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view the web version of this email DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, June 7, 2019   NEWS Governor Northam to Convene Special Session on Gun Control July 9th! Embattled Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has announced that he will convene a special session of the General Assembly on July 9 in order to push a wide-ranging package of radical and ineffective gun control proposals.   NEWS Embattled Governor Northam Pushing Magazine Ban! Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has announced that he will convene a special session of the state legislature in order to push a package of radical gun control legislation. Early reports state that the package will include a ban on the standard capacity firearm magazines used by tens of millions of law-abiding gun owners. The details of Northam's plan have yet to be released, but such bans in other states and the failed federal ban have often targeted magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds. There are hundreds of millions of magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds that are lawfully-possessed and lawfully used every day in the U.S.   NEWS Bloomberg Week Four: Policies Anti-Gunners Hate We've reached week four in the Bloomberg School of Public Health open online course, "Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change."   NEWS Does a Suppressed Pistol Sound like a Nail Gun? In response to reports that the Virginia Beach shooter used a firearm suppressor in carrying out his terrible crime, David Chipman, Senior Policy Advisor for the Giffords gun control group, claimed that a suppressed pistol is especially dangerous because the noise associated with the firearm is difficult to distinguish from a nail gun. As per usual for claims Chipman and his employer make about firearm suppressors, this is false.    COURTHOUSE NEWS Virginia Governor Sets Date for Special Session on Guns A week after 12 people were shot dead by a former Virginia Beach city employee, Governor Ralph Northam said Friday that Virginia lawmakers will reconvene July 9 for a special legislative session aimed at changing state gun laws. In a proclamation released Friday morning, Northam exercised powers granted to him by the state constitution allowing him to summon all 140 legislators back to Richmond outside of their normal two-month legislative session usually held in the first part of the year.   FOX NEWS John Lott: After Virginia Beach shooting, Dems seek ban on 'silencers' that don't make guns silent Despite what you might believe from watchin­g television shows or movies, suppressors (commonly known as "silencers") do not make guns "silent" — unless you consider an ambulance siren or a jackhammer to be silent. However, as soon as it was clear that the Virginia Beach killer used a noise suppressor on one of his guns last Friday when he killed 12 people, Democrats called for suppressors to be banned. Virginia's Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam called for a special legislative session to pass a ban.   PERSONAL DEFENSE WORLD Armed California Mother Defeats Hammer-Wielding Intruder/Stalker Beyond the rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment, there are lots of reasons to own a gun. These reasons include fun, sport and, of course, self defense, which is what a California mother recently used her's for, after she called police for help.   WASHINGTON EXAMINER Texas governor signs bill allowing more armed teachers Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Thursday that removes the cap on the number of teachers who can become armed marshals in schools. This bill, along with others intended to promote school safety, came in response to the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting that left eight students and two teachers dead after a student opened fire, according to the Associated Press. No gun control measures were passed as part of the legislation.   DENVER POST 30 Colorado sheriffs join opposition to gun magazine ban facing challenge in state Supreme Court About half of the state's county sheriffs this week joined the battle against Colorado's ban on gun magazines that hold more than 15 rounds, arguing that the law hinders peoples' ability to defend themselves. Although law enforcement are exempt from the ban, the sheriffs argued in their brief to the Colorado Supreme Court that civilians should have the same access to magazines as typical officers and deputies. If law enforcement agencies believe a magazine that holds 20 or 30 rounds is best for defense, then those magazines are the best option for regular people who want to defend themselves, the sheriffs argued.   ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION Money for CDC to study gun injuries fires old debate The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is again a focus of the battle over firearms, as Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath and other Democrats are trying to restore funding for the agency to study gun violence. The Atlanta-based CDC stopped researching causes and results of such violence in 1993 when Republican lawmakers reacted to study saying homes with guns were five times more likely than homes without guns to be the scene of suicides and almost three times more likely to be the scene of homicides.   FOX BUSINESS Salesforce says some firearms can no longer be sold using company software: report Salesforce Opens a New Window. has updated its acceptable-use policy, telling its customers to either stop selling certain firearms or forget about using its software, a report stated. The company, which describes Opens a New Window. itself as an "online solution for customer relationship management," updated its policy in April, The Washington Post Opens a New Window. first reported.   YAHOO NEWS Supreme Court rulings on gerrymandering set to shape elections for the next decade The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule this month on two gerrymandering cases that will have a massive impact on the partisan balance of American politics for the next decade. The decisions in Rucho v. Common Cause, which deals with the drawing of North Carolina's congressional districts, and Benisek v. Lamone, which involves Maryland's, will help shape the balance of power in Congress and in state legislatures.   FREE BEACON McBath Calls for 'Gun-Free Society' On Tuesday, Representative Lucy McBath (D., Ga.) urged a group of gun-rights activists to "stand up for a gun-free society" during a press conference on her introduction of a red flag bill. "The time has come to stand up, to be empowered to save lives," Rep. McBath said at the end of her press conference. "That is our charge. That is what we're called to do. So, thank you for being here today. I hope that you take this charge back to your communities and stand up for a gun-free society."   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!