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A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
 


NRA Warns Against New Gun Control Push ... From EPA
Source: US News and World Report -- First it wa Obama using the strong arm of this liberal EPA agency to implement cap and trade, now he is using the EPA for gun control.  If you are an outdoors person, hunter, fisherman, sports shooting, you will be seriously impacted by new proposed EPA regulations on lead bullets, fishing weights, shot, etc. 

California Bill To Outlaw Open Carry Passes Assembly, Heads to Senate
Tuesday, June 1, the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 1934 by a vote of 41-25.  AB1934 now heads to Senate for consideration Source: NRA-ILA
Editor's note: If you live in California, Please contact your State Senator TODAY and respectfully urge them to oppose AB1934.  Contact information can be found by clicking here.

NRA-ILA ALERT -- CALIFORNIA:  Long Gun Registration Bill Still Pending Consideration
On Wednesday, April 28, the Assembly Appropriations Committee met to consider Assembly Bill 1810 and Assembly Bill 2223.  AB1810 was placed into the suspense file due to financial costs and will be reconsidered in the near future.  AB2223 was re-scheduled for next week.  Please continue checking your email and www.NRAILA.org for any updates on AB1810.   AB1810 would establish a registration system, similar to the one currently in place for handguns, for all newly-acquired long guns.  AB2223 would ban the use of lead shot in state wildlife management areas.  Please contact the members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee and strongly voice your opposition to AB1810 and AB2223.  Contact information can be found here.  Also, please contact your Assembly Member in opposition to this bill.  Their contact information can be found here.

IOWA"S GOVERNOR SIGNS SHALL-ISSUE BILL INTO LAW 
On Thursday, April 29, Iowa Governor Chet Culver (D) signed Senate File 2379 into law, signifying the first time in nearly a century that a major step has been taken to enhance the right-to-carry freedoms of Iowans.  Source: NRA ILA

NRA-Backed Second Amendment Enforcement Act Introduced in U.S. Congress
On Tuesday, April 27, The National Rifle Association announced its support for critical legislation being introduced in Congress by Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Representatives Travis Childers (D-Miss.) and Mark Souder (R-Ind.). The Second Amendment Enforcement Act will restore Second Amendment rights to residents of the District of Columbia. This legislation is necessary because the D.C. Council continues to circumvent the Supreme Court’s historic 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller.  Source: NRA ILA

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision to Protect Hunting Media
On Tuesday, April 20, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal animal cruelty law so broadly written that it would criminalize the distribution of hunting videos and magazines under many circumstances.  Source: NRA ILA

D.C. Voting Bill Pulled From House Consideration
On April 20, H.R. 157, the "District of Columbia Voting Rights Act," was pulled from consideration over the refusal of D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton to agree to common-sense reforms to D.C.'s gun laws, which would have brought the District into compliance with the historic Heller decision.  Source: NRA ILA

Another Bloomberg-MAIG Lie About Gun Shows
Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control advocacy group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), began running television ads urging Congress to "close the gun show loophole."   Source: NRA ILA

CA ASSEMBLYWOMAN WANTS TO BAN OPEN CARRY
Editors' note: Yet another far-left liberal politician in California, trying to legislate and strip away your 2nd Amendment Rights.  Source: NAGR Gun Rights Blog

ARIZONA TO ALLOW CONCEALED WEAPONS WITHOUT A PERMIT
Editor's note: This is probably not sitting very well with the far-left liberal State Attorney General, Terry Goddard.  Source: Yahoo News - Associated Press

CALIFORNIA STYLE GUN CONTROL COMING TO YOU
Source: Human Events