John,

Let’s do a quick “Naughty and Nice” check-in, Alliance style.

Nice list:

Communities organizing for safer schools and safer homes.
Voters in Maine choosing a new path to temporarily remove guns from people who pose a danger.
Courts in Oregon affirming that common-sense guardrails like permits and magazine limits can stand.
Washington passing Permit-to-Purchase

Naughty list:

The gun lobby and its allies pushing a federal concealed carry mandate (H.R. 38) that would override states’ safety standards.
National leaders who treat “protecting the Second Amendment” as a headline while communities bury the dead.
A federal leadership culture that rewards loyalty and spectacle over public trust.

Here is the good news: the “nice list” can and will continue to win. But only if we have the resources to fight and the community to sustain it.

In solidarity,

The Alliance for Gun Responsibility Team