What “Unsigning” the Arms Trade Treaty Means for American Gun Owners

view the web version of this email NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 26, NUMBER 18   NEWS   What "Unsigning" the Arms Trade Treaty Means for American Gun Owners Last Friday, President Trump took the historic step of ordering the "unsigning" of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty during his address to the NRA-ILA's Leadership Forum. President Trump's action effectively withdraws the United States from the most comprehensive effort towards international gun control.   NEWS   Pro-Gun Congressmen Introduce Bill to Modernize Gun Sales On Wednesday, Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) led several pro-gun members of his caucus – including Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.), Andy Barr (R-Ky.), Clay Higgins (R-La.), Mike Johnson (R-La.), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), and David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) – in introducing a bill to modernize the way firearms are sold under federal law. The Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act (FICRA) would update antiquated provisions of the Gun Control Act that reflect a bygone era of criminal recordkeeping and remove arbitrary impediments for law-abiding gun buyers and sellers.   NEWS   MSNBC Reporter Unwittingly Discovers the Importance of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Sometimes even the worst of the media inadvertently stumbles upon the truth. On April 30th, MSNBC reported that the socialist government of Venezuela was running over its citizens with armored vehicles amidst protests of the government's ongoing tyranny.   NEWS   Swiss Politician Attacks Military Officers' Association Over Pro-Rights Stance As NRA-ILA previously reported, on May 19 Swiss citizens will vote in a referendum to determine whether the idyllic and well-armed mountain nation will conform their domestic gun laws to the new European Firearms Directive. Expedited following the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, the new European Firearms Directive requires European Union member states to enact a host of minimum gun control laws, including new registration and licensing requirements and restrictions on centerfire semi-automatic firearms. Switzerland is not a member of the EU, but is a member of the Schengen Area. Swiss gun control proponents have claimed that a failure to align domestic law with the European Firearms Directive would endanger the neutral nation's Schengen status.   NEWS  LEGAL & LEGISLATION   NYC's "Desperate Attempt" to Delay Proceedings in Gun Rights Case Rejected by Supreme Court Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court refused to grant a request by the City of New York to delay the proceedings in the NRA-supported appeal of New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. City of New York (No. 15-683). The case arises out of a challenge to New York City's notoriously restrictive handgun licensing scheme.   TAKE ACTION   Grassroots Leadership Conference Wrap-Up On Saturday, April 27, the NRA-ILA Grassroots Programs & Campaign Field Operations Division hosted its Leadership Conference in conjunction with NRA's Annual Meetings in Indianapolis.   NRA-ILA Your Support In Action AS A PARTNER IN FREEDOM, you'll join a special community of monthly donors who are committed to defending our Second Amendment rights in Congress, the courts, and all 50 state legislatures. Your monthly gift will ensure NRA-ILA has the resources we need to fight every hour, every day, on every critical front where our firearm freedoms are at stake. VIDEOS   Minority Whip Steve Scalise: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum   Senator Ted Cruz: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum   Governor Matt Bevin: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum   Senator Mike Braun: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum   Senator Todd Young: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum   Governor Eric Holcomb: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum   Candace Owens: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum   Kyle Kashuv: 2019 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP Arkansas Arkansas: Legislature Adjourns From its 2019 Legislative Session Hawaii Hawaii: Legislature Adjourns Sine Die Illinois Illinois: Private Transfer Ban Legislation On The Move Iowa Iowa: General Assembly Adjourns Sine Die Nevada Nevada: Anti-gun Legislation Could be Considered At Any Time In the Senate Judiciary Committee Nevada: Clark County Commission Readies to Pass Gun Control With AB 291 Looming Pennsylvania Pennsylvania: Senate Committee Passes Enhanced Preemption Legislation Tennessee Tennessee: General Assembly Passes Important Self-Defense Legislation Washington Washington: Legislature Adjourns Sine Die, Gun Owner Privacy Protected SHARE THIS EMAIL FOLLOW NRA-ILA © 2018 National Rifle Association of America, Institute For Legislative Action. To contact NRA-ILA call 800-392-8683. Address: 11250 Waples Mill Road Fairfax, Virginia 22030.  Please do not reply to this email.  Unsubscribe from this email list | Manage your email preferences   Thank you!

