{"campaignList": [{"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "https://quorum-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/uploaded_files/2021-11-15/06528975bef00351efe1e44b4419e209/vhSUbWmJbIVQav1apo1f_MAFlag.jpeg", "facebook_leadgen_form_questions": null, "conf_email_from_address": null, "full_bleed_header_text_is_left_aligned": true, "unique_identifier": "", "fixed_post_message": "", "registration_page": "/api/grassrootsregistrationpage/4198/", "full_bleed_header_type": 1, "conf_email_from_address_username": null, "number_actions_count": 7691, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "MA: Take Action and Contact Committee Members!", "id": 36492, "vanity_url_slug": "36492", "is_one_click_registration_enabled": false, "_extra": {}, "custom_fields": [], "campaign_interaction_types": [], "campaign_type": 2, "conf_email_reply_to_name": null, "number_actions_last_month_count": 240, "custom_javascript": "", "navigation_bar_type": 1, "show_num_supporters": true, "targeting_type": 1, "custom_thank_you_javascript": "", "description_alignment_type": 2, "required_video_link": "", "short_description": "The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security will be holding a public hearing at 10:00 AM to discuss numerous bills pertaining to firearm laws in the state. ", "fixed_pre_message": "", "facebook_leadgen_form_id": "", "fixed_post_message_two": "", "summary_display_option_type": 3, "conf_email_subject": null, "gamification_points_mode": 1, "internal_only_name": "MA: Gun Rationing/UBC/Gun and Ammo Tax/liability Insurance", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "

Some of the latest in this line of ill-founded proposals\nare:

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Firearm rationing schemes
Criminalizing private firearm transfers
Increased taxes on firearms and ammunition
Required liability insurance for gun ownership

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Fortunately, there are a number of pro-gun proposals before\nthe committee that would make positive reforms for firearm owners in the\nCommonwealth. Please contact committee members today and urge them to reject\nproposals pushing gun control and to SUPPORT House Bills 2512 and House Bill\n2536.

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House\nBill 2512: creates a new section of law that provides a clear presumption\nthat the right to keep and bear arms is an individual civil right in\nMassachusetts. The bill also provides protections against other government\nentities in the state from passing laws that further restrict Second Amendment\nrights.\u00a0 State firearms preemption avoids\na confusing patchwork of firearms laws across the state.

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House\nBill 2536 enacts into state law a provision to expand protections for\nout-of-state/non-residents while traveling through the Commonwealth with a\nfirearm to avoid harassment and any unnecessary delays.\u00a0 Current federal law, the Firearms Owners\nProtection Act (FOPA) provides legal protection for lawful gun owners traveling\nacross the country.\u00a0 This law allows\nlawful gun owners to transport firearms across state lines to and from certain\nlocations as long as firearms are unloaded and stored in the trunk or locked\ncontainer.

Please contact your Assembly members, and respectfully request\nthat they oppose all of these measures and any new gun control.\u00a0 November\ndemonstrated that participation matters!\u00a0 We need EVERY NRA member to make\ntheir voice heard today.\u200b\u200b

The state\u2019s two most powerful gun grabbers broadly defined their\npackage of bills which includes:

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This\nThursday, December 9, the Senate Law & Public Safety Committee is going to\nhear legislation that would force gun owners to store their guns and ammo under\nlock and key or face felony level penalties.\u00a0\u00a0 S.3757 is an all-out\nassault on the right to self-dense, giving criminals a distinct advantage in\nself-defense situations.\u00a0 Lawmakers find it acceptable for you to be\nfumbling around for the keys and combinations to your safes in the middle of\nthe night while violent, armed criminals are marching up your stairways.\u00a0\nThat is the exact scenario that will become a reality under S.3757.\u00a0 This\nbill is so bad that it requires\u00a0firearms and ammunition to be stored and\nlocked separately!\u00a0 This Draconian legislation completely nullifies\nself-defense.\u00a0

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While\nanti-gun politicians in Trenton once again hide behind the moniker of \u201cfirearm\nsafety,\u201d this bill does nothing except completely obliterate the right to\nself-defense as affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States in\u00a0Heller.\u00a0 Responsible\ngun owners should be trusted to make appropriate decisions regarding the safety\nof their families in their own homes.\u00a0 Micromanaging\na person\u2019s constitutional rights in their own home is way out-of-line, and it\nis time for New Jersey NRA members and gun owners to say \u201cenough is enough.\u201d

The\nfollowing is perhaps the slight bit of humor that can be extracted from this\nbad news.\u00a0 New Jersey anti-gun politicians are so oblivious to reality\nthat they are concerned about people moving INTO New Jersey!\u00a0 The reality\nis that New Jersey annually tops the list of \u201cmost-moved-out-of\u201d states in the\ncountry.\u00a0 In fact, in the 2018 Allied Moving Vans survey, New Jersey was\n#1 in the country, topping the list of states with outbound moves.\u00a0\nInstead of fixing the real problems identified in those surveys (poor roads and\ninfrastructure, stifling taxes and high cost of living), your elected officials\ncontinue wasting time harassing law-abiding gun owners.\u00a0 New Jersey\nalready has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, and based on the time\nMajority Democrats fixate on them, they clearly are not working.\u00a0\nUnderstandably, voters in the Garden State have had enough and last November\nthey spoke loudly on that\u00a0issue.

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In\naddition to being conceptually bad, this bill is so poorly crafted it has\nglaring and obvious inconsistencies with current law.\u00a0 This bill requires\nnew residents to register all firearms.\u00a0 Under current law, there is no\nrequirement to register long guns.\u00a0 This bill also treats current\nresidents differently, as there are categories of handguns held by citizens\nwhich do not have to be registered (i.e. inherited guns, antiques and relics,\netc.)\u00a0 Under this bill, current residents would not have to register those\nguns, but new residents would.\u00a0 This is simply evidence that whoever wrote\nthis bill had a complete lack of knowledge of what current law actually\nrequires.\u00a0 Now, lawmakers are quickly trying to jam this through in a\nshort, lame duck session.\u00a0 These are just some of the many problems with\nthis bill.

