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Catch up with the daily NRA-ILA Alert! view the web version of this email DAILY ALERT FOR Monday, March 30, 2020   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Maryland: Governor Hogan Protects Second Amendment – Gun Stores Remain Open In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Larry Hogan has issued a "stay-at-home" executive order requiring all individuals to suspend any non-essential activities.    LEGAL & LEGISLATION New Jersey: Gun Shop Closure Reversed in New Jersey! On Saturday, March 21, Governor Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 107 which shut down the state's background check system and ruled gun shops non-essential, closing down gun shops along with most other businesses in the state.   LEGAL & LEGISLATION Virginia: Gov. Northam Issues Stay-At-Home Order As the COVID-19 crisis continues, Governor Ralph Northam issued Executive Order 55 today directing Virginians to "Stay at Home" except for conducting essential activities.    LEGAL & LEGISLATION Rhode Island: Gun Shops Deemed Essential and Will Remain Open Governor Gina Raimondo's order to ban operation of all non-essential businesses will not apply to Ocean State gun shops.  They have rightfully been designated as essential businesses, ensuring that citizens can continue to provide for their own security and safety during this national health crisis.    LEGAL & LEGISLATION Kansas: Governor Kelly Issues Executive Order in Response to Covid-19 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Laura Kelly has issued Executive Order 20-16.  This "stay-at-home" order requires all businesses except those deemed "Essential" to close down.     NEWS  Another Massive Gun Grab Bill (Re) Introduced At a time when our nation struggles, everyone's first and foremost concern is the safety of themselves and their loved ones. However, this doesn't stop Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) from pushing a massive gun grab bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would leave law-abiding Americans defenseless.   NEWS  COVID-19 Threatens Health…of Second Amendment Our nation continues to struggle with the widespread impact of the COVID-19 virus.  By now, everyone should be aware of the new "social distancing" paradigm, where we are all encouraged to avoid large groups of people, and maintain at least six feet of distance between each other when we do interact.  Regular washing of our hands—which we should have been doing already—is now the norm, and anyone caught coughing or sneezing outside of the confines of their own elbow is at risk of being labeled a pariah.   NEWS  Firearms Industry Aids in Response to COVID-19 While the nation continues to struggle with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, we have seen countless reports of various sectors of industry making sacrifices to help with trying to contain and control the pandemic.  This speaks volumes to the nature of what it means to be an American.  In times of crisis, we band together.   NEWS  Pandemic Exposes Dangers of So-Called "Universal" Background Checks As the COVID-19 pandemic makes its way across the country, Americans are getting an important lesson in the dangers of a placing a prior restraint on the exercise of a constitutional right. The vast increase in those seeking protection in the Second Amendment during this period of uncertainty has caused the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and Point of Contact State background check systems to buckle. Worse, some jurisdictions that have criminalized the private transfer of firearms have also shut down access to guns stores or their state criminal background check system. This lethal combination of misguided policies has made it impossible for millions of Americans to acquire, or even borrow or lend, firearms during this moment of crisis. SHARE THIS EMAIL   HELP DEFEND SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS   Find Your Polling Place  Register To Vote  Write Your Lawmakers  Volunteer!    FOLLOW NRA-ILA � 2019 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!