{"campaignList": [{"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "", "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": 298, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "Contact Your Representative Now! ", "id": 43856, "vanity_url_slug": "43856", "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": 39, "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": "Contact Your Representative Now! ", "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": "SC: Constitutional Carry", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "

NRA-ILA Constitutional Carry is currently in 25 states.\nSouth Carolina\u2019s 2023 Constitutional Carry Bill, H\n3594, recognizes the\nconstitutional right of law-abiding citizens to carry a firearm for\nself-defense without first obtaining government permission.\u00a0This\nbill is part of a public safety package. H 3594, also, increases penalties for\ncriminals that cannot possess a firearm.\u00a0Please contact your Representative\nand ask them to cosponsor H 3594.\u00a0

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Adam Schnelting\nhas filed House Bill 282 and Sen. Nick Schroer has filed Senate Bill 224. These\nbills ensure that law-abiding citizens may carry firearms for self-defense on\npublic transit. The House has passed similar legislation in previous sessions,\nbut the Senate always failed to do their part to send such critical\nself-defense legislation to the governor\u2019s desk. Please contact your lawmakers\nand ask them to SUPPORT HB 282 and SB 224.", "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 HB 282 & SB 224", "name": "Missouri: Ask Lawmakers to Support HB 282 & SB 224 Public Transit Carry", "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 Bill 282 and Senate Bill 224.\n \nLaws are made for the law-abiding. HB 282 and SB 224 remove some \u201cgun-free zones\u201d that restrict my ability to defend myself and my loved ones, while criminals routinely ignore such arbitrary boundaries. There is no reason that my right to self-defense should end just because I step onto public transit. These bills ensure that citizens with varying commutes throughout their day, and of various economic means, are able to exercise their Second Amendment rights and defend themselves. 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NRA-ILA Constitutional Carry is currently in 25 states. This year, South Carolina has the chance to be the 26th state.\u00a0\u00a0

Constitutional Carry recognizes the\nconstitutional right of law-abiding citizens to carry a firearm for\nself-defense without first obtaining government permission, while also increasing\npenalties for criminals caught with firearms. Please contact your state representative and ask them to cosponsor H\n3594.

On Thursday, January\n26^th, the Judiciary Committee will hear Legislative Bill 77, the\nconstitutional carry bill. NRA-ILA Constitutional Carry is currently in 25 states.\u00a0Nebraska can lead the\ncharge for the second half to do so. Constitutional Carry recognizes the\nconstitutional right of law-abiding citizens to carry a firearm for\nself-defense without first obtaining government permission.\u00a0Please contact the\u00a0Committee Members\ntoday urging them to support Legislative Bill 77.\u00a0

On January 24th, the Senate\nvoted 29-4 to pass Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, to ensure that\nlaw-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they\ncross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. It now goes to the House\nJudiciary Committee for further consideration. Please contact committee\nmembers and ask them to SUPPORT SB 10.\u00a0

\n\nSenate\nBill 10 allows law-abiding carry permit holders to carry on the campus of a\nstate institution of higher education. Current state law does not prohibit\ncarrying of a defensive firearm on campus, but institution policy may lead to\nexpulsion or termination of employment. Adults who are officially licensed to\ncarry a firearm for self-defense should not be prevented from doing so just\nbecause they seek higher education.", "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 SB 10", "name": "West Virginia: Ask Committee to Support Campus Self-Defense Act SB 10", "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 fellow West Virginia resident, I urge you to please support Senate Bill 10.\n \nSo called \u201cgun-free zones\u201d are simply arbitrary boundaries that leave law-abiding citizens defenseless, while doing nothing to hinder criminals seeking to do harm. SB 10 ensures that adults who are officially licensed to carry a firearm for self-defense are not prevented from doing so just because they seek higher education.\n\nSincerely,\n{{contact_full_name}}\n", "background_color_override": "", "conf_email_from_name": null, "single_body_for_all_messages": false, "number_participants_last_month_count": 164, "number_participants_count": 164, "custom_gamification_points": null, "conf_email_reply_to_address_username": null, "resource_uri": "/api/grassrootscampaign/44161/"}, {"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "", "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": 84089, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "Contact committee members now!", "id": 44199, "vanity_url_slug": "44199", "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": 84089, "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": "Contact committee members now!", "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": "WA: PLCAA, preemption, waiting period, permit to purchase, training, background check, AWB", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "

On Tuesday, January 17^th,\nthe Senate Law and Justice Committee, and\nthe House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee, will hear anti-gun bills. The Committees are scheduled at the same\ntime, on the same day, making your ability to\u00a0participate in both\nincreasingly difficult.\u00a0Please contact\ncommittee members and ask them to OPPOSE these bills.

