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view the web version of this email DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, March 21, 2019   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Utah: Self-Defense Bill Heads to the Governor's Desk as Multiple Gun Control Bills Fail at the End of Session The Utah Legislature has adjourned from its 2019 Legislative session.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Montana: Preemption Legislation Passes out of Senate Committee This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed House Bill 325 and 357 by a party line 6 to 4 vote.    NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION  NRA Praises Vermont Superior Court Decision on Magazine Bans NRA applauds the Vermont Superior Court for allowing a lawsuit challenging the State's ban on standard capacity magazines to proceed.    VTDIGGER Judge rejects state's motion to dismiss "high-capacity" magazine ban case Judge Mary Miles Teachout says attorneys arguing for and against a high-capacity magazine ban in Vermont need to fight it out in court before she decides on the constitutionality of a law passed last year. The state filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that the gun owners and sellers bringing the case did not have legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of the ban. Attorneys representing the gun owners were seeking a summary judgement, arguing that the facts of the case proved beyond debate that the ban is unconstitutional.   WASHINGTONPOST.COM U.S. Democrats rally as New Zealand bans semi-automatic firearms New Zealand moved with relative light-speed political urgency to ban semiautomatic weapons in the wake of Friday's massacre at two Christchurch mosques, sparking a discussion in Washington: If a ban could happen there, could it also happen here? Democrats looking for a similar path will face different obstacles in a country where gun rights enshrined in the Constitution have been impervious to a row of mass killings. New Zealand has a tradition of hunting and shooting as sport similar to the United States, but there is no legal provision to own weapons for self-defense.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Indiana: Bill Amended To Expand Self-Defense Opportunities On March 20th, Senate Bill 119 was amended by the House Public Policy Committee and passed by a vote of 13-0 to include language that was originally in House Bill 1643.   PHILLY.COM 'My firearm would've saved me': Raped as a Temple student, she now fights for gun rights Savannah Lindquist desperately tried to remember what she'd learned in the women's self-defense class. She jerked her wrists, fighting to break her attacker's grasp. She couldn't.   AXIOS.COM Bernie Sanders: U.S. must follow New Zealand's lead and ban "assault weapons" Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said late Wednesday the U.S. must follow New Zealand's lead in banning assault weapons, and it should do so by taking on the National Rifle Association — which swiftly rejected the call. "This is what real action to stop gun violence looks like. We must follow New Zealand's lead, take on the NRA and ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons in the United States"   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Washington: NRA & SAF Lawsuit Against City of Edmonds Moves Forward On March 20th, the Washington Superior Court rejected the defendant's motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the NRA and Second Amendment Foundation against the City of Edmonds to invalidate the mandatory firearm storage ordinance passed by the City Council.  The lawsuit can now proceed.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Oregon: Rally to Defend the 2nd Against California-Style Infringements Second Amendment rights in Oregon are under attack like never before and it is critical that every NRA member and Second Amendment supporter takes an active role to fight back.  Local Oregon businesses Radian Weapons and Noveske Rifleworks hope you will join them in Salem for the Defend the 2nd rally where law-abiding citizens will remind their elected lawmakers who they work for and tell them to end this assault on our Constitutional rights. SHARE THIS EMAIL   HELP DEFEND SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS   Donate Now  Register To Vote  Write Your Lawmakers  Volunteer!    FOLLOW NRA-ILA © 2017 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!