NRA - ILA DAILY ALERT NEWS LETTER FOR 6-27-2018, GOOD READING

DAILY ALERT FOR Wednesday, June 27, 2018

NEWS Oregon Supreme Court shoots down gun control measure, suggests modifications

The Oregon Supreme Court voted against a proposed assault weapons ban ballot initiative Wednesday. They referred it to the attorney general for modification.

LEGAL & LEGISLATION Oregon: Court Sides With NRA Against Ballot Title For Gun Ban Initiative

Today, the Oregon Supreme Court unanimously sided with NRA and other petitioners on the legal challenge to the proposed ballot title for Initiative Petition 43, which seeks to ban commonly owned semi-automatic firearms and standard capacity magazines.

LEGAL & LEGISLATION Maine: Ballot Initiative Reform Legislation On the Move

Legislative Document 31 could come up for a vote in the Maine state House of Representatives soon.  LD 31 previously failed to pass the state Senate in 2017 and returned to the House.  It would address problems and concerns with the State’s current “Citizen Initiative” process.  This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Maine to require that the signatures on a petition consist of voters from each of the State's two congressional districts, and the number of signatures from each congressional district be not less than 10% of the total vote for governor cast in that congressional district in the previous gubernatorial election.

DCIST D.C. Police Chief: Heller Decision 'Didn’t Really Have An Impact On Gun Violence In Our City'

“The Heller decision didn’t really have an impact on gun violence in our city,” D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said Tuesday on the Kojo Nnamdi Show.

WASHINGTON POST ‘The culture’s changed’: Gun rights supporters mark 10 years since landmark ruling toppled D.C. gun ban

Dick Heller, a 76-year-old special police officer whose Supreme Court case changed the District’s gun laws a decade ago, arrives on Capitol Hill in style.

NEW YORK POST Bloomberg considering run for president as a Democrat

Mike Bloomberg is mulling another run for president — but as a Democrat, sources close to the former three-term mayor said.

COLUMBUS DISPATCH Ohio House delays vote on one gun bill, revamps another

As lawmakers prepare to ride off into re-election campaign season, Republican Ohio House leaders decided that a vote on a controversial stand-your-ground gun bill is not the best sendoff.

CHICAGO SUN TIMES Chicago: Father Pfleger, reroute your march to City Hall, not the Dan Ryan

When Father Michael Pfleger announced this week he was organizing a march on July 7 to call attention to the violence in the city, I for one was surprised. My surprise was the location he chose for this march, the Dan Ryan Expressway.

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS Texas: San Antonio City Council members seek ways to enact gun control

The City Council’s Public Safety committee waded into the gun debate Tuesday, discussing possible ordinances and regulations the city could adopt to address gun violence in San Antonio communities.