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Maine: Senate Votes in Favor of Firearm Owners Protection Legislation

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Maine: Senate Votes in Favor of Firearm Owners Protection Legislation

Today, March 24, the Maine Senate accepted the majority “ought to pass as amended” report for Legislative Document 1572.   As ...

Massachusetts: Your Urgent Action Needed to Oppose the Ivory Ban Legislation!

Hunting  

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Massachusetts: Your Urgent Action Needed to Oppose the Ivory Ban Legislation!

Last October, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing to discuss House Bill 1275, legislation to ban the intrastate ...

The News & Advance  

Thursday, March 24, 2016

NRA's LaPierre praises Liberty University gun policies in convocation speech

National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre on Wednesday praised Liberty University for ...

Office of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)  

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Grassley Stands Up for Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is working to correct a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) practice that ...

The Associated Press  

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Tennessee: Bill to criminalize private transfers defeated

A House subcommittee on Wednesday shot down a bill to require background checks for all gun purchases in ...

Times Record News  

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Texas: Gold-Burg votes to arm teachers

Gold-Burg Independent School District voted Monday night to implement a defensive program that uses armed staff members as ...

Herald Bulletin  

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Women influence the trajectory of firearm sales and use

Growing up on a cattle ranch in Arizona, Lorraine Wall was gifted her first firearm, a BB gun, ...

Montreal Gazette  

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Canada: Opposition to Quebec gun registry on first day of public hearings

It’s one thing to support the idea of a Quebec gun registry, but it’s another to pass a ...

The Maine Wire  

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Who Are These People, Anyways?

Two organizations with interesting names are making a play on your Second Amendment rights in Maine: Maine Moms ...

Rep. Todd Young of Indiana Introduces Two Pro-Gun Bills in the U.S. House of Representatives

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Rep. Todd Young of Indiana Introduces Two Pro-Gun Bills in the U.S. House of Representatives

Amidst all the frantic activity surrounding the presidential primary and Supreme Court nomination campaigns came some welcome common ...

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.