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• NRA Files Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Hear Challenge to Minnesota’s Refusal to Recognize Out-of-State Carry Permits
  The National Rifle Association joined the Second Amendment Foundation, California Rifle & Pistol Association, Second Amendment Law Center, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in Johnson v. Jacobson, a case challenging Minnesota’s refusal to recognize valid carry permits issued by other states.
• Remembering NRA Benefactor John Mascari II from Indianapolis, Indiana
  John was a dedicated NRA volunteer, recruiter, and FrontLines Activist Leader (FAL) whose commitment to protecting the Second Amendment touched many people throughout central Indiana.
• “Derivative Disarmament” – A “No Fault” Loss of Gun Rights
  One of the aftereffects of the United States Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in NYSRPA v. Bruen was the ire expressed by antigun lawmakers, executives and judges, which manifested as an outright unwillingness to respect the Court’s mandate.
• Redditors Embarrass Virginia Assembly’s Chief Gun Banner
  In late August, Virginia State Delegate Dan Helmer (D-10), who represents a portion of the Northern Virginia D.C. suburb of Fairfax County, took to Reddit for an “ask me anything” (AMA) question and answer session.
• Promise to Practice: Federal Firearm Rights Restoration is Now a Reality
  The federal government’s promise to provide a pathway to restore firearm rights is no longer merely a commitment on paper. 
• Unhealthy Exposure: Gun Ban Advocates Allergic to Defensive Gun Use
  One of the narratives invented by gun control activists and their political allies to try to make their agenda more palatable to the general public has been to recast gun crime as a “public health crisis.” Under this approach, burgeoning gun ownership, legal or otherwise, becomes an epidemic, and the cure for this “contagion” is, obviously, all manner of bans and restrictions on legitimate firearm possession and use.
• Virginia Case Shows Gun Control is Aimed at Decent Citizens, Not Criminals
  Economics has a concept called “revealed preference.” The gist is that a person’s observed actions reveal more about their preferences than what a person might profess to favor. 
• NRA Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court “Assault Weapons” Cases
  The National Rifle Association, alongside the Independence Institute and the American Suppressor Association, filed an amicus brief on Friday in the consolidated cases Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins, which challenge the "assault weapons” bans of Cook County, Illinois and Connecticut, respectively.