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Maine: Victory for Self-Defense as City of Portland Reverses Illegal Classification of Gun Shops as “Non-Essential”

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Maine: Victory for Self-Defense as City of Portland Reverses Illegal Classification of Gun Shops as “Non-Essential”

In response to COVID-19, on April 14th, the Portland Mayor and City Council adopted Order No. 156-19/20 , ...

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Florida Alert! Supreme Court's Ruling in NYC Case & NRA's Response

When an anti-gun government entity knows they are going to lose a case and tries to manipulate the ...

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Monday, April 27, 2020

NRA-ILA Executive Director Jason Ouimet’s statement on today’s NYSRPA v. NYC Supreme Court ruling

The executive director of National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action released the following statement Monday regarding the ...

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch Issues a Stern Rebuke of Jackson Mayor’s Ban on Open Carry

Monday, April 27, 2020

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch Issues a Stern Rebuke of Jackson Mayor’s Ban on Open Carry

Pro-Second Amendment State Attorney General Lynn Fitch sent this sharply-worded letter to Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba on ...

Bloomberg Spends Over $1 Billion to Buy American Samoa

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Monday, April 27, 2020

Bloomberg Spends Over $1 Billion to Buy American Samoa

OK, that headline might be a bit of an exaggeration, but the most recent filing from the Federal ...

Virginia Anti-gun Activist Unveils 2021 Gun Control Agenda

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Monday, April 27, 2020

Virginia Anti-gun Activist Unveils 2021 Gun Control Agenda

On April 10, disgraced Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed five pieces of anti-gun legislation into law. Those measures criminalize the ...

District of Columbia: Don’t Blame the Pandemic for Our Gun Laws – They’ve Always Been Awful

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Monday, April 27, 2020

District of Columbia: Don’t Blame the Pandemic for Our Gun Laws – They’ve Always Been Awful

Americans across the country are grappling with the “new normal”of COVID-19-related closures and the novel ways that anti-gun ...

Jackson Mayor Uses COVID-19 to Unlawfully Ban Open Carry

Monday, April 27, 2020

Jackson Mayor Uses COVID-19 to Unlawfully Ban Open Carry

On Friday, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba issued an executive order suspending "the carrying of an unconcealed loaded or ...

U.S. Olympian: 1, Gun Controllers: 0 – Judge Blocks Unconstitutional California Ammunition Laws

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Monday, April 27, 2020

U.S. Olympian: 1, Gun Controllers: 0 – Judge Blocks Unconstitutional California Ammunition Laws

Kim Rhode is one of America’s most decorated Olympians, having medaled in six consecutive summer games. California, however, ...

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Florida Alert! COVID-19 Lockdown Gives Americans a Taste of Tyranny

There have been a few times in my life that I have read something that touches me so ...

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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.