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| NEWS NRA Banning Guns? Get Real | |
| Anti-gun activists and their media collaborators are so desperate to rain on NRA’s 70,000-strong parade in Nashville, they’ve resorted to inaccurate and misleading claims about NRA banning operational firearms at the NRA Annual Meetings. In an April 6 Facebook post, Michael Bloomberg’s Moms Demand Action (MDA) group huffed, "NRA leaders are ok with loaded guns on playgrounds and in bars and schools, but not at their own convention?" | |
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| NEWS Allan D. Cors elected President of the NRA | |
| Nashville, TN – Allan D. Cors of Naples, Florida was elected by the National Rifle Association Board of Directors as President of the historic 144-year-old Association. The election took place in Nashville, Tennessee following the 144th Annual Meeting of the NRA where 78,865 members attended the 3-day celebration - the second highest number ever. A lifelong hunter and competitive shooter with a passion for collecting World War II military vehicles, Cors has served as president of the NRA Foundation and is a member of the NRA’s Executive Committee. He was a principal advocate for the establishment of the NRA’s Political Action Committee. Cors served as a counsel with the Judiciary Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. He also served as the director of government affairs and senior vice president at Corning for 34 years. | |
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| NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION LEGAL & LEGISLATION Gov. Chris Christie Pardons Shaneen Allen; National Reciprocity Needed to Protect Others | |
| On April 2, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie pardoned Philadelphia nurse and mother Shaneen Allen, ending her year-and-a-half-long legal battle with the Garden State. | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION DeLauro to Introduce "AR-15 Upgrade Act of 2015" | |
| Been thinking about retiring your old AR-15A1 and buying a suppressed, short-barreled AR for home protection? Need a new AR, because you’ve worn one out, shooting in Three-Gun matches? Been thinking about improving your AR with a mil-spec barrel and bolt carrier assembly, a “flat top” upper with a red dot sight, a low-profile handguard, and a more effective flash hider? | |
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| NEWS Mother Jones Sells Out Once Again | |
| In what may prove a new level of absurdity, Mother Jones reported late last week about a new “study” by avowed anti-gun academic David Hemenway that purportedly “debunks the NRA’s favorite talking points” on gun issues. An analysis of the “study” the article refers to, however, shows it to be nothing more than a clever – and ethically suspect – attempt by Hemenway to generate anti-gun propaganda under the guise of objective academic research. And even in this, he fails miserably. | |
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| TAKE ACTION Inaugural Second Amendment Youth Leadership Conference Highlights NRA’s Future Freedom Fighters | |
| On April 10, in conjunction with NRA’s Annual Meetings in Nashville, NRA-ILA hosted the first ever Second Amendment Youth Leadership Conference. A departure from previous Workshops, this year’s event was targeted specifically at college students, who comprised an overwhelming majority of those in attendance. | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION NEWS HUNTING Rule Change May Devastate International Travel for Hunters and Shooters | |
| The Obama administration’s relentless assault on the Second Amendment continues as the State Department implements a new rule which catches American hunters and sport shooters in a web of bureaucratic red-tape when traveling outside the United States. Coming close on the heels of the withdrawn BATFE ammo ban we reported on recently, an unmistakable pattern of abuse is beginning to emerge, suggesting Obama’s last two years could prove the most challenging period in history for America’s gun owners. | |
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| LEGAL & LEGISLATION Latest Status of Pending National Right-to-Carry Legislation | |
| Thanks to your continued calls and emails, NRA supported National Right-to-Carry bills have seen increases in cosponsorships over the last couple of weeks. Please continue to contact your elected officials and urge them to cosponsor and support these important bills: | |
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NRA CEO & EVP Wayne LaPierre addresses the crowd at the NRA Members’ Meeting, an event of the 2015 NRA Annual Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee. LaPierre says the road to the White House is by election, not coronation, and declares that, "We will not let our Bill of Rights be Hillary's new server, wiped from the pages of history." |
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NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox addresses the crowd at the NRA Members' Meeting, an event of the 2015 NRA Annual Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee. Cox says that while Obama may not be going anywhere for the next 650 days, neither are NRA members. The NRA will fight to defend freedom and to take America back. |
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