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S.372\nwould do nothing to enhance public safety.\u00a0 It would require registration\ninto a long gun database which does not exist and would have to be\ncreated.\u00a0 Presumably, another government-run program for which New Jersey\ntaxpayers would foot the bill.\u00a0

These\nhastily and poorly written bills will do nothing to prevent crime and\neverything to inhibit New Jersey residents\u2019 constitutional right to\nself-defense.\u00a0\u00a0New Jersey has some of the toughest gun laws in the\ncountry, and rather than crack down on criminals, the Majority party is fixated\non targeting the state\u2019s law-abiding gun owners.\u00a0

A.1280/S.103\u00a0bans\nfirearms .50 Caliber and greater.
\nA.1292/S.1481\u00a0requires registration of handgun ammunition.
\nA.3686/S.372\u00a0requires\nnew residents to register firearms brought into the state.\u00a0
\nA.5030/S.2169\u00a0requires mandatory training to get an FID\ncard.\u00a0 Renewable every four years.
\nA.5647/S.3757\u00a0requires mandatory storage of firearms and\nrenders self-defense obsolete.
\nA.5787/S.3826\u00a0requires all new handguns to be equipped with\nmicrostamping.\u00a0 This is nothing more than a clever way to block the future\nsale of traditional handguns.\u00a0
\nA.6218\u00a0allows the Attorney General to bring cause of\naction for certain public nuisance violations arising from sale or marketing of\nfirearms.

Please contact your Senator and Assembly Members immediately, and ask them to\nOPPOSE this package of anti-gun measures.\u200b

House Bill 307: Over recent years, numerous local\ngovernments have attempted to enact gun control ordinances in violation of the\ncurrent state firearms preemption law, putting law-abiding gun owners at risk.\nThis piece of legislation strengthens New Hampshire\u2019s preemption law to protect\nNew Hampshire gun owners, ensuring law-abiding citizens do not face a confusing\npatchwork of firearm laws across the state.

On\nJanuary 11^th, the County Council of Lake County will hold a vote on\nwhether to repeal a restriction in the county\u2019s firearm discharge ordinance. Back in 2019, Lake\nCounty increased the 200-foot minimum distance from residences for target\nshooting to 300 feet.

Please\u00a0contact\ncouncil members and ask them to REPEAL the firearm discharge restriction.

HB 1618\nprohibits the carrying of any firearm, whether open or concealed, into an\n\u201celection related office or facility\u201d including polling places,\u00a0voter registration\ncenters, and more.\u00a0 Violation would be a gross misdemeanor and revocation of a concealed\npistol license for at least 3 years.

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HB 1630\nprohibits the carrying of firearms at school board or local municipality meetings.\u00a0Violation\nmay\u00a0also\u00a0result in revocation of a concealed pistol license for at least 3 years.

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HB 1705\nfurther restricts the\ncenturies-old practice of\nmanufacturing firearms for personal use \u200band self-defense\u00a0by imposing requirements that far exceed\nthose in federal law.\u00a0 It seeks to prohibit private individuals from possessing certain\nunregulated components commonly-used by hobbyists to make their own firearms,\nas well as possessing currently legal firearms that don\u2019t have serial numbers.

Legislative\nDocument 1068 creates two new sections of Maine law, which outline the\npower of the court in issuing orders or consent agreements for protection from\nharassment, and authorizes the surrender of firearms. This bill is redundant\nand unnecessary, burdens Second Amendment rights, and mandates the surrender and confiscation of constitutionally\nprotected property without a hearing and without notice.

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Constitutional rights should only be restricted with\nsufficient due process of law. Due process limits restrictions on\nconstitutional rights to only serious convictions and adjudications that\nprovide procedural protections to the accused, which results in more reliable\nproceedings. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms should not be treated as a\nsecond-class right and should only be restricted when sufficient protections\nare in place.

10-ROUND\nMAGAZINE BAN -\u00a0Senate\u00a0Bill 5078\u00a0bans\u00a0the\nmanufacture, sale, transfer, importation, etc.,\u00a0of magazines that \u201care\ncapable of holding,\u201d\u00a0or hold more than,\u00a010\u00a0rounds of ammunition.\u00a0\u00a0This includes\nconversion kits or parts from which any such magazine may be assembled.\u00a0\nThese so-called \u201chigh capacity\u201d magazines are,\u00a0in fact, standard equipment\nfor commonly-owned firearms that many Americans constitutionally and\neffectively use for an entire range of lawful purposes, such as self-defense or\ncompetition.\u00a0 For example, the Glock 19 was the most commonly purchased\nfirearm of 2021 and has a standard-issue magazine that holds 15 rounds of\nammunition.\u00a0 Any violation of this measure is a gross misdemeanor,\npunishable by a maximum\u00a0of 364 days in jail and/or a fine of up to $5,000.

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\u201cGHOST GUNS\u201d\nBAN\u00a0-\u00a0House Bill 1705\u00a0further\u00a0restricts\nthe centuries-old practice of manufacturing firearms for personal\u00a0use and\nself-defense\u00a0by imposing requirements that far exceed those in federal\nlaw.\u00a0 It seeks to prohibit private\u00a0individuals from possessing\ncertain unregulated components commonly\u00a0used by\u00a0Americans\u00a0to\nmake their own firearms\u00a0for self-defense, sport and hobby, and\u00a0from\npossessing currently legal firearms that don\u2019t have serial numbers.\u00a0This\nbill would make lawfully built firearms retroactively illegal if built after\n2019.\u00a0

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BAN FIREARMS\nFROM ELECTION-RELATED PLACES,\u00a0SCHOOL BOARD AND MUNICIPAL MEETINGS\u00a0-\u00a0House Bill 1630\u00a0prohibits open carry at\nschool board meetings,\u00a0municipal meetings and election-related places.\nFurther, HB 1630 bans all firearms at ballot counting centers, including by CPL\nHolders.

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EXPAND RED FLAG\nLAWS THROUGH\u00a0CIVIL PROTECTION ORDERS\u00a0-\u00a0House Bill 1901\u00a0would allow petitioners\nfor civil protection orders to assert that another has \u201ccoercive control\u201d over\nthem, leading to an unconstitutional revocation of firearm rights without due\nprocess of law.\u00a0This bill\u00a0is ripe for abuse.

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On January 25th,\u00a0the House\nJudiciary-Criminal Committee will hear a number of anti-gun bills. Please\u00a0contact committee\nmembers and ask them to OPPOSE House Bills 2541, 3144, 3661, and 4296.

