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Friday, March 28, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Gives Broad Reading to Federal Firearm Prohibition for "Domestic Violence"

Since 1996, the so-called "Lautenberg Amendment" (named for its sponsor, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)), has banned the acquisition ...

Friday, March 21, 2014

Safe at Home: Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Right to Bear Arms for Tenants of Public Housing

Thanks to a successful NRA-backed lawsuit, Delaware public housing tenants will be safer in their homes. In a ...

Friday, March 21, 2014

Ninth Circuit Requires Federal District Court to Reexamine Hawaii's Restrictive Carry Permit System

There was breaking news in Hawaii this week, as the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals released a ...

Friday, February 21, 2014

Dissenter in Heller & McDonald Argues for Decisions to be Over-ruled by Constitutional Amendment

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens found himself on the wrong side of law and history in ...

Friday, February 14, 2014

Victory in Peruta v. San Diego: Ninth Circuit Confirms Right to Carry Arms in Public

In a tremendous victory for the right to keep and bear arms, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Friday, January 31, 2014

Ruling Upholds Connecticut's Expansive Firearm and Magazine Bans Despite Findings that Banned Items are Commonly Used for Lawful Purposes

On January 30, 2014, a federal court judge upheld Connecticut's new gun control law as constitutional, notwithstanding its ...

Friday, January 17, 2014

Rights of Part-time New York Residents Affirmed

In a victory for gun owners who spend at least part of the year in the Empire State, ...

Friday, January 17, 2014

NRA Files Friend of the Court Brief in Case Challenging NSA's Dragnet Data Collection

On September 4, 2013, NRA filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ...

Friday, January 17, 2014

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Abramski v. United States

On October 15, 2013, certiorari was granted by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Bruce J. ...

Friday, January 17, 2014

NRA Files Suit against Sunnyvale, Calif., Over Magazine Ban

On December 16,, 2013, counsel for NRA brought a suit against the city of Sunnyvale, Calif., to invalidate ...

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.