NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 29, NUMBER 10

NEWS   Recent ATF Action Shows Need for Suppressor Reform

As we reported last week, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) denied approximately 850 Form 1 applications for prospective makers of suppressors on February 28. These denials were apparently made due to a change in ATF policy regarding certain devices that ATF claims are in reality suppressor “parts kits.”

NEWS   Echoes of 1990: Lithuanians buying guns as war rages

Eastern Europeans are increasingly exercising their natural right to keep and bear arms. In late February NRA-ILA noted the Ukrainian government’s plans to arm ordinary citizens as part of the national defense against the Russian invasion. This week came news of soaring guns sales in the nearby Baltic state of Lithuania.

NEWS   TSA finds firearm in anti-gun California lawmaker’s luggage

According to several media reports, on March 3 California Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-09) was traveling through a security checkpoint at Sacramento International Airport when the Transportation Security Administration found a loaded gun in his baggage. The Sacramento Bee reported that the firearm was detected by an X-ray screening machine in what was described by Cooper’s Capitol Office as a “male messenger bag which looks like a purse.”

TAKE ACTION   GRASSROOTS SPOTLIGHT: Lisa Bingenheimer

It’s a well-known fact: NRA’s formidable power comes directly from its committed members and supporters, working on the FrontLines to protect and promote our Second Amendment! There are, however, special, dedicated patriots that go well beyond the call as grassroots warriors:  Meet Lisa Bingenheimer of West Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP

	Alabama Alabama: Gov. Ivey Acts Decisively, Signs Constitutional Carry!
	Arizona Join Us for the First Ever Arizona NRA State Conference on Saturday March 26th! Arizona: Senate Finance Considering Sales Tax Exemption for Firearms
	Georgia Georgia: House Passes Constitutional Carry
	Indiana Indiana: Constitutional Carry to Go to Governor
	Kansas Kansas: Senate Committee Passes Children’s Lifetime Hunting & Fishing License Bill Kansas: Committee Reschedules Firearm Safety Education Bill to Monday
	Maine Maine: Sunday Hunting Bill Scheduled for Public Hearing
	Maryland Maryland: Senate Committee Advances "Ghost Gun" Restriction Bill Maryland: House Judiciary Hearing Pro-Gun Bills
	Michigan Michigan: House Passes Pro-Gun Bills
	Missouri Missouri: House Passes Self-Defense Bill
	Nebraska Nebraska: Support Constitutional Carry and Oppose Firearm Registration Amendment!
	New Hampshire New Hampshire: House Expected to Vote on Two Gun Bills Tomorrow New Hampshire: House Passes ATV Carry
	Oklahoma Oklahoma: Legislative Update on Advancing Gun Bills
	South Carolina South Carolina: Columbia Fights to Keep Unconstitutional Gun Control
	South Dakota South Dakota: Third Pro-Gun Bill Sent to the Governor’s Desk
	Utah Utah: Legislature Adjourns Sine Die from 2022 Session
	Vermont Vermont: Disconnected Legislators Plan to Work Around Governor’s Veto Vermont: Resurrected Anti-Gun Bill Advances Vermont: Trio of Senate Bills Threaten Hunting
	Virginia Virginia: House Passes Sunday Hunting Expansion Virginia: General Assembly Adjourns Sine Die from 2022 Session
	Washington Washington: 10 Round Magazine Ban Passes Out of Legislature as Anti-Gun Lawmakers Ignore Strong Opposition

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