House\nBill 2541 repeals the requirement that the respondent of an order of\nprotection facing loss of Second Amendment rights receive notice of a hearing\nand an opportunity to participate in it. In addition, it requires that the loss\nof rights last for a minimum of two years, rather than for the duration of the\norder of protection.

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A person subject to the suspension of a Constitutional right\nshould be entitled to high evidentiary standards, an opportunity to be heard,\nand the right to face his or her accusers. Civil liberties advocates from\nacross the political spectrum have expressed concerns about these schemes and\nhow the procedure may lead to abuses, due to insufficient due process\nprotections.

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House\nBill 3144 further victimizes gun owners who suffer loss or theft of their\nproperty if they don\u2019t report a lost or stolen firearm within 72 hours of\ndiscovering them missing, by increasing failure to comply to a Class 4 felony\nfor a third offense and a Class 3 felony for subsequent offenses.

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House\nBill 3661 revokes for one year, the FOID cards of gun owners whose firearms\nare lost or stolen in three separate incidents within a two year period.

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House\nBill 4296 increases arbitrary zones where law-abiding citizens are left\ndefenseless by prohibiting concealed carry permit holders from carrying\nfirearms at many recreation areas, including campgrounds, golf courses, boat\nlaunches, Illinois Nature Preserves, and Land and Water Reserves, among others.\nThis bill contains no provisions to add active measures to keep armed criminals\nout of these areas, such as increased police presence, metal detectors, or\nsecurity guards.

House\nBill 1636: \u201cATV-Carry\u201d allows the carry of a\nloaded firearm on an Off-Highway Recreation Vehicle (OHRV) or snowmobile.\u00a0\nThis legislation also helps to clean up the law from when Permitless Carry was\npassed and a snowmobile prohibition remained.\u00a0 If you can carry a gun in\nyour vehicle, or on your person, you shouldn\u2019t have to surrender your right to\nself-defense simply because you\u2019re operating a snowmobile.

SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARMS BAN -\u00a0Senate Bill 5217\u00a0arbitrarily classifies many popularly-owned semi-automatic firearms as so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d and bans their possession, manufacture, transfer, etc.\u00a0 These\u00a0firearms are widely used for self-defense, recreational shooting,\u00a0and hunting,\u00a0and have now been vilified due to cosmetic features.\u00a0 It is extremely important that NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters contact their lawmakers in opposition to SB 5217.

MAGAZINE BAN -\u00a0Senate\u00a0Bill 5078,\u00a0bans\u00a0the manufacture, possession, sale, transfer, etc.,\u00a0of magazines that \u201care capable of holding,\u201d or hold more than,\u00a017\u00a0rounds of ammunition.\u00a0Amendments to the bill are expected to lower this to 12 or even 10 rounds.\u00a0This includes conversion kits or parts from which any such magazine may be assembled.\u00a0 These so-called \u201chigh capacity\u201d magazines are,\u00a0in fact, standard equipment for commonly-owned firearms that many Americans legally and effectively use for an entire range of legitimate purposes, such as self-defense or competition.\u00a0 Those who own non-compliant magazines prior to the ban are only\u00a0allowed to possess them on their own property and in other limited instances,\u00a0such\u00a0as\u00a0at licensed shooting ranges or while hunting. \u00a0Prohibited\u00a0magazines have to be transported unloaded and locked separately from firearms, and must be stored locked at home, making them unavailable for self-defense.\u00a0 Any violation of this measure is a gross misdemeanor punishable by a maximum\u00a0of 364 days in jail and/or a fine of up to $5,000. \u200b

ANTI-PREEMPTION\u00a0-\u00a0Senate Bill 5568\u00a0guts\u00a0the state\u2019s preemption laws.\u00a0 SB 5568 will expand gun free zones and permit municipalities to ban the open carry\u00a0of firearms.\u00a0 These types of measures result in a complex patchwork of gun laws across the state that ensnare otherwise law-abiding gun owners, turning them into criminals.

GHOST GUNS BAN\u00a0-\u00a0HB 1705\u00a0further\u00a0restricts the centuries-old practice of manufacturing firearms for personal\u00a0use \u200band self-defense\u00a0by imposing requirements that far exceed those in federal law.\u00a0 It seeks to prohibit private\u00a0individuals from possessing certain unregulated components commonly-used by hobbyists to make their own firearms, as well as possessing currently legal firearms that don\u2019t have serial numbers.

BAN FIREARMS FROM ELECTION-RELATED PLACES\u00a0-\u00a0HB 1618\u00a0prohibits the carrying of any firearm, whether open or concealed, into an \u201celection related office or facility\u201d including\u00a0polling places,\u00a0voter registration centers, and more.\u00a0 Violation\u00a0would be a gross misdemeanor and revocation of a concealed pistol license for at least\u00a0three\u00a0years.

BAN FIREARMS FROM SCHOOL BOARD AND MUNICIPAL MEETINGS\u00a0-\u00a0HB 1630\u00a0prohibits the carrying of firearms at school board or\u00a0local municipality meetings.\u00a0Violation may\u00a0also\u00a0result in revocation of a concealed pistol license for\u00a0at least\u00a0three\u00a0years.

EXPAND\u00a0CIVIL PROTECTION ORDERS FOR CLEANING, STORING OR CARRYING FIREARMS\u00a0-\u00a0House Bill 1901\u00a0would allow petitioners for civil protection orders to assert that another has \u201ccoercive control\u201d over them, leading to an unconstitutional revocation of firearm rights. \u00a0Examples of coercive control listed in the bill include \u201ccleaning, accessing, displaying, using, or wearing a firearm in an intimidating or threatening manner\u201d \u2013 even within one\u2019s own home. This is ripe for abuse.

On January 25th, the Police & Fire Committee will hear House\nBill 2769 House Floor Amendment No. 4, to waste taxpayer money to promote\n\u201cmicrostamping\u201d on firearms.\u00a0

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\n\nPlease contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE HB 2769 HFA 4.

House Bill 2769\u00a0House\nFloor Amendment No. 4 creates a $500,000 grant program for\nlaw-enforcement agencies in the state to purchase firearms equipped with\nmicrostamping that purports to imprint unique marks onto discharged cartridge\ncasings. Currently, microstamping is proprietary technology offered by just one\nbusiness, meaning that these grants financially benefit just them. While this\nbill only deals with optional grants for law-enforcement, the language\nspecifically states that this is to \u201cbring microstamp-ready firearms into\nuse in Illinois.\u201d Anti-gun extremists will use such a scheme to eventually\nforce microstamping onto private citizens.

