Roger's Outdoor Notes

NRA-ILA  DAILY ALERT  August 30, 2016 :  Fact Check:  NRA Nevadans for Freedom Fact Checks Gun Control TV Ad. NRA Nevadans for Freedom fact checked the newly-released television ad paid for by gun control group Nevadans for Background Checks, a group largely bankrolled by New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg. You really need to read the whole article to see just how twisted the Anti-gun people really are. They claim that making criminals out of all firearm owners will stop cop killings, and that way it will stop the number of police shootings in the line of duty. Politifact cautions against reading too much into correlation. Economists, Criminologists: No benefit from background checks. So in the next election, Question 1 would criminalize virtually all private firearms transfer in Nevada.  Massachusetts: Rolling rally protests AG Maura Healey’s ‘abuse of authority’ on 2nd Amendment.  Dozens of gun owners drove a 55 mile rolling rally yesterday to oppose Attorney General Maura Healy’s ban on so-call “copycat” assault weapons –and to put the public on notice that if the government can come after the by executive order, and other causes are not immune. Armed Clerk Saves Woman Held at Knife Point, Thwarts Robbery. An armed robber entered a store, and when he held a woman at knife point and demanded money the armed clerk reacted by drawing his firearm and chasing the man from the store.  Finally the best story today, Louisiana: Sales Tax Holiday for Guns, Hunting Supplies. Hunters get a discount on the state sales tax when they shop for firearms and other hunting supplies this weekend. The Louisiana Department of Revenue said in a news release Monday the 2016 Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday runs from Friday through Sunday.