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view the web version of this email DAILY ALERT FOR Friday, October 4, 2019   NEWS  Member Spotlight: Meet the Police Officer Who Told Congress She 'Would Not Comply' with a Gun Ban Last week, a retired Tulsa, Oklahoma law enforcement officer testified in a Congressional hearing that she "would not comply" if Congress passes a ban on firearms. Her bold assertion earned her national media attention and viral status on social media. Dianna Muller, who is the founder of a non-partisan Second Amendment advocacy group called the DC Project, is also a proud NRA Member. We caught up with Dianna after the hearing.   NEWS  MSNBC's Las Vegas Anti-Gun Rally On Wednesday, anti-gun news outlet MSNBC, along with their partner organizations Giffords and March for Our Lives, hosted nine Democrat candidates for President for what was billed as a "Gun Safety Forum."  Most of the time was spent by candidates and anti-gun activists railing against guns, NRA, and occasionally, President Donald Trump.   NEWS  Federal Court Entertains Bizarre Legal Theories That Threaten Gun Owners, Rule of Law Frustrated by the lack of political progress on the gun control agenda, the legal wing the anti-gun movement continues to pursue ever-more radical and confused legal strategies. In the 1990s, trial lawyers and their allies in government sought to bankrupt the gun industry by holding them accountable for the criminal actions of third parties – a theory that would have overturned hundreds of years of established tort law. After failing to stop campus carry legislation in Texas in 2015, a group of professors filed a suit claiming that the state's recognition of the Right-to-Carry in the classroom unlawfully infringed on their "First Amendment rights to academic freedom."   NEWS  Violent Crime Dropped in 2018 The FBI released the 2018 "Crime in the United States" report on Monday, which compiles crime data from law enforcement agencies around the country. The news is good, and the positive data proved easy to consume:   NEWS  San Francisco Mayor Waffles on NRA "Terrorist" Group Designation It seems that not all the powers-that-be in San Francisco are sure how to move forward with the Board of Supervisors' widely-publicized "declaration" that the NRA is a "domestic terrorist organization."   NEWS  NRA's Adaptive Shooting Program Aids Disabled Hunters It's well-known that the shooting sports offer many positive experiences for people. But what if you suffer from a physical disability? How do you actually hunt afield, compete with other shooters in various events or even just access your local range for much-needed practice?   WASHINGTON EXAMINER Beto was Honest About Taking Guns, and That's Why Joe Biden's Gun Plan is Dead on Arrival Former Vice President Joe Biden has a plan for gun control. It certainly isn't the most radical plan out there. He wants to expand the list of crimes for which convicts can be deprived of their gun rights to include misdemeanor hate crimes.   TOWNHALL Women, Minorities Fueling Increase in Concealed Handgun Permits Each year brings a new record increase in the number of concealed handgun permits. The rate of growth in permits among women and minorities has far outpaced growth among white men. The data paint a picture of incredibly law-abiding permit holders, the vast majority living outside America's insular media capitals.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Texas House Select Committee to Hold Public Hearing in Farmers Branch on Interim Charges To Prevent Mass Violence In a shameless effort to exploit the tragedies in El Paso, Midland, and Odessa, gun control advocates have demanded restrictive measures that would eliminate private firearm transfers, ban commonly-owned firearms and magazines and impose so-called "red flag" gun confiscation laws. 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!