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Microstamping is easily defeated, deliberately or\ninadvertently, by switching parts, by it becoming worn through normal use and\ncleaning of the firearm, or by deliberately defacing by grinding, abrading, etc.\n

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Because criminals often use stolen firearms, microstamping\nmight, at best, identify who was the last lawful owner of the firearm.\nCriminals could also collect cartridge casings from shooting ranges to drop at\ncrime scenes in order to fool investigators, pick up their cartridge casings\nbefore leaving the crime scene, or use firearms, such as revolvers, that do not\nautomatically eject them.\u00a0

\u00a0Senate Bill 136, sponsored by Sen. Myers, and co-sponsored by\nseven\u00a0other pro-2A legislators, provides\u00a0protections for gun stores,\nranges, or any other entity that engages in the lawful selling or servicing of\nfirearms, components, or accessories. \u00a0This measure prevents the\nprohibition, regulation, or seizure of citizens\u2019 Second Amendment rights during\na declared State of Emergency.

Some of the ill-founded proposals are:

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Firearm rationing\n schemes
Criminalizing private\n firearm transfers
Increased taxes on\n firearms and ammunition
Required liability\n insurance for gun ownership

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Fortunately, the Committee is also considering a number of\npro-gun proposals for firearm owners in the Commonwealth, including:

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House\nBill 2512 creates a new section of law that provides a clear presumption\nthat the right to keep and bear arms is an individual, civil right in\nMassachusetts. The bill also provides protections against other government\nentities in the state from passing laws that further restrict Second Amendment\nrights.\u00a0 State firearms preemption avoids a confusing patchwork of\nfirearms laws across the state.

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House\nBill 2536 enacts into state law, a provision to expand protections for\nout-of-state/non-residents while traveling through the Commonwealth with a\nfirearm to avoid harassment and any unnecessary delays.\u00a0 Current federal\nlaw, the Firearms Owners Protection Act (FOPA), provides legal protection for\nlawful gun owners traveling across the country.\u00a0 This law allows lawful\ngun owners to transport firearms across state lines to and from certain\nlocations as long as firearms are unloaded and stored in the trunk or a locked\ncontainer.

Senate\nBill 1577 would\nban 3-D printed guns, however the bill\u00a0is so poorly written that it\nconfuses \u201cundetectable\u201d firearms with 3D printed guns.\u00a0 This bill\nis the ultimate solution in search of a problem.\u00a0 Undetectable firearms\nhave been banned under federal law for 30 years.\u00a0\u00a0This is nothing\nmore than political theater.\u00a0 However, because of poor bill drafting, this\nbill could have serious unintended consequences for hobbyists who engage in the\nlawful home manufacture of firearms.

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As in 2021,\nthe\u00a0legislature\u00a0can expect to see both pro and anti-gun agendas this\nyear.\u00a0Gun owners and sportsmen throughout the state must stay actively\ninvolved to defend freedom.

House Bill 705\u00a0(Rep. Monks) enhances protections for\nfirearms, ammunition and component parts and accessories during \u201cdeclared\nextreme emergencies.\u201d It establishes firearm related businesses as\nessential,\u00a0that\u00a0concealed carry licenses cannot be delayed or rejected and\u00a0that\u00a0privately owned firearms\ncannot be confiscated during any declared extreme emergencies.\u00a0\u00a0This\nmeasure\u00a0was unanimously passed by the House earlier\nthis\u00a0month.\u00a0HB 705\u00a0largely mirrors language from\nNRA-backed\u00a0Senate Bill 1262, signed into law earlier this\nyear,\u00a0and\u00a0expands protection of our Second Amendment rights during\ninstances of\u00a0\u201cextreme disaster\ndeclarations,\u201d such as when martial law is declared.

HB22-1033 allows any law-abiding adult who is legally eligible to obtain a carry permit, to carry a handgun without first having to obtain government permission. This ensures that citizens have their right to self-defense without government red tape or delays. It does not affect previously issued carry permits, and allows citizens who still wish to obtain a permit in order to carry in other states recognizing Colorado permits, to do so.

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House Bill 22-1168\u00a0allows local education providers, upon entering into\nan agreement with an individual or entity that offers hunter education courses\ncertified by the division of parks and wildlife (division), to provide a hunter\neducation course (course) to all seventh graders. The course must satisfy the\nrequirements of a hunter education course certified by the division; except\nthat hands-on activities are not required. The course must be taught by a\ndivision-certified instructor. A parent or legal guardian must provide\npermission for a student to participate in any hands-on activities that are\noffered as part of the course.

House Bill 22-1086\u00a0\u201cThe Vote Without Fear\nAct\u201d - The title itself is enough to know that sponsors and supporters of this\nmeasure hate your Second Amendment rights.\u00a0 HB 1086 looks to ban the open\ncarry of a firearm at voting locations in the Centennial state.\u00a0 It is the\nintention of this measure to prohibit you from exercising one of your\nconstitutional rights while engaging in another.\u00a0 The irony would be funny\nif it wasn\u2019t a serious and deeply-held belief by anti-gun legislators that the\nSecond Amendment is a lesser right.

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Law-abiding gun owners have the\nright to self-defense and are provided with options that fit their needs.\u00a0\nThose who choose to open carry should not be prevented from casting a vote.