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Senate\nLaw & Justice Committee at 10:30AM on January 17^th

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House Civil Rights\n& Judiciary Committee at 10:30AM on January 17^th

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House\nBill 1178 repeals Washington\u2019s preemption statute, which gives the state\nlegislature the primary authority to regulate firearms. This bill passes that\nauthority to\u00a0localities to pass their own anti-gun ordinances. This will\ninevitably lead to a\u00a0confusing patchwork of gun laws springing up across\nthe state and citizens not having the same Second Amendment rights across the\nwhole state. The result could be that an individual could be within their\nrights in obeying the law in the county in which they are currently present,\nbut should they cross over the invisible county line 10 yards away, they become\na felon under that county's firearms laws.\u00a0

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House\nBill 1143 denies law-abiding citizens their Second Amendment right to\nacquire firearms unless they obtain a government-issued permit. The permit\nis\u00a0only valid for five years and to obtain the\npermit,\u00a0requires\u00a0completion\nof\u00a0official, sanctioned firearms\u00a0training every five years. It also\nimposes an arbitrary ten-day delay on prospective gun owners taking possession\nof their firearms and makes this delay longer or indefinite if the state\nfails\u00a0to complete background check\u00a0during that time.

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House\nBill 1144\u00a0requires an individual to ask government permission to exercise a constitutionally protected right.\nThis bill impedes an individual's\u00a0right to acquire firearms unless they\ncomplete\u00a0official, sanctioned training every\u00a0five years. It also\nimposes an arbitrary ten-day delay on prospective gun owners taking possession\nof their firearms and makes this delay longer or indefinite if the state fails\nto complete background checks during that time.

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\n\nHouse\nBill 1240 is a comprehensive ban on transferring, importing, and\nmanufacturing many semi-automatic firearms that law-abiding citizens\ncommonly-own for self-defense, competition, and recreation. It bans enumerated\nfirearm models on a list, semi-automatic rifles with an overall length of less\nthan 30 inches, and any firearms with one or more proscribed features that\nexist on modern designs for making firearms more user-friendly, such as\ntelescoping stocks meant to adjust the length of pull for users of different\nstatures or wearing different clothing, muzzle brakes meant to reduce recoil,\nand grips conducive to the natural angles of human wrists. In addition, it also\nbans spare parts and \u201ccombination[s] of parts\u201d that can be used to assemble\nbanned firearms, but on their own are simply pieces of plastic or metal.", "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 Oppose SB 5078", "name": "Washington: Ask Committees to Oppose Anti-Gun Bills at Jan. 17th Hearings", "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 fellow Washington resident, I ask you to please oppose Senate Bill 5078.\n \nThis bill will allow anti-gun zealots to bankrupt a lawful, and highly regulated, industry with frivolous lawsuits, in order to deny access to Second Amendment rights to us law-abiding citizens. It is unreasonable to punish an industry for lawful business when criminals break the law to obtain and misuse their products. Instead, the Legislature should seek ways to directly go after such criminals and hold them responsible for their actions.\n\nSincerely,\n{{contact_full_name}}", "background_color_override": "", "conf_email_from_name": null, "single_body_for_all_messages": false, "number_participants_last_month_count": 3251, "number_participants_count": 3251, "custom_gamification_points": null, "conf_email_reply_to_address_username": null, "resource_uri": "/api/grassrootscampaign/44199/"}, {"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "", "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": 1339, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "Contact members of the committees now!", "id": 44358, "vanity_url_slug": "44358", "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": 1339, "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": "Contact your state representative now!", "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": "NM: Mandatory storage, liability", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "

House Bill\u00a09\u00a0\u200bby Rep. Pamela Herndon\n(D-ABQ),\u00a0a\u00a0firearm owner liability bill, was voted out of the\u00a0House Judiciary Committee\u00a0on a 7-4 party\nline\u00a0vote. The bill creates\u00a0back-door gun storage requirements by\nimposing\u00a0criminal penalties on firearms\u00a0owners if a third-party minor\ndisplays, brandishes or\u00a0injures someone with their firearm.\u00a0House\nBill 9 will be voted on by the full New Mexico House soon, so it is important\nthat you contact your State Representatives and urge them to OPPOSE House Bill\n9.\u00a0

On\nJanuary 23rd, the Senate Committee on Judiciary will hear\na number of bills affecting our Second Amendment rights.\u00a0Please contact committee members\nand ask them to SUPPORT pro-gun bills and OPPOSE any new gun control.

