NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERTS

Grassroots Alert: Vol. 32, No. 2 1/13/2025​





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Dear NRA Member: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) has reintroduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38). Representative Hudson, the longstanding champion of this legislation, along with more than 120 of his colleagues have sponsored this bipartisan bill to provide nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry license holders and residents of Constitutional Carry states.
On Friday, Gun Owners of America published an email reportedly received by one of its members in response to a question to ATF about whether adding a brace to a CZ Scorpion pistol would convert the gun into a short barreled rifle for purposes of the National Firearms Act (NFA).
Last Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit – which encompasses Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas – reversed the conviction of a man under a federal law that prohibits firearm possession by one who is “an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance{.]
In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller U.S. Supreme Court decision, Justice Antonin Scalia contemplated potential location restrictions governments could impose on the exercise of Second Amendment rights.
Finland is not great when it comes to regulating guns. Like most of Europe, there are a great many restrictions, such as permit, registration, training, and storage requirements, as well as limitations on the types of guns one may own.
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Grassroots Alert: Vol. 32, No. 3 1/21/2025​

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Some elections are won and lost on narrow grounds. But on many of the most important issues of the day, Donald Trump’s policies promise not just to be different from, but the opposite of, Joe Biden’s.
Last week, we reported that an unnamed ATF official, speaking for the agency’s Firearms Industry Programs Branch (FIPB), counseled a gun owner via ATF’s official email that ATF considers all pistols equipped with stabilizing braces to be short-barreled rifles (SBRs).
We haven’t written much about one of America’s most irksome or notorious or galling gun-ban extremists, David Hogg, in quite some time.
In recent years, the United Kingdom has served as a cautionary tale for what can happen when citizens don’t adequately safeguard individual rights - most notably, the right to free speech and the right to armed self-defense.
On January 17, the NRA joined the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation and Safari Club International in filing a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over its near prohibition on recreational target shooting on the Sonoran Desert National Monument in Arizona.
Yesterday, NRA filed an amicus brief supporting firearm manufacturers in a case where the plaintiffs allege that the manufacturers’ pro-Second Amendment social media posts caused a third party to commit a horrific public shooting.
Dear NRA Member: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) has reintroduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38). Representative Hudson, the longstanding champion of this legislation, along with more than 120 of his colleagues have sponsored this bipartisan bill to provide nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry license holders and residents of Constitutional Carry states.
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Grassroots Alert: Vol. 32, No. 4 1/27/2025​

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Last week, the end of a lawsuit over ATF’s infamous “zero tolerance” policy revealed that the agency had already begun walking back its persecutory approach to federal firearm licensee (FFL) inspections in the waning days of the Biden-Harris administration.
The willingness of some in the U.S. to aid a foreign power in an assault on American industry and Americans’ Constitutional rights is sad and disturbing.
The United Kingdom gave the world arguably the greatest comedy troupe of all time: Monty Python. And Monty Python gave us one of the great satirical takes on inefficient government bureaucracy with its 1970 sketch “The Ministry of Silly Walks.”
The first Winter Invictus Games are due to take place at the Whistler ski resort in British Columbia, Canada early next month. In addition to snowboarding, curling, and alpine and Nordic skiing, the games will feature a biathlon event.
Dear NRA Member: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) has reintroduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38). Representative Hudson, the longstanding champion of this legislation, along with more than 120 of his colleagues have sponsored this bipartisan bill to provide nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry license holders and residents of Constitutional Carry states.
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Grassroots Alert: Vol. 32, No. 5 2/3/2025
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NEWS NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Urge Congress to Protect Your Right to Carry – Contact Your Member of Congress Today!
Dear NRA Member: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) has reintroduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38). Representative Hudson, the longstanding champion of this legislation, along with more than 120 of his colleagues have sponsored this bipartisan bill to provide nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry license holders and residents of Constitutional Carry states.
NRA HUNTERS LEADERSHIP FORUM
NRA Applauds Senate Confirmation of Gov. Burgum as Interior Secretary
Good news from the Trump administration keeps on coming for American hunters and shooters as last night the U.S. Senate confirmed N.D. Gov. Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior (SOI).
NEWS
“Political Grief,” Gun Control, and Guilt by Association
Across the country, voters disappointed with President Trump’s election are coping with their feelings in various ways.
NEWS
Expanded Gun Rights in the U.S. Virgin Islands?
The reelection of Donald Trump as President of the United States hasn’t just signaled a return to sanity in the White House when it comes to the Second Amendment. His outspoken support for our right to arms may be having a trickle-down effect on other executives in America, and not just in the more obvious places.
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Federal Laws Prohibiting FFLs From Selling Handguns to 18-to-20-Year-Olds
Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(b)(1) and (c)(1)—which together forbid Federal Firearms Licensees from selling handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds—violate the Second Amendment.
STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP

Kansas: Multiple Gun-Related Hearings Next Week
Colorado
Colorado: Semi-Auto Ban Passes Senate Committee
Colorado: Senate Postpones Vote on Semi-Auto Ban
Maine
Maine: Democrats Deal Major Blow to Anti-Gun Referendum
Missouri
Missouri: Concealed Carry Bill Hearing TODAY!
New Hampshire
New Hampshire: Gun Hearings on Thursday
New York
New York: Smart Gun Legislation Receives Approval in First Assembly Committee - Take Action Now!
South Carolina
South Carolina: Prohibited Persons Expansion Bills On the Move
South Dakota
South Dakota: Firearm Financial Privacy Legislation Passes Senate
Utah
Utah: Extreme Gun Ban Bill Being Heard in Committee Today!
Virginia
Virginia: More Gun Control in House Public Safety Committee
Washington
Washington: Committee Hearing Scheduled for Financial Discrimination and Insurance Mandate