\u201cGHOST GUNS\u201d BAN\u00a0\u2013\u00a0House Bill 1705\u00a0further\u00a0restricts the\ncenturies-old practice of manufacturing firearms for personal\u00a0use and\nself-defense\u00a0by imposing requirements that far exceed those in federal\nlaw.\u00a0 It seeks to prohibit private\u00a0individuals from possessing\ncertain unregulated components commonly\u00a0used by\u00a0Americans\u00a0to\nmake their own firearms\u00a0for self-defense, sport and hobby, and\u00a0from\npossessing currently legal firearms that don\u2019t have serial numbers.\u00a0This\nbill would make lawfully built firearms retroactively illegal if built after\n2019.\u00a0

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HB 1830\u00a0seeks to enact a raft of anti-gun measures\nthrough the guise of \u201cpublic health\u201d measures:

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It encourages and funds\nanti-gun \"public health\" research.\u00a0 The legislation would\nalso\u00a0require the development of a firearm \u201cbuyback\u201d program. \u00a0First,\nthese types of programs are not \u201cbuybacks,\u201d as the government never owned these\nfirearms, and thus cannot buy the gun back. These are properly understood as\ngun turn-in programs. This gun turn-in program is particularly pernicious, as\nit would require the destruction of the collected firearms rather than offer\nopportunities for these firearms to reenter the lawful stream of\ncommerce.\u00a0 Research shows that these programs do not work and this has\nbeen understood for decades. \u00a0
Further, this legislation\nwould diminish patient privacy and harm the doctor-patient relationship.\u00a0\nYour NRA-ILA opposes this type of state-encouraged intrusion into the\ndoctor-patient relationship. \u00a0Moreover, this type of measure poses privacy\nrisks for gun owners. Given a doctor\u2019s perceived authority, patients may not\nknow that they have the right to refuse to answer questions regarding firearm\nownership. Also, there have been circumstances where patients have been\nretaliated against for refusing to share personal firearm information.

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HB 2087\u00a0creates a Class C misdemeanor for storing a\nfirearm or ammunition in an unattended motor vehicle or boat \u201cunless the\nfirearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked\nwithin the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed\nto the motor vehicle or boat.\u201d\u00a0 The legislation would also heighten the\nexisting storage requirement under the parking lot statute.\u00a0 HB2087 also\ncreates a lost or stolen firearm reporting requirement whereby a person would\nbe required to report a lost or stolen firearm within 24 hours of discovering\nit missing. A violation would be a Class C misdemeanor.

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HB 2620\u00a0requires anyone with firearms in the same\nresidence as a minor under 18 years of age, to store those firearms, unloaded\nin locked containers, and to store ammunition in separate, locked containers.\nThere are limited exceptions for firearms carried on the person, and firearms\nthat are within two feet of both distance and eyesight.

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This outlandish bill effectively bans home-defense firearms for\nanyone with a minor in the home. Many Tennesseans currently keep a loaded\nhandgun, rifle, and/or shotgun locked in a quick access safe by the bed, ready\nto deploy immediately if needed, but still secured from access by children. HB\n2620 would discourage and curtail the manner in which parents introduce their\nchildren to firearms, by placing a legal burden on the parents for\u00a0a\nchild\u2019s malicious or benign conduct.\u00a0In more rural parts of the country,\nhigh school students have been known to hunt in the morning and, as unwise as\nit might be, at times neglect to take their firearms out of their vehicle\nbefore heading to school. You can imagine any number of benign scenarios where\na high school\u00a0student might mistakenly have a firearm in their car on\nschool property after hunting or target shooting over the weekend. While these\nstudents would likely be severely punished, there is no reason to foist a\nmisdemeanor on their parents.

House\nBill 1162 updates the definition of \u201cloaded firearm\u201d under South Dakota law\nto designate that a firearm is considered loaded only if a round is\nchambered.\u00a0 This update provides easier\nmethods of storing firearms in an \u201cunloaded\u201d manner, yet still maintain utility\nin self-defense situations when seconds matter.

Senate Bill 195\u00a0clarifies\nSouth Dakota\u2019s current Stand your Ground law by establishing that the burden of\nproof, by clear and convincing evidence, lies on the party seeking to overcome\nthe immunity provided under this law.\u00a0 This measure clarifies the burden\nof proof and who bears the burden of proof in Stand your Ground self-defense\ncases.\u00a0\u00a0

Senate Bill 212, as amended on\nthe Senate Floor,\u00a0reduces the cost of South Dakota carry permits to\n$0.\u00a0 SB 212 allows those who wish to use South Dakota\u2019s reciprocity\nagreements with other states,\u00a0to\u00a0do so and not be heavily burdened by\nwhat is essentially a\u00a0tax on their right to self-defense.\u00a0\u00a0

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HB\n1588 is an anti-gun measure that allows for the revocation of one\u2019s Second\nAmendment rights without proper due process of law being followed.\u00a0\nSo-called \u201cred flag\u201d laws are dangerous in their disregard for the process that\nmust be followed to ensure that constitutional rights are not wrongfully\nrevoked.\u00a0 Scheduled for a\nhearing in the House Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee on Wednesday,\nMarch 2.

BAN FIREARMS FROM\nELECTION-RELATED PLACES,\u00a0SCHOOL BOARD AND MUNICIPAL MEETINGS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0House Bill 1630\u00a0prohibits\nopen carry at school board meetings,\u00a0municipal meetings and\nelection-related places. Further, HB 1630 bans all firearms at ballot counting\ncenters, including by CPL Holders.

On March 8th, the Assembly Public Safety Committee will hear Assembly Bills 1688 and 1769. Please contact committee members and ask them to\u00a0SUPPORT AB 1688 and\nOPPOSE AB 1769.

Assembly Bill 1688, introduced by Assembly Member Vince\nFong (R-34), repeals the requirement that any new handgun models added to\nCalifornia\u2019s roster include microstamping technology and also repeals the\nrequirement that three non-microstamping handguns be removed from the roster\nfor every new compliant model added. No new semi-automatic handguns have been\nadded to the handgun roster since microstamping was certified in 2013. This\nbill will help law-abiding citizens by improving their access to commonly-owned\nhandguns. To read more about California's microstamping law, please\u00a0click here.\u200b

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Assembly Bill 1769, introduced by Assembly Member Steve\nBennett (D-37),\u00a0prohibits officers, employees, operators, lessees, or\nlicensees of the 31^st\u00a0District Agricultural Association from\nentering into any agreement to allow for the sale of any firearm, firearm\nparts, or ammunition on property or buildings that comprise the Ventura County\nFair and Event Center or properties in Ventura County and the City of Ventura\nthat are owned, leased, operated, or occupied by the District. This imposes a\none-size-fits-all restriction to prevent officials from deciding how to use\nvenues.\u00a0

On March 8th, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee will hear Senate Bill 865. Please ask committee members to support SB 865.

