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view the web version of this email DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, May 17, 2019   NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION  Trump Administration, Other Pro-Gun Heavyweights Lend Support on Pending Supreme Court Case As NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox reported in March, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken up a challenge by an NRA state affiliate to a New York City gun control scheme that effectively prohibits lawfully licensed handgun owners from leaving the city with their own firearms. The plaintiffs in the case have raised a number of objections to the regime, the foremost of which is that it violates the Second Amendment. The case is New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. New York City.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Governor Abbott Signs NRA-Backed Tenants' Rights Bill On Thursday, Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 302 by Representative Dennis Paul (R-Houston) & Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), NRA-supported legislation that prohibits "no firearms" clauses in residential leases.   NEWS Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Only What We Want Ye to Hear Can we finally put the claim that "gun violence" research is underfunded to rest? The Bloomberg Professor of American Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, Daniel Webster, and his colleagues at the Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research launched their much anticipated massive, open online course "Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change" this week. The course is available on Coursera, an online learning platform.   TOWNHALL Time for a National Conversation on Allowing Teachers to Protect Their Classrooms In the wake of tragic and senseless shootings at a high school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado and a college campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, we once again find ourselves asking why these attacks occur and how we can stop them in the future.   NEWS Out of Style: Levi's Fawns Over Shannon Watts in Pantmaker's Latest Gun Control Effort At the National Retail Federation's 2018 convention in New York City, Levi Strauss & Co. Brand President James Curleigh told those assembled that the multinational pants manufacturer intends to be the "most relevant lifestyle brand." Evidently, part of creating that "lifestyle" includes foisting a doctrinaire set of political beliefs onto its employees and customers.   NEWS LEGAL & LEGISLATION  Retired Justice Stevens Continues Crusade Against Guns Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens does not believe a law-abiding citizen has a right to possess firearms under the Second Amendment, and he wants to make sure everyone knows it. He made his position clear when he authored a dissenting opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, where the Supreme Court, in fact, held that the Second Amendment does protect an individual right.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Florida Alert! 2019 Florida Legislative Session Wrap-Up Once again the Florida Legislature has turned a deaf ear to the pleas of ministers, church administrators and church members.  Churches have repeatedly – for over 3 years – prayed and urged the legislature to correct the provision in Florida law that usurps their right to provide safety and security on their property.     LEGAL & LEGISLATION Connecticut: Senate To Vote On Gun Control Bills As early as next week, the Connecticut state Senate may hold votes on a broad-based set of gun control legislation.  The state House of Representatives previously passed these to require firearms be made unavailable for self-defense, effectively end the centuries old practice of home-manufacturing firearms for personal use, and impose unnecessary restrictions on transporting handguns.   NEWS Gov. Abbott Signs NRA-Backed Tenants' Rights Bill The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauded Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday for signing NRA-backed legislation that protects tenants' rights by prohibiting "no firearms" clauses in residential leases.      LEGAL & LEGISLATION Louisiana: "Red Flag" Legislation Scheduled for Hearing Next Week On Tuesday, May 21, the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee is scheduled to consider gun control legislation (HB 483) that would deny a gun owner their right to keep and bear arms without due process.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Illinois: Committee To Receive Private Transfer Ban Legislation On May 21st, the Illinois state House of Representatives Rules Committee will hear House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1966 and send it to the Judiciary Committee for further consideration.  HA 1 to SB 1966 would impose various gun control schemes in Illinois, such as criminalizing private transfers and increasing the cost and red tape for a FOID card. 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