The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is happy to report there has been progress on drumming up support for a permitless carry veto override vote in the Tar Heel State. Last week the Committee sent letters to four key North Carolina lawmakers and urged them to support a veto override of SB 50.
NSSF® celebrated Oklahoma’s Gov. Kevin Stitt signing SB 500, the NSSF-priority Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, yesterday in Oklahoma City. The law prohibits state agencies and local government entities from entering into contracts with corporations that discriminate against the firearm industry.
Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the reconciliation bill, commonly known as the One, Big, Beautiful Bill, which was previously approved by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The bill includes NRA-supported language that eliminates the burdensome $200 excise tax imposed by federal law on suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and “any other weapons” as defined by the National Firearms Act (NFA).
The Firearms Policy Coalition issued a statement in response to reports that the Senate Parliamentarian has advised that key pro-liberty provisions in the Republican reconciliation package would be subject to a 60-vote threshold under the Byrd Rule, essentially striking them from the Senate’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” unless the Senate overrules her.
In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), along with its partners, helps set the record straight regarding the removal of suppressors and short-barreled firearms from the National Firearms Act (NFA).
A coalition of public interest organizations, led by Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF), warned Senators about the far-reaching effects of a provision in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s reconciliation language (Subtitle B, Section 203 of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) that would require courts to impose financial bonds before issuing temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions against the federal government.
Firearms Policy Coalition announced that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed FPC-supported House Bill 407, which repeals residency restrictions and expands access to the right to bear arms in the state. HB 407 is a legislative response to an FPC right-to-carry lawsuit, Mate v. Wescott, that was filed as part of FPC’s work to eliminate unconstitutional residency requirements throughout the United States.
The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) called on the full United States Senate to support and pass the Finance Committee’s firearm law and tax reforms in the budget reconciliation package. These critically important reforms include the elimination of unconstitutional taxes, restrictions, and red tape on the lawful purchase and possession of popular, constitutionally protected firearms and firearm suppressors.
The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) praised the Senate Finance Committee on its wise and courageous leadership in proposing a number of critically important and constitutionally required firearm law and tax reforms in the budget reconciliation package (at section 70436, “Elimination Of Tax On Certain Devices Under The National Firearms Act”).
The Firearms Policy Coalition urged the U.S. Senate to hold the line and pass President Trump’s reconciliation House Bill with the legislation’s current suppressor reforms intact. The House of Representatives passed the Act with three important provisions relating to suppressors, one removing the vital hearing protection devices from the extreme regulations of the National Firearms Act and two others zeroing out the currently-required additional taxes for making or transferring the safety devices.
NSSF® hails the introduction of H.R 3770, the Fighting Irrational Regulatory Enforcement to Avert Retailers’ Misfortune (FIREARM) Act, by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif). The “FIREARM” Act would prevent the ATF from shuttering FFLs over minor clerical mistakes and allows them to correct self-reported errors.
Firearms Policy Coalition called on Congress to fix and pass H.R. 38, the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act,” so that millions of peaceable American gun owners can exercise their right to bear arms without the fear of arrest or prosecution, particularly in anti-Second Amendment strongholds like California, New York, Illinois, and New Jersey.
Following the passage of H.R.1, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, by the U.S. House of Representatives, John Commerford, Executive Director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), released the following statement.
Oklahoma’s Gov. Kevin Stitt is a man of his word. Gov. Stitt told attendees at the NSSF SHOT Show Governors' Forum that if state lawmakers would send the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination Act to his desk, he would sign it. NSSF celebrates Gov. Stitt signing the law to prevent “woke” corporate banks with discriminatory policies against firearm industry members from collecting taxpayer dollars through state contracts.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Knife Rights supported SB1360 which adds "Knives, saps, and other bladed or blunt-impact defensive weapons“ to Tennessee's existing statute that protects firearms manufacturers from liability caused by the actions of third parties.
Knife Rights' Texas Knife Law Reform Bill, HB 2239, was voted out of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee with a unanimous bipartisan vote. HB 2239 would create an exception for two commonly visited places where Location-Restricted Knives (knives over 5 1/2 inches) are banned. Those locations are restaurants and bars that derive 51% of their income from sale or service of alcoholic beverages and amusement parks.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation praises West Virginia’s Gov. Patrick Morrisey for signing three bills into law that bring added protections to the firearm industry and Second Amendment rights in the Mountain State. The bills were passed with overwhelming bipartisan support by the West Virginia legislature earlier this year.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed SB 25-003, a bill that creates a "permit-to-purchase" scheme for banned semi-automatic firearm platforms, into law. Following the enactment of the law, John Commerford, Executive Director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), released the following statement.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin reaffirmed his support for the rights of law-abiding gun owners by vetoing two dozen bills that would have trampled on the Second Amendment freedoms of the citizens of the Commonwealth. Similar to last session, Governor Youngkin disposed of egregious legislation that would have emboldened criminals and left peaceable Virginians defenseless.
Similar to last year, Governor Glenn Youngkin has vetoed numerous antigun and anti-industry bills that were pushed through the Democrat controlled General Assembly. These bills would have negatively affected manufacturers and dealers throughout the Commonwealth. Please thank Governor Youngkin for standing up to those that wish to destroy our industry in Virginia.