Senate Bill 865, introduced by Senator Dodd, increases the\nmaximum eligible age for a reduced-fee junior hunting license from 16, to 18\nyears of age. Youth 18 and under were previously eligible to purchase reduced\nfee junior hunting licenses until 2020 when the law sunset.\u00a0This will\npositively impact hunter recruitment and outreach by making it less expensive\nfor 16-17 year-olds to try out hunting. Many of these teenagers will either\nbecome lifelong hunters or gain a new understanding of hunting and its\nimportance, both of which will be valuable to maintain our hunting heritage\ninto the future.

Politics\nis about math, and the math always\u00a0dictates the outcome.\u00a0 Anti-gun\nDemocrats in the Vermont\u00a0House simply don't appear to have the votes to\noverride the Governor's veto of\u00a0S.30.\u00a0 As a result,\u00a0Montpelier\npoliticians, who are determined to\u00a0pass a gun bill this session, have had\nto devise a\u00a0workaround.\u00a0 S.30\u00a0originally began as a \u201clocation\nrestriction\u201d for hospitals, but evolved into an Omnibus Gun Control Bill. \u00a0One\nof the focal points of the legislation expanded NICS delayed background checks\nindefinitely.\u00a0 It also expanded the state\u2019s red flag law.\u00a0 Gov. Phil\nScott thankfully vetoed the session\u2019s signature gun-control bill.\u00a0\nHowever, he also\u00a0indicated he would support a 7-day wait on delayed NICS\nchecks.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Governor's message telegraphed to the Legislature\nthat there was an opportunity to pass gun control, and they quickly\nresponded.\u00a0 \u00a0

Last\nweek, the Senate passed S.4, which makes a slight alteration to S.30, opting\nfor the 7-day waiting period and keeping the rest of the bill's bad provisions\nin place.\u00a0 This week,\u00a0S.4 is being rubber stamped out of the House\nJudiciary Committee, and\u00a0it\u00a0will quickly come to\u00a0a full vote of\nthe Vermont House.\u00a0\u00a0

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Your\nurgent action is once again requested.\u00a0 Only sustained pressure from\nVermont gun owners will\u00a0reinforce our position that this bill is in no way\n\"improved,\" and it\u00a0will also signal to the Governor that he\nshould once again use his veto pen if S.4\u00a0passes.\u00a0\u00a0

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Extreme animal rights groups are busy pushing their agenda in Montpelier this session, and lawmakers are poised to act on several bills attacking our hunting heritage in the Green Mountain State.\u00a0 A couple of these bills may appear subtle, but make no mistake, the proponents pushing this legislation support a complete ban on hunting and trapping.\u00a0

On Thursday and Friday, the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee will continue to\u00a0work on\u00a0these bills.\u00a0 S.201 will\u00a0ban trapping, S.129 will\u00a0dismantle the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board,\u00a0and S.281 will\u00a0ban coyote hunting using dogs.\u00a0 Friday, March 11 is \u201ccrossover,\u201d a self-imposed deadline the Legislature follows for passing bills out of their chamber of origin.

Legislative\nDocument 2014 allows Sunday hunting on private property with written landowner\npermission statewide. \u00a0Hunters provide\nmillions of dollars to habitat restoration and conservation for healthy\necosystems throughout Maine. \u00a0Unfortunately,\nMaine hunters are prevented from introducing their family or friends to hunting\nbecause they are competing with organized sports and other activities on\nSaturday, which is often their only opportunity to hunt outside of the work\nweek. Countless hunters stop hunting because of the lack of opportunity and\naccessible land, as well as time restrictions. Providing an extra day in the\nfield, especially on the weekend, increases opportunities for those individuals\nto experience one of America\u2019s oldest traditions, and increases hunter\nretention.

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They\nwill now go to the Senate for further consideration.\u00a0Please contact your state senator\nand ask them to SUPPORT House Bills 5187, 5188, and 4003.", "full_bleed_header_image_contain": false, "regulation_id": null, "navigation_bar_is_transparent": false, "multiple_actions_allowed": true, "show_num_actions": false, "full_bleed_header_video_url": "", "full_bleed_header_image_url": "", "status": 2, "conf_email_reply_to_address": null, "should_use_footer_html": false, "custom_css": "", "pos_subject": "Please Support House Bills 5187, 5188, and 4003", "name": "Michigan: Ask Senate to Support HBs 5187, 5188, and 4003", "supporters_can_choose_targets": true, "custom_call_to_action_button_text": "", "conf_email_reply_to_address_domain": null, "order": 2, "background_style_type": null, "pos_message": "Dear {{target_appropriate_greeting}},\n\nAs a constituent, I ask you to please support House Bills 5187, 5188, and 4003.\n \nDuring recent times of uncertainty, many of our friends, family, and neighbors chose to exercise their Second Amendment rights for the first time. Unfortunately, we saw anti-gun officials in jurisdictions around the country use the state of emergency as a pretext to unilaterally suspend a constitutional right by shutting down gun stores and ranges, and preventing fellow citizens from accessing arms, ammunition, or even proper training.\n \nHouse Bill 5187 and House Bill 5188 protect the exercise of a constitutional right from such politically motivated attacks and ensure that citizens have those rights when they need them most.\n \nStripping Second Amendment rights for life from an otherwise law-abiding citizen who forgets to renew their Concealed Pistol License does not improve public safety. HB 4003 reduces the offense from a felony to a civil infraction with a $330 fine, as long as the person is still legally eligible for a CPL and it occurs within one year of expiration. 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Pro-Gun\nBills:

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Senate Bill 388\u00a0strengthens the right to\nself-defense by creating a presumption that it is reasonable to believe\nphysical force is necessary to defend oneself, or another person, from someone\nwho has unlawfully entered one\u2019s dwelling, place of work or motor vehicle.\nVictims of violent crime who respond with defensive force while protecting\nthemselves or their loved ones should not have to face the additional threat of\ncriminal or civil prosecution.

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House Bill 5412\u00a0strengthens the right to self-defense\nby removing the duty to retreat for a person in a house of religious worship,\nbefore using deadly physical force to defend themselves or a third person. If\nenacted, law-abiding citizens would no longer be required to retreat before\ndefending themselves in a house of worship.

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House Bill 5415\u00a0allows the legal transfer\nof so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d and \u201clarge capacity\u201d magazines between people\nwho already legally possess such weapons or magazines.\u00a0

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Anti-Gun\nBills:

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Senate Bill 16\u00a0requested by the Governor,\u00a0S.B. 16\u00a0is an omnibus gun control bill\nthat most notably expands the state\u2019s so-called \u201cassault weapons ban\u201d, modifies\ncarry laws, and expands gun free zones. These proposals are misguided and\nsimply anti-gun virtue signaling. They will do nothing to stop violent crime\nand improve public safety, and simply burden law-abiding gun owners.

