view the web version of this email DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, June 23, 2017   WASHINGTON EXAMINER NRA to give firearms training to lawmakers, staff The National Rifle Association has agreed to provide firearms training to House and Senate lawmakers and their staffs in the wake of this month's baseball gun attack. At the urging of Alabama Sen. Luther Strange, who had a staffer pitching at the time of the shooting by James Hodgkinson, 66, from Belleville, Ill., the NRA said it is ready to help. "There is no doubt that the heinous attack that occurred in Virginia last week would have been even worse without the heroic actions of the Capitol Police," wrote Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA's lobby shop, the Institute for Legislative Action.   TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Gun control is fine except for not working Whenever there is a shooting, liberals have an answer that is not an answer, namely the charade of more gun control. Fine, try it, and maybe some voodoo along the way, but it doesn't work very well, there are better alternatives, and what's truly absurd in this debate is the demeaning expression "gun nuts."   FOX NEWS Colorado teachers' active-shooter training shows them how to fire back More than a dozen Colorado teachers received training on how to fire back at active shooters in schools, in a program that gun-rights advocates call essential.   NORTHJERSEY.COM New Jersey: Christie pardons two military veterans with gun-related convictions Gov. Chris Christie has pardoned two military veterans with gun convictions, the latest in his ongoing effort to aid people who he believes have become victims of New Jersey's strict gun laws. SHARE THIS EMAIL   HELP DEFEND SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS   Donate Now  Register To Vote  Write Your Lawmakers  Volunteer!    FOLLOW NRA-ILA © 2014 National Rifle Association of America, Institute For Legislative Action. To contact NRA-ILA call 800-555-5555. Address: 11250 Waples Mill Road Fairfax, Virginia 22030.