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NRA Congratulates Senate for Passing Bill to Expand Self-Defense

News  

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

NRA Congratulates Senate for Passing Bill to Expand Self-Defense

The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) congratulates the Alabama State Senate for passing Senate Bill ...

Pennsylvania: Firearms Preemption Bill Heads to the House Floor Next Week

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Pennsylvania: Firearms Preemption Bill Heads to the House Floor Next Week

Today, April 19, the House Judiciary Committee passed House Bill 671 by a 20-5 vote. HB 671 is scheduled ...

North Carolina: Hearing on Pro-Hunting Legislation Rescheduled for Next Week

Hunting  

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

North Carolina: Hearing on Pro-Hunting Legislation Rescheduled for Next Week

The House Wildlife Resources Committee hearing that was scheduled for today on House Bill 559 has been cancelled ...

Oregon: Anti-Gun Bill Heads to Senate Floor

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Oregon: Anti-Gun Bill Heads to Senate Floor

Yesterday, on the deadline for policy bills to move out of committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to ...

Associated Press  

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Alabama Senate Votes to Allow Concealed Carry Without Permit

Alabama could join 11 other states that allow people to carry a concealed handgun in public without getting ...

The State  

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

S.C. senate panel closing in on bill allowing carrying guns without permit

The effort to advance legislation that would allow South Carolinians to carry firearms without a permit by the ...

Texas Tribune  

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Texas: House committee approves modified permitless carry legislation

After a similar bill failed at the Capitol in 2015, a measure that would allow Texans to carry ...

Associated Press  

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Texas Senate Endorses Letting First Responders Exercise Right-to-Carry

The Texas Senate has endorsed allowing paramedics and other first-responders, including volunteer firefighters, to carry concealed handguns in ...

Key Progress Made on Permitless Carry in Texas

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Key Progress Made on Permitless Carry in Texas

On Tuesday afternoon, the House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety voted 6-2 to report out HB ...

California: One Gun a Month Bill Passes Senate Public Safety Committee

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

California: One Gun a Month Bill Passes Senate Public Safety Committee

On Tuesday April 18, the Senate Public Safety Committee passed SB 497 by a party-line vote and will be ...

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.