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Today, NRA-ILA and our state affiliate, the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association, filed a Lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, challenging anti-gun Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's use of emergency powers and her COVID-19 statewide order to shut down firearm retailers and ranges.  We are working with the Second Amendment Foundation, the Firearms Policy Coalition, and the Mountain States Legal Foundation on this litigation.

This week, the Illinois State Police (ISP) filed emergency rules that extend the expiration date of current FOID cards and CCL licensees during the Covid-19 outbreak.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Police are investigating a Saturday home invasion that left one suspect dead and another arrested in northwest suburban Arlington Heights.

The Arlington Heights homeowner who authorities say fought off one would-be robber Saturday and fatally shot another in self-defense wrote a heartfelt Facebook post thanking the community and police for an outpouring of support. "It has been the most challenging last few days for our family," Sebastian Maniscalco wrote Tuesday night on his Facebook page.

Gun owners in Illinois with looming expiration dates no longer need to worry about immediately renewing their Firearm Owner Identification card or Concealed Carry License, the Illinois State Police announced. State police filed emergency rules that took effect Thursday to provide relief to FOID card holders and CCL during the coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Game Commission approved three Sundays in November for hunting. 

Conservative actor James Woods was quick with a response Thursday after left-leaning fellow thespian Alyssa Milano decried the recent surge in gun sales in the U.S. “Americans bought over 2 million firearms in March of 2020, over a million more than this time last year,” wrote Milano, who backs Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.

In their ongoing effort to take control of America and render the Second Amendment null and void, another of Bloomberg's well-funded, anti-gun groups is waging a campaign to elect more anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment, anti-freedom dissidents to public office.            

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-42 to order all nonessential businesses and activities to cease.