRA awards grant to National Civil War Museum

After a fight with Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse over a $50,000 grant, the NRA announced Friday that it planned to give the grant in part to the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg. Papenfuse has ...

Washington Examiner  

Friday, January 8, 2016

Turmoil: Harrisburg, Pa. mayor demands $250,000 ransom from NRA for police protection at outdoors show

A nationally famous outdoors show in Harrisburg, Pa., saved by the NRA two years ago when anti-gun organizers shut it down over the display of AR-15 rifles, is in turmoil again after the gun group ...

Fox News  

Friday, January 8, 2016

Obama and guns: Eleven false or misleading claims from the president's remarks this week

With tears in his eyes, President Obama pulled out all the stops in pushing his new executive orders on gun control this week.  A Washington Post headline exclaimed, "President Obama’s amazingly emotional speech on gun ...

BREITBART  

Friday, January 8, 2016

NRA's Cox on Obama Gun Town Hall: 'This President Is Trying to Create an Illusion That He's Doing Something to Keep People Safe'

Thursday while President Barack Obama was hosting a town hall in Fairfax, VA broadcasted on CNN about his ...

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Friday, January 8, 2016

Americans Send Obama Message, Set Firearm Purchase Record

Background checks may not stop criminals from getting guns, but new data on the number of checks make ...

Omaha.com  

Friday, January 8, 2016

Gun laws in Nebraska state lawmakers’ sights

Battle lines over guns are being drawn in the Nebraska Legislature even before the opening gavel drops Wednesday on the 2016 session.

NRA ILA

Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.