Our goal for 2010 is to perfect and enhance the strong products we have in our firearms line and roll out our new line of handguns,"

As a critical Second Amendment case goes before the United States Supreme Court, U.S. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Jon Tester (D-MT), and Congressmen Mike Ross (D-AR) and Mark Souder (R-IN) are gathering signatures for an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief by Members of Congress. 

USA Shooting and GunBroker.com are announcing a month-long, online auction of guns and other USA Shooting related items to benefit the USA Shooting Team. The announcement was made jointly by Buddy DuVall, USA Shooting Director of Marketing, and Steve Urvan, President and Founder of GunBroker.com.

Back in June, we reported on a proposed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rule change that would have expanded the Switchblade Knife Act of 1958 to include spring-assisted or one-handed-opening knives, and would have directly targeted the importation of  "assisted opening" folding knives. 

You read NRA-ILA's alerts. You call your elected officials on important Second Amendment issues. You talk to your friends, family and others about protecting the right to keep and bear arms.  In short, you are at the heart of NRA-ILA's efforts.  Now you have an opportunity to help the NRA by sharing your thoughts on policy, politics, corporate partnerships, and more. 

The National Rifle Association recently recognized the STX-01 Committee from Corpus Christi, Texas, as winner of the 2008 Most Outstanding Friends of NRA Committee award at its September Board of Directors meeting.

The case will address the application of the Second Amendment to the states through either the Due Process clause or the Privileges or Immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.  The case has major implications for the legality of restrictive gun laws not only in Chicago, but also in other cities and the states across the nation.

In order to accommodate requests, the National Rifle Association is now accepting entries for its 2009 Youth Wildlife Art Contest through November 5. The contest, the 22nd in the annual series, is open to students in grades 1 through 12, including home-schooled children. NRA membership is not required. Winners in each grade category will receive $500. Second-place finishers will receive $250, and the third-place award will be $100.

State Representative Dan Flynn to Host Town Hall Meeting on Monday, September 28  NRA members in Hunt, Rains & Van Zandt counties are encouraged to attend an upcoming town hall meeting for State Representative and strong Second Amendment supporter, Dan Flynn (R-2). 

When New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino--both virulently anti-gun mayors--formed a new anti-gun group a few years ago, they envisioned the creation of a powerful force to lobby for new gun control laws.