NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 24, NUMBER 5
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| This
week, President Trump kept one of his most important campaign promises
by nominating an originalist judge – Neil Gorsuch – to fill the Supreme
Court vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death last February.
Scalia was the court’s foremost practitioner of originalism and
textualism, judicial philosophies that seek to resolve constitutional
questions by reference to the language of the document, as publicly
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| On
Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved President
Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Sen. Jeff Sessions
(R-Ala.), by an 11-9 vote. Sessions’s nomination now moves to the full
Senate, where a confirmation vote will likely take place in the coming
week. The Judiciary Committee’s approval came a day later than
anticipated, after Democrat committee members delayed the vote in order
to express their displeasure with the Trump administration. The move led
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) to remark, “Our friends on the other side
seem to be upset about the outcome of the election on November 8. I
guess you could say they're going through the stages of grief.” |
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| On
Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives issued a strong statement
in support of the Second Amendment by passing H.J. Res. 40, which would
repeal Barack Obama’s scandalous attempt to grab guns from thousands of
vulnerable, law-abiding Social Security recipients. Anti-gun activists
and their media typists have predictably reacted to the House vote with
hysteria and dishonesty. In this case, it’s particularly troubling that
self-proclaimed “progressives” immediately resorted to stigmatizing and
stereotyping the mentally ill to whip up fear and misinformation. |
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| On
Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
approved President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior,
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), by a 16-6 vote. Zinke’s nomination now moves
to the full Senate, where a confirmation vote will likely take place in
the coming weeks. |
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| For
the last several years, so-called “Firearms Freedom Acts” or “Second
Amendment Preservation Acts” have attracted a lot of attention. Such
legislation, passed or introduced in various states, seeks to make
federal laws regarding firearms inapplicable to firearms and ammunition
produced, sold, and used exclusively within the state’s borders on the
premise that Congress’s power to regulate commerce among the states
doesn’t reach purely in-state activities. |
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| Thanks
to all your hard work last year, the Second Amendment saw resounding
victories on Election Day 2016. From local state legislature races, to
governor races, to Congress and the United States presidency, YOU showed
up to elected pro-gun lawmakers into office. YOU did that. |
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| Wayne
LaPierre sits next to President Trump at the White House to plan for
the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as the next Supreme Court Justice.
President Trump personally thanks Wayne LaPierre for the pivotal role
the NRA played in his election. |
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| President
Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to replace the late
Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. Chris says that we had a great
night in November, but now the hard work begins. No matter where you
live or who your senators are, NRA members need to engage them by phone,
email, letter or tweet and let them know that Judge Gorsuch is
eminently qualified and deserves a rapid confirmation. He urges NRA
members not to be reluctant to contact them multiple times; Bloomberg
and Democrats are preparing for full-on war; it's up to us to win the
fight. |
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