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Nevada: Senate finance committee passes bill criminalizing private firearm transfers without dealer-run background check

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May 21, 2013 – by NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action

Kansas: State House approves bill to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding gun control advocacy, goes to the governor for his approval

12:31 PM 05/22/2013

May 21, 2013 - by NRA's Institute for Legislative Action

Confiscate! Confiscate! Confiscate!

8:27 AM 05/18/2013

By NRA's Institute for Legislative Action

Obama Administration to sign U.N. Arms Trade Treaty “In the very near future”

7:53 AM 05/18/2013

By NRA's Institute for Legislative Action

Outrage of the week: Assault pencils

9:07 AM 05/12/2013

By NRA-ILA

On the Hill: Senate narrowly rejects Pro-gun Amendment, while House Committee approves protection for Veterans

8:37 AM 05/11/2013

On May 8, the U.S. Senate took up consideration of S. 601, the "Water Resources Development Act of 2013."  During the debate, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) offered an amendment to extend the Right to Carry to lands administered by the Army Corps of Engineers.

New government report undercuts Obama antigun agenda

8:25 AM 05/11/2013

By NRA's Institute for Legislative Action

New Jersey: Gun control package advancing in Trenton despite outcry from gun owners

10:35 AM 05/10/2013

By NRA-ILA

Texas House gives final approval to impressive number of Pro-Second Amendment bills

1:40 PM 05/08/2013

By NRA-ILA

District of Columbia: D.C. Council seeks to mandate discriminatory liability insurance for gun owners

3:08 PM 05/07/2013

By NRA-ILA

California: Get the truth about the proposed California lead ammunition ban

2:28 PM 05/07/2013

By NRA-ILA

Statement from NRA’s Chris W. Cox on U.S. Senate Defeat of Manchin-Toomey-Schumer Amendment

6:16 PM 04/17/2013

Today, the misguided Manchin-Toomey-Schumer proposal failed in the U.S. Senate. This amendment would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get federal government permission to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution.  As we have noted previously, expanding background checks, at gun shows or elsewhere, will not reduce violent crime or keep our kids safe in their schools.

Outrage of the Week: Middle school curriculum is teaching that Americans don’t have the right to bear arms

8:23 AM 04/15/2013

By NRA's Institute for Legislative Action

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette: Ignorant of Guns–and Disrespectful of Gun Owners’ Lives

9:21 AM 04/08/2013

By NRA's Institute for Legislative Action

United Nations Adopts Arms Trade Treaty

11:44 AM 04/03/2013

By National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action

Biden: Gun-ban legislation “Just the Beginning” — Pelosi: “Not the end of the day for this Issue”

9:07 AM 03/30/2013

This week, Vice-President Joe Biden, and House Minority Leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), showed us--once again--how thorough their contempt is for our Constitutionally guaranteed Second Amendment rights.

Virginia: Pro-gun legislation receives Governor’s signature

7:01 AM 03/28/2013

The following pro-gun bills were signed into law by Governor Bob McDonnell (R) and will go into effect on July 1, 2013:

Hawaii: Background check bill makes final committee stop

12:19 PM 03/27/2013

Senate Bill 69 passed in the House Judiciary Committee by a 3-1 vote last week and will be considered by the House Committee on Finance this Thursday, March 28 at 3:15 PM in House Conference Room 308.  Introduced by state senators Will Espero (D-19), Rosalyn Baker (D-6), Brickwood Galuteria (D-12) and Josh Green (D-3), SB 69 was originally a gun “buyback” bill, but has evolved into a mandatory background check bill on already acquired firearms.

North Carolina: Right-to-carry confidentiality legislation overwhelmingly passes House of Representatives

11:12 AM 03/27/2013

Today, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed House Bill 17 by a 97-20 vote.  HB 17, introduced by state Representative Justin Burr (R-67), would make information regarding permittees -- including those who have acquired a permit to purchase a handgun and those who have obtained a Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP) -- accessible only to law enforcement.

Kansas: Important right-to-carry reform clears House of Representatives and goes to Governor

10:59 AM 03/27/2013

Today, the Kansas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 21, an important Right-to-Carry reform, by a 119 to 13 vote.  Introduced by the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, SB 21 already passed in the Senate by a unanimous vote and now goes to Governor Sam Brownback (R) for his consideration.