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House Bill 5416\u00a0prohibits the sale,\ndelivery or transfer of more than one pistol or revolver to any individual\nduring a thirty-day period, with limited exceptions. So-called one-gun-a-month\nschemes ration the Second Amendment rights of citizens, while doing nothing to\nget illegal guns off our streets. If there is authority to say one gun a month,\nthere will eventually be authority to say none.

Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Law & Public Safety\nCommittee is scheduled to consider S.513, legislation which would create a\nrebuttable presumption of no bail for gun offenses.\u00a0 While everyone can\nagree that serious gun crimes should be treated harshly, this bill is\nconstructed in a manner that could result in unintended consequences.\u00a0\nEarlier this year, the Assembly made amendments to their version of the bill\nafter serious issues were brought to the attention of lawmakers.\u00a0 However,\ndespite similar conversations in the Senate, significant problems still remain\nin S.513.

This bill still has mandatory jail time for simple possessory\noffenses.\u00a0 Stopping for gas on the way to the range or widows transporting\ntheir spouses\u2019 firearms to the police station could result in serious legal\nconsequences, and under this bill, the person would sit in jail until the\nmatter is resolved.\u00a0 These possessory offenses should be exempted.\u00a0\nThis legislation should focus on serious violent crimes instead of allowing\nhyper-technical violations to be treated the same as murderers.

House\nBill 1096 imposes bans on the open carry of firearms within 100 feet of a\npolling place.\u00a0 These arbitrary bans are simply anti-gun virtue signaling\nthat only affect law-abiding citizens, dictating how they must exercise a\nconstitutional right, while doing nothing to improve public safety.

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House\nBill 1668 requires background checks for the commercial sale of firearms,\nalready mandated under federal law.\u00a0 This duplicative and unnecessary\nlegislation is simply a first-attempt to enact so-called \u201cuniversal background\nchecks\u201d for the purchase of firearms in New Hampshire.\u00a0 The bill would do\nnothing to improve public safety and its effectiveness would depend on\nrequiring gun registration.

House Bill 3144\u00a0expands free enterprise by prohibiting\ncompanies that discriminate in the provision of their financial services\nagainst the firearm and ammunition industry, from entering into contracts with\ngovernment entities in the state.\u00a0\u00a0Some companies believe they are\nmorally superior to the good people of Oklahoma, and\u00a0HB 3144 ensures that\nthey are prevented from benefitting from discriminatory practices.

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According\nto industry surveys, nearly 75% of firearm industry members have been denied\nfinancial services solely because of their affiliation with the firearm\nindustry. These practices also extend to businesses\u00a0that sell hunting\nequipment, teach firearm\u00a0safety courses, make gun safes, etc.

On March 22nd, the Assembly Public Safety Committee will hear Assembly Bill 2033.\u00a0Please contact the committee and ask them to SUPPORT AB 2033.

Assembly Bill 2033, introduced by Assembly Member Thurston\nSmith (R-33), extends the duration that a California concealed firearm license\nis valid, from two years up\u00a0to five years. This legislation helps ease the\nadministrative burden on the issuing authorities while simultaneously\neasing\u00a0the financial strain on permit holders.\u00a0

August 11th, the Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced Senate Bill 918. It will now go to the Assembly floor.

Senate Bill 918, introduced by Senator Anthony Portantino\n(D-25),\u00a0will be amended\u00a0to defy the recent Supreme Court ruling\nplacing significant reforms to California's existing conceal carry laws. The\namendments are expected to greatly reduce places where people can lawfully\ncarry, as well as create additional costs and barriers to obtaining a permit. *At\nthe time of this posting, the amendments were not publicly available.\u00a0

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Please contact your Assembly member and ask them to OPPOSE SB 918.

On March 23rd, the Senate Education Committee will hear Senate Bill 906.\u00a0Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 906.

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Senate Bill 906, introduced by Senator Anthony Portantino\n(D-25),\u00a0makes it mandatory that parents of students disclose firearm\nownership status to the schools their children attend, including how they are\nstored. It requires that these questions be placed on the forms used to register\nor enroll students, and these forms may be made available to law-enforcement\nunder certain conditions. This is one more attack on\u00a0the\u00a0law-abiding\ncitizens of California, amounting to a major invasion of privacy and potential\nharassment.\u00a0

House Bill 203\u00a0gives law enforcement the ability to\nissue a fine to gun owners of up to $1,000 if a prohibited individual gains\naccess to their firearm and proceeds to injure themself\u00a0or\nanother.\u00a0This bill will essentially require firearms to be locked and\nrendered inaccessible for self-defense in the home.\u00a0HB 203 is another\nattempt to punish law-abiding gun owners for the crimes of criminals, and\ncurrent state law already provides an avenue for cases where true negligence\nwith a firearm is present.

Senate\nFile 4098 adds $150,000 extra for shooting sports facility grants.\u00a0\nThis measure would increase the amount of funding provided from the Game and\nFish fund to be used for development and maintenance of shooting and archery\nfacilities in Minnesota.

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Senate\nFile 3162 appropriates an ongoing annual $5 million, starting in 2022, for\ncreating a grant program to increase firearm safety, trap shooting, archery,\nhunting, and angling activities in physical education courses in Minnesota\nschool districts.

The Statehouse is back open, and\nanti-gun politicians\u00a0are planning to take it out on law-abiding gun owners\nthis week.\u00a0 Both the House and the Senate Judiciary Committees are\nplanning marathon gun bill hearings on Wednesday and Thursday\nrespectively.\u00a0 This latest\u00a0onslaught contains over two dozen bills\neach night, and while\u00a0there are a few pro-gun bills on the agenda, the\nvast\u00a0majority of the agenda is filled with severe restrictions on the\nSecond Amendment, including magazine and semi-auto bans.\u00a0\u00a0

Because there are so many bills,\nwe have provided links to both committee agendas.