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Senate Bill 805\u00a0prevents localities from passing their\nown restrictions on lawful carry,\u00a0requires localities to sell any firearms they receive in\nso-called \u201cgun buyback\u201d events to licensed dealers, and\u00a0prohibits localities from\nfiling lawsuits against the firearm industry for lawful activities

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Senate Bill 1236\u00a0prevents localities from passing their\nown restrictions on lawful carry.

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Senate Bill 1488\u00a0restores due process protections in\nVirginia by repealing the so-called \u201cred flag\u201d scheme that allows the seizure\nof an individual\u2019s firearms on baseless accusations without a hearing or other\nopportunity for the person to be heard in court.

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Senate Bill 909\u00a0makes it more difficult for\nindividuals prohibited from possessing firearms to relinquish them by imposing\na requirement that recipients of such firearms must be at least 21 years of age\nand cannot reside with the prohibited person.

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Senate Bill 918\u00a0bans selling or carrying many firearms\nand magazines that law-abiding citizens commonly own for legitimate purposes,\nsuch as self-defense, competition, and recreation, with no exemption for carry\npermit holders.

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Senate Bill 1067\u00a0expands Virginia\u2019s \u201cred flag\u201d gun\nconfiscation scheme.

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Senate Bill 1139\u00a0requires anyone with firearms in the\nsame residence as a minor under 18 years of age, to store them unloaded in\nlocked containers, and store ammunition in separate locked containers. Loaded\nfirearms may only be stored in \u201cbiometric storage device[s].\u201d There is an\nexemption for firearms carried on or about the person.

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Senate Bill 1167\u00a0aims to undermine the\u00a0PLCAA\u00a0and\nsubject\u00a0licensed firearm manufacturers and sellers to frivolous lawsuits\nbrought to recover damages for the criminal misuse of their products.

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Senate Bill 1181\u00a0essentially\nends the centuries-old practice of manufacturing firearms for personal use by\nrestricting certain unregulated components commonly used by hobbyists to make\ntheir own firearms far beyond what federal law requires.

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Senate Bill 1192\u00a0bans carrying many commonly-owned\nfirearms, with no exemption for carry permit holders.

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Senate Bill 1283\u00a0discriminates against young adults\naged 18-20 by prohibiting them from purchasing many types of commonly-owned\nfirearms.

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Senate Bill 1382\u00a0bans many commonly-owned firearms and\nmagazines. Owners of banned firearms and magazines at least 21 years of age may\ncontinue to keep them, but they cannot sell them.

On\u00a0Monday,\nFebruary 6,\u00a0the New Mexico Senate Health & Public Affairs\nCommittee will hold a public hearing on\u00a0Senate\nBill 171\u00a0by Sen. Bill Soules (D-Las Cruces), legislation that\nattempts to supersede federal law and make it a FELONY to\nmanufacture,\u00a0sell, transfer, or acquire a firearm sound suppressor and\nother National Firearms Act items, as well as certain semi-automatic\npistols.\u00a0Please contact members of the Senate Health & Public\nAffairs Committee\u00a0and urge them to OPPOSE SB 171.

On Friday, January 27^th,\nNRA members and Second Amendment supporters in the Granite State are invited to\nattend, and participate in, public hearings on two anti-gun bills being heard\nby the House State-Federal Relations & Veterans Affairs and the House\nCriminal Justice & Public Safety Committees.\u00a0Please contact\ncommittee members now and ask them to OPPOSE HR 8 and HB 158!

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House\nResolution 8 urges Congress to pass an \u201cassault weapons ban.\u201d While no\nspecifics are outlined in the resolution, gun grabbers continue to advocate for\nbans on standard equipment for commonly-owned\nfirearms that many Americans and Granite Staters legally and effectively use\nfor an entire range of legitimate purposes, such as self-defense or competition.

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\n\nHouse\nBill 158 bans \u201cammunition designed and intended to penetrate armor plating\nor ballistic vests.\u201d This legislation is duplicative and unneeded. Federal law\nalready prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or delivery of\n\u201carmor-piercing\u201d ammunition with very few exceptions.

