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view the web version of this email DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, March 28, 2019   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Indiana: House Committee Passes Amended Self-Defense Bill On March 27th, the Indiana state House Committee on Ways & Means voted to pass Senate Bill 119 to improve the ability of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves in Indiana.  It will now go to the full House of Representatives where it should be on the floor calendar for next week.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Tennessee: Busy Week Ahead for Committees in the Volunteer State On Tuesday, April 2, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider gun control legislation.    LEGAL & LEGISLATION Rhode Island: Gun Control Night – Round 2 A couple of weeks after Rhode Island gun owners flooded the Statehouse with a sea of yellow for House hearings on gun bills, lawmakers are returning to Providence to hold another round.    WASHINGTON FREE BEACON Republicans Introduce Bill to Prevent Big Banks from Targeting Gun Industry A pair of Republican senators introduced a bill on Friday that they say will prevent large financial institutions from denying service to gun and ammunition makers and dealers. Sens. Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.) and John Kennedy (R., La.) introduced S821, the Freedom Financing Act, in an effort to keep banks with more than $10 billion in assets from denying services to members of the gun industry. The Republicans said the bill was designed to prevent major financial institutions from effectively crippling legal gun transactions they don't like. They said the banking industry should not be able to decide whether Americans can lawfully purchase legal gun products.   THE COMPLETE COLORADO Colorado's Dave Kopel to U.S. Senate committee: "Red Flag" laws must fully respect due process Colorado constitutional scholar David Kopel today testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on implementation of "Red Flag" gun confiscation laws in the states.  Several U.S. senators, including Committee Chair Lindsey Graham, are exploring the idea of giving federal grants to states to implement such laws. Kopel is research director at the Independence Institute*, a free market think tank in Denver, and adjunct professor of constitutional law at Denver University's Sturm College of Law.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Idaho: Self-Defense Legislation Passed Out of Senate, Heads to Governor Yesterday, the Idaho Senate passed important self-defense legislation, House Bill 206, by a 28 to 7 vote.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Oregon: Comprehensive Anti-Gun Bill to Be Heard On April 2nd, the Oregon state Senate Judiciary Committee will be holding a public hearing where they will discuss Senate Bill 978.  Though Senate Bill 978 as introduced would direct the Oregon State Police to study unlawful transfers, anti-gun legislators will be amending it into an omnibus gun control package that will include provisions from legislation already introduced during this session.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Nevada: Bill To Criminalize Firearm Modifications And Allow Local Infringements to Be Heard! On Monday, April 1st at 8AM in room 4100, the Nevada Legislature will be holding a joint hearing of the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees to consider Assembly Bill 291.  Introduced by Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui (D-41), this omnibus anti-gun legislation is a threat to both law-abiding gun owners residing in Nevada and those who are visiting. 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!