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AGENDA:\nHouse Committee on Judiciary
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The message to lawmakers should\nbe simple: \u00a0Enough\nis enough.\u00a0 Get tough on crime and stop harassing law-abiding gun\nowners.\u00a0 \"No new gun laws!\"\u00a0 Progressive District\nAttorneys\u00a0across the country have gone easy on criminals, and now they\nhave the audacity to blame law-abiding gun owners.\u00a0 We need to tell them to\ndo their job and enforce the laws which are already on the books.\u00a0 Rhode\nIsland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, easily ranking in the\ntop 10.\u00a0 They have passed gun bills the last couple of sessions in\nProvidence, and now\u00a0they are back for more.\u00a0\u00a0Our elected\nofficials,\u00a0both nationally and here locally, have made a mess of things.\n\u00a0While all Americans are suffering, this is their top\npriority?\u00a0\u00a0

Senate\nBill 16, requested by the Governor, is an\nomnibus gun control bill that most notably expands the state\u2019s so-called\n\u201cassault weapons ban,\u201d modifies carry laws, and expands gun free zones. \u00a0These proposals are simply misguided, anti-gun\nvirtue signaling. \u00a0SB 16 will do nothing\nto stop violent crime or improve public safety, and stands only to further\nburden law-abiding gun owners.

On June 13th, the Senate Appropriations Committee will hear Assembly Bills 1769 and 2156.\u00a0Please contact the\nSenate Appropriations Committee and ask them to OPPOSE Assembly Bills 1769 and 2156.

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Assembly Bill 1769, introduced\nby Assembly Member Steve Bennett (D-37), prohibits officers, employees,\noperators, lessees, or licensees of the 31^st\u00a0District\nAgricultural Association from entering into any agreement to allow for the sale\nof any firearm, firearm parts, or ammunition on property or buildings that\ncomprise the Ventura County Fair and Event Center or properties in Ventura\nCounty and the City of Ventura that are owned, leased, operated, or occupied by\nthe District. This imposes a one-size-fits-all restriction to prevent officials\nfrom deciding how to use venues.\u00a0

Assembly Bill 2156, introduced by Assembly Member Buffy Wicks (D-15), reduces the number of firearms a private citizen can manufacture in a year from 50 to no more than three. In addition, it prohibits private citizens from using 3D printing to make firearms, precursor parts, or magazines. This arbitrary ban on 3D printing only harasses law-abiding hobbyists who wish to explore this new and emerging manufacturing process. It does not impose a similar ban on legacy manufacturing methods, such as milling, stamping, casting, welding, or injection molding, all of which are proven methods for making reliable firearms. It is already illegal under federal and state law for prohibited persons, such as felons, to possess firearms, including ones they make themselves, regardless of manufacturing method.

Another\nbill, another trap.\u00a0 Gun control activist-lawmakers are relentless,\u00a0and they are also good at setting\ntraps.\u00a0 We have spotted another snare hanging in the branches.\u00a0 S.265\nseemed\u00a0like an innocuous and\u00a0well-intentioned bill that addresses\n\"criminal threatening.\"\u00a0 On the surface, this seems like\nsomething that would be difficult to oppose.\u00a0 However, as they say,\n\"the Devil\u00a0is in the details.\"

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The\nfirst problem is that this bill\u00a0creates a special class of protected\ncitizens, namely politicians and government officials.\u00a0 So, while it is\ntrue that average citizens have protections against criminal threats, the\npolitical elites would like to have their own special protections.

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Here\nis the kicker.\u00a0 A witness who is a State's Attorney testified in favor of\nthis bill and\u00a0wants the penalties to be harsh with a two-year prison\nsentence and a $1000 fine.\u00a0 Forget about\u00a0the fine, he expressly\narticulated that they\u00a0really want the\u00a0two-year prison sentence\ninstead of a misdemeanor for the sole purpose of taking away people's gun\nrights -- for good.\u00a0 He added that the severe jail time is\u00a0needed\nbecause that elevates the crime to a federal firearm disqualifier.\u00a0 In\nother words, this\u00a0penalty\u00a0would now be\u00a0deemed a\n\"serious\" crime under federal law and would\u00a0prevent a person\nfrom ever purchasing, owning or possessing a firearm for life.\u00a0 Say\nsomething bad about a politician online and get slapped with a lifetime gun\nban?\u00a0 That may not be a stretch if this bill were to clear the\nLegislature.\u00a0\u00a0There are already laws on the books that sufficiently\naddress these scenarios.\u00a0 Nobody condones threatening behavior.\u00a0\nHowever, to carve out a special elite class for politicians seems self-serving,\u00a0and\nthen to enhance the penalty for the sole purpose of implementing lifetime gun\nbans is manipulation for the sake of advancing a gun control agenda.\u00a0\u00a0

On June 14th, the Assembly Judiciary Committee will\nhear Senate Bill 1327. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 1327.

Senate Bill 1327, introduced by Senator Robert Hertzberg\n(D-18), creates a private right of action that\u00a0allows\u00a0individuals to\nfile civil suits against anyone who manufactures, distributes, transports,\nsells, or imports firearms banned in California, as well as precursor firearm\nparts. Current law allows for remedies for illegal activities by firearm\ndealers and manufacturers. The language contained in this bill, along with the\nrhetoric surrounding it, betrays the political purpose of its sponsors. The\nbill is aimed at using the gun issue as a political football, making clear that\nthe legislation would\u00a0become inoperative should the U.S. Supreme Court\noverturn Texas's recently passed abortion law or if that law is repealed by the\nTexas Legislature.

Please tell your\nSenators to oppose Biden\u2019s latest nominee to head the ATF, Steven Dettelbach.

The Biden\nAdministration announced the nomination of Steven Dettelbach as the Director of\nthe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (\u201cATF\u201d), subject to\nSenate confirmation. By choosing Dettelbach, President Biden has doubled-down\non his attempt to put a gun control advocate in charge of the agency\nresponsible for regulating America\u2019s firearms industry.

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Dettelbach is a\ndedicated gun controller. During his failed campaign for Ohio Attorney General\nin 2018, Dettelbach endorsed gun bans, restrictions on lawful firearm\ntransfers, and further expansion of prohibitions on who can lawfully possess a\nfirearm. He even received an endorsement from Michael Bloomberg\u2019s gun control\ngroup. In short, it\u2019s unclear what gun control measures Dettelbach doesn\u2019t support.

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Please Contact your Senators TODAY and urge them to oppose Dettelbach\u2019s nomination.\u00a0