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I respectfully request that you OPPOSE House Resolution 8.\n\nSincerely,\n{{contact_full_name}}\n", "background_color_override": "", "conf_email_from_name": null, "single_body_for_all_messages": false, "number_participants_last_month_count": 414, "number_participants_count": 414, "custom_gamification_points": null, "conf_email_reply_to_address_username": null, "resource_uri": "/api/grassrootscampaign/44489/"}, {"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "", "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": 24757, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "Contact committee members now!", "id": 44513, "vanity_url_slug": "44513", "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": 24757, "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": "Contact committee members now!", "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": "WA: waiting period, permit to acquire, mandatory training", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "On\nFebruary\u00a09^th, the Senate Law and Justice Committee will hear Senate\nBill 5232, the companion to House Bill 1144, which imposes a firearm permit\nrequirement, a 10-day\u00a0waiting period scheme, and\nallows\u00a0indefinite delays on firearm transfers. Please contact committee\nmembers and ask them to OPPOSE SB 5232.", "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 Oppose SB 5232", "name": "Washington: Ask Committee to Oppose SB 5232 Firearm Permit & Waiting Period", "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 fellow Washington resident, I ask you to please oppose Senate Bill 5232.\n \nThis bill seems to make the exercise of the constitutionally protected Second Amendment rights conditional upon applying for government permission, taking one-size-fits-all training, and paying fees. No other constitutional right currently has such a license, fee/tax, and training requirement because these barriers simply make such rights less accessible to those of limited financial means or with tight schedules. \n \nThis bill will prevent low-socioeconomic communities from being able to exercise their fundamental right to keep and bear arms because of the extraordinarily high costs this bill requires to purchase a firearm. First, there is the recurring permit fee. Then, there are the course and other associated costs. But, the bill does not take into account the costs of actually taking the required course, which can cost hundreds of dollars and time off work to take the course. There is no limit on how much money this course can cost, only how much the permit fee is. The required fingerprinting also costs money. The bill also fails to take into account the travel time, gas money, range fees, and ammunition costs for required live-fire training classes. There are an inadequate number of gun ranges in Washington to accommodate hosting a course for every single purchaser, last year there were over 700,000 NCIS background checks for firearms purchases in Washington. Then, there is the taxpayer burden. Our law enforcement agencies are already understaffed and underfunded thanks to the \"defund the police\" movement - now they will have to hire staff to process hundreds of thousands of permits, a burden that will fall on us, the taxpayers' shoulders. \n \nSB 5232 also creates a chicken or the egg problem for first-time firearm purchasers. A permit is required to purchase a firearm, but in order to receive the permit you have to complete a training course that requires having a firearm. If you don't have a firearm already, how do you get one to complete the course that is necessary in order to get the permit to purchase it in the first place? Sure, some ranges rent firearms, but that is another financial burden that SB 5232 imposes. \n \nIn addition, the ten-day waiting period on firearm purchases is arbitrary. When the federal government first created its computerized background check system more than two decades ago, three days was already considered appropriate for the technology level of the time for an \u201cinstant\u201d check. With 2023 technology, a ten-day delay adds nothing of investigative value and serves only to inconvenience law-abiding citizens and arbitrarily delay a right. According to ATF data, the average time-to-crime from purchase of a firearm to committing a crime is 8.8 years. \n \nI join the NRA in opposing SB 5232. \n\nSincerely,\n{{contact_full_name}}", "background_color_override": "", "conf_email_from_name": null, "single_body_for_all_messages": false, "number_participants_last_month_count": 1628, "number_participants_count": 1628, "custom_gamification_points": null, "conf_email_reply_to_address_username": null, "resource_uri": "/api/grassrootscampaign/44513/"}, {"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "", "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": 37088, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "Contact committee members now!", "id": 44532, "vanity_url_slug": "44532", "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": 37088, "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": "Contact committee members now!", "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": "WA: PLCAA, liability", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "

On January 31^st, the\u00a0Senate Ways & Means Committee\u00a0held a public hearing on\u00a0Senate Bill 5078. NRA provided testimony in the Committee and thousands of NRA members and 2A advocates opposed the bill. Thank you again for your engagement!\u00a0Keep up the opposition pressure: your voice is needed.\u00a0Please contact\ncommittee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 5078.

