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• 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. 
• DOJ (Again) Goes to Court to Defend 2A
  We recently reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had created a new section under its Civil Rights Division—the first ever dedicated to protecting the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.  
• Virginia: Gun Control Looms on the Horizon – Make Plans to Attend Lobby Day in January!
  Anti-gun legislators in Richmond have already begun filing legislation ahead of the upcoming Virginia General Assembly session. 
• New Jersey: Senate Vote on Gun Bills Scheduled for Next Week
  The gun-grabbing grinches of Trenton do not take a holiday break from trying to steal more rights from Garden State gun owners. As lawmakers spend December wrapping up a “lame duck” session, many gun bills have been up for action already, with more scheduled next week.  As previously reported, NRA-ILA was in Trenton earlier this week to testify against bills in an Assembly Committee.   
• DOJ Defends Federal Firearms Registration in NRA Challenge to the NFA
  In the NRA’s case, Brown v. ATF, the Department of Justice filed its opposition to the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, along with its own cross-motion, defending the National Firearms Act of 1934’s registration requirement for suppressors, short-barreled long guns, and NFA-defined “any other weapon
• North Carolina: Update on Permitless Carry
  In September, the North Carolina General Assembly briefly returned from recess and re-referred Senate Bill 50, Freedom to Carry NC, to the House Rules Committee.
• Minnesota: Governor Walz Issues Two Gun Control Executive Orders
  With the holiday season upon us, former VP candidate Governor Tim Walz has once again proven his "Bah Humbug" stance on the Second Amendment. 
• New Jersey: Assembly Committee Advances Gun Control Bills
  The gun-grabbing grinches of Trenton do not take a holiday break from trying to steal more rights from Garden State gun owners. As lawmakers spend December wrapping up a “lame duck” session, NRA is always up to the challenge, and we were there on Monday to testify against a pair of bad gun bills in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Predictably, Democrats advanced the bills on a 4–2 vote that followed party lines. These bills can now advance to the full Assembly for a vote at any time. Please contact your Assembly member and respectfully urge them to OPPOSE S.1425, A.3789, and A.6211.