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Catch up with the daily NRA-ILA Alert! view the web version of this email DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, July 23, 2020   NEWS  Everytown's Hail Mary At least, that's what Everytown did. A Politico reporter used FBI NICS data acquired by Everytown to claim "Blocked gun sales skyrocket amid coronavirus pandemic." The claim in the article is that the number of people denied the ability to purchase a firearm through the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) has, well, skyrocketed. The title and the first line of the article are pretty similar.   NEWS  Member Spotlight: Meet the student who was harassed for posting a picture with his firearm Austin Tong was an average college kid working on his degree from Fordham University in New York City when, last week, he posted a couple pictures on Instagram that made him the target of an irrational Internet mob and a scurrilous university investigation. The pictures he posted – which nearly got him kicked out of school – were of a retired police captain who was recently killed by looters, and one of him holding an AR-15.  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!