Senate\nBill 5078 aims to undermine the PLCAA\nand subject\u00a0licensed firearm manufacturers and sellers to frivolous\nlawsuits brought to recover damages for the criminal misuse of their products.\nProtecting the firearms industry, like other lawful industries, is\nnecessary\u00a0because our legal system generally does not punish anyone for\nthe criminal actions of others. This bill simply seeks to sue the firearms\nindustry out of existence in the state of Washington.\u00a0The firearms industry supplies thousands of jobs in\nWashington and the excise tax on the\u00a0sale and purchase of firearms,\nammunition, and\u00a0accessories\u00a0produces millions of dollars for\nconservation\u00a0in our state\u00a0from Pittman-Robertson funds.\u00a0This bill will eliminate thousands of jobs and deprive\nthe state of\u00a0millions of dollars annually.\u00a0\u200b\u00a0

Today, Monday, January 30th the Virginia Senate will vote on\u00a0a number of bills affecting our Second Amendment rights.\u00a0\u00a0Please contact your State Senators today and ask them to OPPOSE all gun control bills.

Senate Bill 116, a bill that expands access and standardizes\nfirearm safety education for schools, has been sent to the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs for a hearing on Wednesday morning, February 8, 2023, at 10:30 a.m.\u00a0Please contact your legislators asking them\nto please support SB 116. This important legislation educates children,\npromotes safety to help reduce the risk of accidents, and increases awareness\namong students about firearm safety.\u00a0\u00a0

\n\n", "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 Senate Bill 116", "name": "Kansas: Contact Committee to Support Firearm Safety Education for Children", "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 fellow Kansas resident, I ask you to please support Senate Bill 116, a bill that expands access and standardizes firearm safety education for schools. This important legislation educates children, promotes safety to help reduce the risk of accidents, and increases awareness among students about firearm safety. \n \nSB 116 enables firearm safety education to help promote responsible gun ownership by teaching students to be aware of the potential dangers of firearms. Learning about firearms and safety can reduce fear and misunderstanding among students.\n \nThank you for your time and consideration.\n\nSincerely,\n\n{{contact_full_name}}", "background_color_override": "", "conf_email_from_name": null, "single_body_for_all_messages": false, "number_participants_last_month_count": 256, "number_participants_count": 256, "custom_gamification_points": null, "conf_email_reply_to_address_username": null, "resource_uri": "/api/grassrootscampaign/44563/"}, {"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "", "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": 19732, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "Contact subcommittee members now!", "id": 44590, "vanity_url_slug": "44590", "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": 19732, "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": "Contact subcommittee members now!", "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": "FL: carry, constitutional carry", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "On January 30th, Representative\nChuck Brannan (R-10) filed House Bill 543, the NRA-backed constitutional carry\nbill. The Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations\nSubcommittee will hear it on February 7^th from 4-6PM. Florida is\ncurrently in contention with Nebraska\nto become the 26^th constitutional carry state. Please\ncontact subcommittee members and ask them to SUPPORT HB 543.", "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 Bill 543", "name": "Florida: Ask Subcommittee to Support HB 543 Constitutional Carry", "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 fellow Florida resident, I ask you to please support House Bill 543.\n \nHB 543 ensures that law-abiding citizens, like me, can exercise their right to self-defense without first having to pay fees or go through government red tape and delays. This bill does not change the criteria for eligibility to possess or carry a handgun.\n \nCurrently, 25 states have such recognition of the right-to-carry, which we call constitutional carry. Gov. DeSantis has stated his support for this and has called upon the Legislature to send the bill to his desk. Your counterparts in Nebraska are moving their own constitutional carry bill. Please act quickly so Florida can claim the honor of being the 26th constitutional carry state.\n\nSincerely,\n{{contact_full_name}}\n", "background_color_override": "", "conf_email_from_name": null, "single_body_for_all_messages": false, "number_participants_last_month_count": 1273, "number_participants_count": 1273, "custom_gamification_points": null, "conf_email_reply_to_address_username": null, "resource_uri": "/api/grassrootscampaign/44590/"}, {"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "", "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": 1409, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "", "id": 44602, "vanity_url_slug": "44602", "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": 1409, "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": "Contact committee members now!", "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": "NM: age restrictions, long gun", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "

\u200bSenate Bill 116\u00a0by Sen. Carrie Hamblen\n(D-Las Cruces), which\u00a0discriminates against\u00a0law-abiding young adults\naged 18-20 by prohibiting them from\u00a0purchasing any semi-automatic firearm\nand which also\u00a0bans\u00a0anyone under the age of 21 from possessing any\nsemi-automatic firearm (with limited exceptions), advanced from\u00a0the\u00a0Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee\u00a0on\na 6-3 party line vote.\u00a0

Senate\nBill 116 now moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee for consideration.\u00a0Please contact committee members and urge them to OPPOSE\nSB 116 as we await a hearing to be scheduled.

Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. the Public Safety Finance and Policy committee will meet\nin Capitol Room 120 to vote on numerous gun control bills. Please\ncontact the committee members today asking them to oppose the \"red flag\" proposal, universal\nbackground checks, criminalizing the failure to report a lost or stolen\nfirearm, and unreasonable\u00a0firearm\u00a0and ammunition storage requirements.\u00a0

On Friday, February 3, the\nHouse Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on House Bill 72,\u00a0by Rep. Patricia\nRoybal Caballero (D-ABQ), legislation making it a felony to\u00a0manufacture,\nuse,\u00a0possess or transfer attachments or devices which \"increase the\nrate of fire\" of semi-automatic firearms\u00a0 This could include binary\ntriggers and other accessories or modifications that are commonly-used to adapt\nthe gun to the individual firearm\u00a0owner. The \"definitions\"\nsection of the measure is longer than the provisions setting out what is\nactually being criminalized under the act, a good indicator\u00a0that the bill\nis confusing and will be\u00a0difficult to implement or enforce.\u00a0

Please contact members of the House Judiciary Committee and urge them to OPPOSE HB 72.\u00a0

On Tuesday, February 7, the New Mexico\u00a0House\nConsumer & Public Affairs Committee will hold public\u00a0hearings on three\nextreme gun control proposals:

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House\nBill 50 by Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero (D-ABQ) makes it a FELONY to\ntransfer or possess any standard capacity magazine capable of holding 10 or\nmore rounds of ammunition.\u00a0The 9-round limit would be the lowest in the\nnation and would effectively ban the use of some of the most popular pistols\nand rifles purchased and owned by law-abiding New Mexicans.\u00a0

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House\nBill 100 by Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe) expands New Mexico\u2019s\nso-called \u201cuniversal background check\u201d law to include a mandatory 14-day\nwaiting period on all firearm purchases.\u00a0This criminal protection bill\nwould delay your ability to exercise your Second Amendment right to defend\nyourself, your family and your property.\u00a0

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House\nBill 101 by Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe) bans the manufacture,\npossession, purchase, sale or transfer of countless commonly-owned\nsemi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns dubbed \u201cassault weapons\u201d under the\nact and standard capacity magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of\nammunition.\u00a0Current owners would be required to move them out of state,\nsell them to a federal firearm licensed dealer or surrender them to a law\nenforcement agency prior to July 1, 2023 \u2013 or face FELONY charges.\u00a0

\n\nPlease contact members of the House Consumer\n& Public Affairs Committee\u00a0and urge them to OPPOSE HB 50, HB 100 &\nHB 101.\u00a0", "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 oppose House Bills 50, 100, & 101", "name": "New Mexico: Ask Committee to Oppose HBs 50, 100, & 101 Gun Ban, Mag Ban, & Waiting Period", "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 fellow New Mexico resident, I ask you to please oppose House Bills 50, 100, and 101.\n\nLimiting magazine capacity to nine rounds will effectively ban the use of some of the most popular pistols and rifles owned by New Mexicans. Requiring someone who has passed a background check mandated by state law to wait two weeks to take delivery of their firearm is unnecessary and intrusive. Imposing a ban on commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms and demanding that owners sell or surrender them or face felony charges is illogical, draconian policy.\n\nCriminals, by definition, do not obey the law. Instead of further eroding the Second Amendment rights of us law-abiding citizens, please instead seek ways to hold violent criminals accountable for their actions and enforce existing laws.\n\nSincerely,\n{{contact_full_name}}", "background_color_override": "", "conf_email_from_name": null, "single_body_for_all_messages": false, "number_participants_last_month_count": 200, "number_participants_count": 200, "custom_gamification_points": null, "conf_email_reply_to_address_username": null, "resource_uri": "/api/grassrootscampaign/44725/"}, {"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "", "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": 986, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "Contact your state representative now!", "id": 44756, "vanity_url_slug": "44756", "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": 986, "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": "Contact your state representative now!", "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": "WA: AWB, permit to acquire, waiting period, training", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "

