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view the web version of this email DAILY ALERT FOR Monday, March 31, 2025   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Maine: Judiciary Committee Votes on Gun Bills This Week On Thursday, April 3rd, the Joint Standing Committee will vote on several gun-related bills. NRA members and Second Amendment supporters are urged to contact committee members now and encourage them to oppose all gun control measures and support the pro-gun bills below.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Kentucky: Legislature Adjourns Sine Die from 2025 Session On Friday, March 28th, the Kentucky General Assembly adjourned sine die from the 2025 legislative session. This session saw no significant movement on any pro or anti-gun legislation, with concealed carry expansions only moving out of one chamber.   NEWS More Polish Citizens are Carrying Firearms for Self-Defense Certain parts of the world—sadly, without any specifically recognized right to arms—have been moving closer to accepting the fact that firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens is not the inherently dangerous concept promoted by anti-gun extremists.    NEWS President Trump Works to Expedite D.C. Carry Permits On March 27, President Donald J. Trump signed a wide-ranging executive order titled, “Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful.”   NEWS Supreme Court Upholds ATF Rule on “Firearms,” Unfinished Receivers and Kits On March 26, in a 7-2 decision (with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissenting), the United States Supreme Court upheld a Biden administration gun control rule on what constitutes a “firearm” under 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3), the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA). The case is Bondi v. VanDerStok (formerly, Garland v. VanDerStok), and the Final Rule, published at 87 Fed. Reg. 24652, is entitled “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms.”     NEWS Trump DOJ to Investigate Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for Permit Delays The United States Supreme Court, in its landmark Bruen decision recognizing a right to carry in public for self-defense, did not foreclose shall-issue licensing as being consistent with the Second Amendment.   TAKE ACTION Grassroots Spotlight: BBQ Festival in Tavares, Florida. The Sunshine State is NRA Country!     LEGAL & LEGISLATION Please join us in Atlanta for the NRA Foundation’s Firearms Law Seminar! Friday, April 25, 2025 at the Omni Atlanta during the 2025 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits SHARE THIS EMAIL   HELP DEFEND SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS   Find Your Polling Place  Register To Vote  Write Your Lawmakers  Volunteer!    FOLLOW NRA-ILA © 2025 National Rifle Association of America, Institute For Legislative Action. To contact NRA-ILA call 800-555-5555. Address: 11250 Waples Mill Road Fairfax, Virginia 22030.