NRA-ILA News

• 2025 Grassroots Year In Review
  As 2026 starts, we want to pause and recognize what we have accomplished together in 2025—and, more importantly, the work that all of you contributed to help us achieve these victories.
• 2025 Litigation Update
  In 2025, the National Rifle Association defeated New Mexico’s 7-day waiting period for firearm purchases, the ATF’s “engaged in the business” rule, the ATF’s “pistol brace” rule, a lawsuit seeking to ban lead ammunition in the Canaan Valley NWR, and in a case now being reheard by the en banc Ninth Circuit, California’s background check requirement for ammunition purchases.
• Wisconsin: Strict Scrutiny Resolution Scheduled for Committee Hearing
  Wisconsin lawmakers are proposing a constitutional amendment through Assembly Joint Resolution 112 to strengthen protections for the right to keep and bear arms. The resolution would require courts to apply strict scrutiny to any law that restricts this fundamental right. AJR 112 has been referred to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and is planning to be scheduled for a hearing on January 7. Please use the Take Action button to contact members of the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and urge them to SUPPORT AJR 112.
• Michigan: Firearm Safety Education Bill Signed Into Law
  On Tuesday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bill 4285 into law, allowing middle and high schools to offer courses on hunter safety and responsible firearm ownership.        
• New Jersey: Legislature Passes Holiday Assault on Second Amendment
  While people were busy preparing for the holidays, shopping, and spending time with family, anti-gun politicians in Trenton were busy snatching more of your constitutional rights. As we previously reported, Majority Democrats were diligently working on a package of gun control bills during the “lame duck” session. NRA-ILA testified against these bills in committee earlier this month. Unfortunately, anti-gun Democrats successfully pushed four of these bills across the finish line on Monday, and their next stop is the desk of Gov. Phil Murphy. These bills do nothing to enhance public safety and are simply another lashing out at the Bruen decision. Please use the Take Action button below to contact Gov. Phil Murphy and respectfully urge him to VETO these bills.  
• Tenth Circuit Lets NRA’s Victory Stand in New Mexico Waiting Period Case
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has denied New Mexico’s petition for rehearing en banc in Ortega v. Grisham, allowing a prior ruling invalidating the state’s firearm waiting period law to remain in effect.
• DOJ Files Lawsuit Challenging District of Columbia’s “Assault Weapons” Ban
  The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, through its Second Amendment Section, has filed a lawsuit challenging the District of Columbia’s “assault weapons” ban.
• Gun Control Advocate to Lead Duke Center for Firearms Law
  “Developing Firearms Law as a Scholarly Field” is a worthy endeavor and exactly what the Duke Center for Firearms Law proclaims on their website as the Center’s mission. 
• Evidence of Firearm Industry “Debanking” Uncovered as Trump Administration Takes Aim at Discriminatory Practices
  President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order earlier this year on “politicized or unlawful debanking” and so-called “reputational risk” assessments that financial institutions used in denying services because of a customer’s political or religious beliefs or lawful business activities that the service provider disagreed with or disfavored for political reasons. 
• CPRC’s Latest Report Outlines the Robust State of Concealed Carry in America
  Dr. John Lott’s Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) has released its latest annual report on the state of concealed carry in the United States.