 

Grassroots Alert: Vol. 32, No. 7 2/18/2025​

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The reelection of President Trump is already paying great dividends for the Second Amendment, even at this early stage. Beyond the obvious jettisoning of the most anti-gun administration to ever occupy the White House, we saw the anti-gun director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) decide to quit prior to Trump’s inauguration.
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Lawmakers in Illinois have a long track record of irrational gun bans and restrictions based on the idea that public safety is best served by disarming criminals and law-abiding citizens alike, even if that means putting innocent individuals at a heightened risk of injury and death.
Today, the National Rifle Association, along with the Gun Owners’ Action League, Commonwealth Second Amendment, Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owners of America, and an individual, Mack Escher, filed a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’s prohibition on the possession and carry of handguns and semiautomatic firearms by adults under 21.
U.S. Representatives Riley Moore (R-WV-02), Richard Hudson (R-NC-09), and Andy Barr (R-KY-06) have introduced H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act. This crucial legislation would prohibit credit card companies from tracking constitutionally protected purchases like firearms and ammunition.
U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) recently reintroduced H.R. 556, the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act. This bill would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from arbitrarily banning the use of traditional ammunition on federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture.
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Grassroots Alert: Vol. 32, No. 8 2/24/2025​

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“Lawfare” is the misuse of the legal system to damage political or business opponents, either through frivolous lawsuits in which the cost of defending becomes too much to bear or through the pursuit of political objectives via decrees from ideologically aligned courts.
As NRA-ILA pointed out last week, the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) has prompted a long-overdue reappraisal of the federal law as it pertains to who can be barred from possessing firearms consistent with the Second Amendment.
A few weeks ago, we noted that anti-gun activist David Hogg wanted to be a Democratic National Committee (DNC) vice chair. We suggested caution be exercised before the DNC put an impulsive, often ill-informed individual with little real-world experience in such a prominent position, especially considering he would be given direct access to steering Democrat policy and public perception.
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Grassroots Alert: Vol. 32, No. 9 3/3/2025​

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Amid the push for national concealed carry reciprocity legislation, gun control opponents continue to insist that concealed carrying has no public safety benefits and that lawfully armed civilians simply escalate the risk to first responders and others nearby.
Following its landmark loss at the U.S. Supreme Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022), which made clear law-abiding citizens have a right to bear arms outside the home for self-defense, New York continues to thumb its nose at the Second Amendment.
For far too long, the Second Amendment could be referred to as the Rodney Dangerfield of the Bill of Rights. Within many circles of so-called civil rights advocates, it simply got no respect.
Unconstitutional actions from the Biden administration must be rolled back or terminated
Today, the National Rifle Association filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to New York’s “Concealed Carry Improvement Act.”
In a case to be argued on Tuesday before the Supreme Court, the Mexican government is suing American firearm manufacturers over cartel violence south of the border.
The Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-IL-12) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS), as well as Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), have reintroduced the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (H.R. 1041/S. 478).
The Delaware State Sportsmen Association (DSSA) Freedom Banquet was an exciting and impactful event, drawing over 200 passionate attendees who are dedicated to preserving Second Amendment rights.
Join us April 25 - 27, 2025 in Atlanta, GA for the event of the year! The NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits is the only event of its kind where you can see all the major firearms and accessory manufacturers under one roof. This exclusive experience is FREE for NRA members and their family! Check out full product lines and new product releases, rub elbows with company staff, celebrities, politicians, top 2A supporters and influencers. Attend special events, seminars and workshops, banquets, auctions, and much more. It's all happening April 25 – 27 in Atlanta so make your plans today!
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Grassroots Alert: Vol. 32, No. 10 3/10/2025​

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case in which the Mexican government is attempting to hold members of the U.S. gun industry financially liable for drug cartel violence south of the border.
Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, recently announced to the staff of the newspaper that the publication’s opinion section would henceforth be advocating for “personal liberties and free markets” without contradiction. “I am of America and for America, and proud to be so,” Mr. Bezos said, according to a New York Times account of the announcement.
Several years ago, a seven-year-old boy was suspended from school for chewing his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun and pretending to fire it at his second grade classmates. A school official stated the child had “used food to make inappropriate gestures that disrupted the class.” Only after his parents hired a lawyer and pursued legal proceedings was the matter finally settled, some three years later.
In 2023, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an executive order declaring gun violence a “public health emergency” and banning the carry of firearms in various locations throughout the state.
On February 26, the Third Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc in Lara v. Paris. That case involves a challenge to Pennsylvania’s law banning 18-to-20-year-olds from carrying firearms during a state of emergency.
On March 5th U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick urging him to rescind an interim final rule (IFR) that the Biden Administration promulgated in an effort to hamstring the domestic firearms industry.
The NRA-ILA Grassroots Team was proud to represent the NRA at the annual Iowa Firearms Coalition’s Capitol Second Amendment Day which took place on February 18th, 2025, in Des Moines.
Join us April 25 - 27, 2025 in Atlanta, GA for the event of the year! The NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits is the only event of its kind where you can see all the major firearms and accessory manufacturers under one roof. This exclusive experience is FREE for NRA members and their family! Check out full product lines and new product releases, rub elbows with company staff, celebrities, politicians, top 2A supporters and influencers. Attend special events, seminars and workshops, banquets, auctions, and much more. It's all happening April 25 – 27 in Atlanta so make your plans today!
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