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Rhode Island: Huge Pro-Gun Turnout to Fight Gun Bills in House Judiciary

Friday, March 25, 2016

Rhode Island: Huge Pro-Gun Turnout to Fight Gun Bills in House Judiciary

This week, the Statehouse was filled with Second Amendment supporters who showed up for a late afternoon rally ...

The Hill  

Friday, March 25, 2016

Lawmakers target veterans gun ban

The Obama administration is facing congressional scrutiny for blocking more than a quarter-million military veterans from owning guns.The ...

Missouri: Legislature Adjourns for Spring Break, Pro-Gun Bills Move Forward

Friday, March 25, 2016

Missouri: Legislature Adjourns for Spring Break, Pro-Gun Bills Move Forward

This week, the Missouri Legislature adjourned for its Spring Break recess.  Prior to adjournment, staunch pro-gun Chairman Caleb ...

Mississippi: Important Victory for Gun Owners in Mississippi Supreme Court

Friday, March 25, 2016

Mississippi: Important Victory for Gun Owners in Mississippi Supreme Court

On Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court issued a key opinion in a case involving the state’s employee parking ...

Tennessee: Your Action Needed - Student and Faculty Higher Ed Self-Defense Legislation to Be Heard Tomorrow

Friday, March 25, 2016

Tennessee: Your Action Needed - Student and Faculty Higher Ed Self-Defense Legislation to Be Heard Tomorrow

Thank you to those NRA members and Second Amendment supporters that contacted the House Civil Justice Subcommittee this ...

New Hampshire: Senate Passes Concealed Carry Reform Legislation

Friday, March 25, 2016

New Hampshire: Senate Passes Concealed Carry Reform Legislation

Yesterday, Senate Bill 336, recently amended concealed carry reform legislation, was approved by the Senate with a vote of 14-10.  The ...

Georgia: NRA-Backed Legislation Heads to Governor Deal

Friday, March 25, 2016

Georgia: NRA-Backed Legislation Heads to Governor Deal

Yesterday, the Georgia House of Representatives concurred with the Senate version of NRA-supported House Bill 1060.  Now, HB 1060 will ...

Maine: Bloomberg Gun Control Initiative Headed to November Ballot

Friday, March 25, 2016

Maine: Bloomberg Gun Control Initiative Headed to November Ballot

Yesterday, March 24, the Maine Senate joined with the House of Representatives to indefinitely postpone the Bloomberg gun control ...

Washington Times  

Friday, March 25, 2016

Could Judge Merrick Garland be the end of the Second Amendment as we know it?

Many have praised Judge Merrick Garland as a judicial moderate who has practiced “restraint” instead of “activism” on ...

Orange County Register  

Friday, March 25, 2016

California: Sheriffs cool to guns & ammo restrictions

Lawful gun owners are increasingly the whipping boys of those whose ideological agenda not only shows disdain for ...

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.