House Bill 1240\u00a0and House Bill 1143 are in the Rules\nCommittee, where they can be brought to the Floor for a full House vote. The\nNRA organized Committee testimony and thousands of\u00a0NRA members and 2A\nadvocates opposed the bill. Thank you for your engagement! Keep up the\nopposition pressure: your voice is needed. Please contact your\nrepresentative to OPPOSE HB 1240 and HB 1144.\u00a0

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House\nBill 1240 is a comprehensive ban on\ntransferring, importing, and manufacturing many semi-automatic firearms that law-abiding\ncitizens commonly-own for self-defense, competition, and recreation. It bans\nenumerated firearm models on a list, semi-automatic rifles with an overall\nlength of less than 30 inches, and any firearms with one or more proscribed\nfeatures that exist on modern designs for making firearms more user-friendly,\nsuch as telescoping stocks meant to adjust the length of pull for users of\ndifferent statures or wearing different clothing, muzzle brakes meant to reduce\nrecoil, and grips conducive to the natural angles of human wrists. In addition,\nit also bans spare parts and \u201ccombination[s] of parts\u201d that can be used to\nassemble banned firearms, but on their own are simply pieces of plastic or\nmetal.

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House\nBill 1144\u00a0requires an individual to ask government permission to\nexercise a constitutionally protected right. This bill impedes an\nindividual's\u00a0right to acquire firearms unless they complete\u00a0official,\nsanctioned training every\u00a0five years. It also imposes an arbitrary ten-day\ndelay on prospective gun owners taking possession of their firearms and makes\nthis delay longer or indefinite if the state fails to complete background\nchecks during that time.

Senate Bill 5006 has been moved to Second Reading in\nthe Senate Rules Committee. The bill is now eligible to receive a vote on the\nSenate Floor at any time. NRA provided testimony twice,\u00a0in opposition to\nthis bill, in the Senate Law and Justice Committee. Please contact your\nsenator to OPPOSE SB 5006.

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Senate\nBill 5006 turns\u00a0a suicide prevention measure into\u00a0a prohibition\non an individual\u2019s Second Amendment rights.\u00a0When individuals in crisis\nneed help and take the initiative to admit they need help, turning around and\nbranding them a prohibited person, involving law enforcement agencies, and\nimposing civil penalties is not the way to help them.

On Wednesday, February 8^th, the House Criminal\nJustice and Public Safety Committee will be holding public hearings on numerous\ngun bills. The public hearings will begin at 9:00 AM in Reps Hall, located\nin the State House. NRA members and Second Amendment supporters are invited to\nattend, and participate in, the public hearings.

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Please contact committee members now and ask them to\nOPPOSE ALL anti-gun measures that would place further burdens on law-abiding\ngun owners and sportsmen!

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

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House\nBill 59 requires background checks for the commercial sale of firearms,\nalready mandated under federal law. 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. The bill does nothing to\nimprove public safety and its effectiveness depends on requiring gun\nregistration.

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House\nBill 76 delays Second Amendment rights by imposing a three-day waiting\nperiod before an individual may receive a firearm that they lawfully purchase,\nwith limited exemptions. There is no evidence that waiting periods reduce\nviolent crime. Instead, this simply denies someone the ability to buy a firearm\nfor urgent self-defense.

