NRA-ILA Daily Alert – 1/23/2016

NRA - ILA 100Delaware: Legislation that would Prevent the Auction of Firearms by Law Enforcement to be Considered Next Week– On Wednesday, January 27, Senate Bill 19 is scheduled to be considered on the Delaware Senate floor. Nebraska: State Preemption Bill Expected for First Floor Debate and Vote – Today, Legislative Bill 289, the state preemption bill, is on General File and scheduled for its first floor debate in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature.  LB 289 is expected for its first vote on Monday, January 25, or Tuesday, January 26.

 
 
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Today, Legislative Bill 289, the state preemption bill, is on General File and scheduled for its first floor debate in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature.  LB 289 is expected for its first vote on Monday, January 25, or Tuesday, January 26.
 
 
LEGAL & LEGISLATION
Virginia Legislators Are Working Hard to Protect Your Rights
This week, many pro-gun bills advanced through the Virginia House of Delegates and many anti-gun bills were struck down in the Virginia Senate.
 
 
LEGAL & LEGISLATION HUNTING
West Virginia: Pro-Hunting Bills Introduced in Charleston
This week in the West Virginia Legislature, two bills were introduced,  Senate Bill 331, sponsored by state Senator Greg Boso (R-11), and House Bill 4170, sponsored by Delegate George Ambler (R-42), both of which seek to repeal the outdated ban on Sunday hunting on private lands statewide.
 
GUN LAWS
Armed clerk fends off robber, Athens Banner-Herald, Athens, Ga. 01/21/16
A masked man entered Lay’s Food Mary in Athens, Ga., passed a note to the clerk that read “[g]ive me all you money or else,” and made a motion indicating he was armed. The clerk responded by retrieving a gun and leveling it at the robber. Once confronted by the armed clerk, the thief fled the scene. Following the incident, the clerk told a local media outlet, “I always have a pistol at work.”
 
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Texas attorney general to review 34 gun ban complaints
The office of Attorney General Ken Paxton is set to determine if any of the 34 pending complaints regarding facilities in Texas that ban concealed handguns have merit.
 
DES MOINES REGISTER
Iowa House panel OKs bill over gun rights in emergency
State officials would lose their legal authority to restrict gun owners’ lawful use of weapons during emergencies under a measure an Iowa House panel advanced Thursday, one of several proposals being considered this session seeking to expand gun rights.
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