 

Reminder - FOIA Council meeting next Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Dear FOIA Council Members, Patrons, and Interested Parties:

This message is to remind you that the first meeting of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council for 2019 will be held at 1:00 PM on May 8, 2019 in Senate Room A of the Pocahontas Building, 900 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 (please note that the public entrance is on the Main Street side of the building).  A revised suggested agenda is attached.  Please bring your calendars as it is expected that the Council will set its future meeting dates for 2019.

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FOIA Council meeting scheduled for May 8, 2019

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Invitation

Please join us next Thursday for a wonderful opportunity to see over 12K Primary Sources in the Hall Slater Library located in The Foundation for Christian Education. FACE.net. The Stonesetters Tour is next Thursday at 10:00 am. We would love to share our noble mission with you! Please RSVP as per the invitation. I hope to see you next Thursday. Feel free to share!
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Are you coming to the rally? We need you there.

Robert -- We have had it.  The pro-life movement here in Virginia is ready to take a stand. Hundreds of Virginia citizens who care about the life of the unborn will meet in Capitol Square When: Thursday, February 7th at 10:00am Where: 1000 Bank Street, Richmond We are one of numerous organizations calling on the people of Virginia to take a stand against the Governor's statements about infanticide and Del Tran's bill that would allow for abortion up to the moment of birth. Other groups supporting this event include Concerned Women of America-Virginia, The American Life League, and the Hosea Initiative.  In case you missed it......... On January 30, 2019 Virginia's Governor Ralph Northam said that a baby could be full term, fully delivered of it's mother and THEN a decision will can be made as to the life of the baby (Interview with WTOP). Here's what he said, "If a mother is in labor...the infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians & mother" Watch the clip here.  This is open support for infanticide, and now the Governor is trying to backtrack on his comments. The people of VA will not be fooled. In fact, when asked at a press conference this week if he had regret for what he said, he answered, "No. No, I do not." This followed a discussion about a bill proposed this session by Delegate Kathy Tran (Springfield, VA) would allow for abortion up until the point of dilation during labor just before birth. Here's a transcript of what occurred during the sub-committee hearing on the bill: "Where it's obvious that a woman is about to give birth, that she has physical signs that she is about to give birth, would that still be a point at which she could request an abortion if she was so certified?" Gilbert asked. "She's dilating," he continued, using the term for a woman's cervix naturally opening to allow a baby to exit his mother during birth. "I'm asking if your bill allows that." "My bill would allow that, yes," she said. Watch the clip here.  The bill would have repealed restrictions on third trimester abortions, allow abortionists to self-certify the necessity of the procedures, eliminate informed consent requirements, repeal health and safety standards for abortion clinics, allow late-term abortions to be performed in outpatient clinics, waive ultrasound requirements, and eliminate the 24 hour waiting period for abortions in Virginia, among other provisions. The bill may have died in committee, but the agenda for abortion until delivery continues. This is a grassroots movement. We are proud to be a part of it. Would you consider a donation to us today as we push back? Donate Here  Virginia First Foundation http://www.vafirstfoundation.org/ -=-=- Virginia First Foundation · 9702 Gayton Rd, Suite 102, Richmond, VA 23238, United States This email was sent to alexanderofyork@yorkteaparty.org. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Virginia First Foundation on Twitter or Facebook. -=-=- Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders.

Fwd: Fighting Back Against the Deep State and Its Media Enablers

Please join the conference call tomorrow with Dr Corsi! He covets our prayers as he is facing Goliath Mueller's wrath. Phone directions follow.