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\n\nHouse\nBill 106 allows ex parte orders to suspend Second Amendment rights\nwithout adequate due process. Further, if the order is vacated after an\nindividual surrenders their firearms, that individual will have to go to court\nto have their property returned, unlike when the court wrongfully took it away.\nConstitutional rights should only be restricted with sufficient due process of\nlaw. Due process limits restrictions on constitutional rights to only serious\nconvictions and adjudications that provide procedural protections to the\naccused, which results in more reliable proceedings.", "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 oppose HBs 59, 76, & 106", "name": "New Hampshire: Ask Committee to Oppose HBs 59, 76, & 106", "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\nI am writing to you today to urge you to oppose the numerous anti-gun proposals that are in front of your committee.\n \nGun control proposals like universal background checks, waiting periods and firearm seizure will only burden law-abiding citizens and deprive them of their Second Amendment rights, without reducing violent crime in New Hampshire.\n \nSo-called \u201cuniversal background checks\u201d are unnecessary and duplicative. Federal law already requires background checks to be done on any transfer by a dealer or other licensee. This legislation is completely unenforceable without a gun registry. Waiting periods delay the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens and will not reduce violent crime. Two-thirds of gun owners own more than one gun, and it is illogical to subject them to this delay. Lastly, the Right to Keep and Bear Arms should not be treated as a second-class right and should only be restricted when sufficient protections are in place.\n \nAgain, I would respectfully urge the Committee to reject any and all gun control proposals that are in front of you. Thank you.\n\nSincerely,\n{{contact_full_name}}\n", "background_color_override": "", "conf_email_from_name": null, "single_body_for_all_messages": false, "number_participants_last_month_count": 100, "number_participants_count": 100, "custom_gamification_points": null, "conf_email_reply_to_address_username": null, "resource_uri": "/api/grassrootscampaign/44777/"}, {"footer_html": "", "background_image_override_url": "", "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": 21702, "always_show_to_advocates": true, "fixed_pre_message_two": "", "custom_call_to_action_text": "Contact committee members now!", "id": 44794, "vanity_url_slug": "44794", "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": 21702, "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": "Contact committee members now!", "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": "WA: permit to acquire, waiting period, mandatory training", "page_layout_type": 1, "inbound_texting_reply_message": "", "custom_target": "", "long_description": "On February 8^th, the House Appropriations Committee will hear House Bill 1143, to impose a firearm permit requirement, a training mandate,\nand a 10-day\u00a0waiting period scheme, along with allowing\u00a0indefinite delays on firearm transfers.\nThe Appropriations Committee considers the fiscal impacts of the bill. HB 1143\nis an unfunded gun-control mandate and will cost individuals hundreds to\nthousands of dollars to exercise their fundamental right to keep and bear arms.\u00a0Please\nalso contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE HB 1143.", "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 Oppose HB 1143", "name": "Washington: Ask Committee to Oppose HB 1143 Permit Mandate & Waiting Period", "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 fellow Washington resident, I ask you to please oppose House Bill 1143.\n \nThis bill seems to make the exercise of the constitutionally protected Second Amendment rights conditional upon applying for government permission, taking one-size-fits-all training, and paying fees. No other constitutional right currently has such a license, fee/tax, and training requirement because these barriers simply make such rights less accessible to those of limited financial means or with tight schedules. \n \nThis bill will prevent low-socioeconomic communities from being able to exercise their fundamental right to keep and bear arms because of the extraordinarily high costs this bill requires to purchase a firearm. First, there is the recurring permit fee. Then, there are the course and other associated costs. But, the bill does not take into account the costs of actually taking the required course, which can cost hundreds of dollars and time off work to take the course. There is no limit on how much money this course can cost, only how much the permit fee is. The required fingerprinting also costs money. The bill also fails to take into account the travel time, gas money, range fees, and ammunition costs for required live-fire training classes. There are an inadequate number of gun ranges in Washington to accommodate hosting a course for every single purchaser, last year there were over 700,000 NCIS background checks for firearms purchases in Washington. Then, there is the taxpayer burden. Our law enforcement agencies are already understaffed and underfunded thanks to the \"defund the police\" movement - now they will have to hire staff to process hundreds of thousands of permits, a burden that will fall on us, the taxpayers' shoulders. \n \nHB 1143 also creates a chicken or the egg problem for first-time firearm purchasers. A permit is required to purchase a firearm, but in order to receive the permit you have to complete a training course that requires having a firearm. If you don't have a firearm already, how do you get one to complete the course that is necessary in order to get the permit to purchase it in the first place? Sure, some ranges rent firearms, but that is another financial burden that HB 1143 imposes. \n \nIn addition, the ten-day waiting period on firearm purchases is arbitrary. When the federal government first created its computerized background check system more than two decades ago, three days was already considered appropriate for the technology level of the time for an \u201cinstant\u201d check. With 2023 technology, a ten-day delay adds nothing of investigative value and serves only to inconvenience law-abiding citizens and arbitrarily delay a right. According to ATF data, the average time-to-crime from purchase of a firearm to committing a crime is 8.8 years. \n \nI join the NRA in opposing HB 1143.\n\nSincerely,\n{{contact_full_name}}", "background_color_override": "", "conf_email_from_name": null, "single_body_for_all_messages": false, "number_participants_last_month_count": 691, "number_participants_count": 690, "custom_gamification_points": null, "conf_email_reply_to_address_username": null, "resource_uri": "/api/grassrootscampaign/44794/"}]}