From: "Bishop E.W. Jackson" <stand@standamerica.us>
Date: January 28, 2019 at 7:31:09 AM EST
To: PATRICIA STALL <triciastall@gmail.com>
Subject: Fighting Back Against the Deep State and Its Media Enablers
Reply-To: stand@standamerica.us

Fighting Back Against the Deep State and Its Media Enablers Join us in a conversation with Jerome Corsi, author of "Dr. Corsi Investigates: Why the Democratic Party Has Gone Communist." Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 12 p.m. (ET) Dial 515-739-1247; enter code 475246#   Dear Patricia, The Mueller investigation, now in its third year, has turned from a Russian collusion inquiry into an all-purpose fishing expedition designed to elicit evidence – any evidence – to warrant impeaching President Trump. Best-selling author Dr. Jerome Corsi, who has written extensively about the Deep State's antipathy toward anyone not on the Left, has become a target who is fighting back. On January 22, Larry Klayman, counsel for Dr. Corsi, announced that he filed an Amended Complaint on his client's behalf against Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the Department of Justice and the FBI, intelligence agencies, Washington Post owner and CEO Jeff Bezos and Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia.   The suit alleges that they "have acted and continue to act in concert to coerce, extort and blackmail Dr. Corsi into providing false testimony under oath to the Special Counsel with the design to indict and/or remove President Donald J. Trump from his duly elected office," according to Dr. Corsi's website, corsination.com. The Amended Complaint alleges unlawful violations of the Fourth Amendment, the USA Freedom Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, grand jury secrecy laws under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, as well as tortious interference with business relations and defamation. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., formerly served as Washington Bureau Chief for Infowars.com. Dr. Corsi worked for 12 years as a Senior Staff Reporter for WND.com, previously World Net Daily, from 2004 through January 2017. Since 2004, Dr. Corsi has published more than 20 books, six of which were New York Times Best Sellers. Two of his books reached the top of the list, ranking No. 1 on the New York Times non-fiction book list: "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry," co-authored in 2004 with John O'Neill, and "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality" in 2008. In 1968, Dr. Corsi received a Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating Magna Cum Laude from Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio, where he majored in political science and economics. In 1972, he received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University. Please join us for this informative and stimulating conversation. For God and Country, Robert Knight STAND Senior Fellow   DISCLAIMER REGARDING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS The National Emergency Coalition (NEC) is a Coalition of individual leaders. The weekly conference calls held under the NEC banner are for the advancement of certain ideas and principles. The participation of any candidate does not imply endorsement by the members of the coalition or their respective organizations.  Discussion of political activity, elected officials or candidates is primarily in regard to their policies. Nonprofit organizations are prohibited by the Internal Revenue Code and its regulations from engaging in a substantial amount of political activity. Nor may nonprofits endorse or contribute to candidates. Officials of 501(C)(3) entities should consult with an attorney or accountant for specifics regarding compliance. Contact Us S.T.A.N.D. Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 15022 Chesapeake, Virginia 23328 757-375-6444 stand@standamerica.us Donate to S.T.A.N.D Manage Subscription

Anti-Gun Bills Being Heard in Committee TODAY!

To opt out of NRA-ILA FrontLines emails, click here Robert -- This week, committees in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly will be hearing an array of bills that are part of Governor Ralph Northam's agenda to impose sweeping gun control in the Commonwealth.  The Senate Committee on Courts of Justice will be holding hearings TODAY January 16th and the House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee – Subcommittee #1 will be holding hearings tomorrow January 17th.  Please contact committee members and urge them to OPPOSE Gov. Northam's gun control bills.  Click the "Take Action" button below to contact committee members. To learn more about what these proposed bills would include, click here. Once you have contacted these committee members, please encourage your friends to do so as well by forwarding them this email.      Yours in Freedom,  Lexy Higgins Manager, Political and Legislative Activities NRA-ILA Grassroots Programs and Campaign Field Operations  http://www.nrailafrontlines.com/ NRA-ILA Grassroots · 11250 Waples Mill Rd, Fairfax, VA 22030, United States This email was sent to nra@yorkteaparty.org. To stop receiving emails, click here.