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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 27, NUMBER 30
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Member Spotlight: Meet the student who was harassed for posting a
picture with his firearm
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Austin Tong was an average college kid working on his degree from
Fordham University in New York City when, last week, he posted a
couple pictures on Instagram that made him the target of an irrational
Internet mob and a scurrilous university investigation. The pictures
he posted – which nearly got him kicked out of school – were of a
retired police captain who was recently killed by looters, and one of
him holding an AR-15.
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Everytown’s Hail Mary
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At least, that’s what Everytown did. A Politico reporter used FBI
NICS data acquired by Everytown to claim “Blocked gun sales
skyrocket amid coronavirus pandemic.” The claim in the article is
that the number of people denied the ability to purchase a firearm
through the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS) has, well, skyrocketed. The title and the first line of the
article are pretty similar.
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Virginia Shows that State Firearms Preemption is Essential
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Much like the rest of the country, Virginians have been buying
firearms at a tremendous pace. According to data from the Virginia
State Police, there was a 158 percent increase in firearm transactions
in June 2020 when compared with June 2019. This came after a nearly
100 percent increase in May 2020 over May 2019. Moreover, research
from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, as well as anecdotal
reports, suggest that many of these transfers are to first-time gun
buyers.
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This is What Keeps America Free
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In response to a public expression of lawful political speech,
“safety officers” come to the person’s home at midnight to
interrogate him. He is accused of intimidation, making threats, hate
crimes, and disorderly conduct. He is found guilty and his punishment
includes exclusion from the community, suspension of his academic
privileges, a ban on taking leadership roles in campus organizations,
mandatory meetings with appropriate officials to learn about correct
ways of thinking and speaking, and the presentation of a formal
written apology, to be submitted in draft form “for approval.”
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Everytown Continues Billionaire Fundraising
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News broke this week that former Microsoft CEO and current owner of
the Los Angeles Clippers NBA franchise, Steve Ballmer, has donated $7
million dollars to Michael Bloomberg’s gun control umbrella group,
Everytown for Gun Safety.
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STATE GRASSROOTS ROUND-UP
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*Connecticut*
Connecticut: NRA Monitoring Upcoming Special Session
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*Virginia*
Virginia: Arlington Considering Gun Ban Tomorrow
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Virginia: Special Session to Convene August 18th
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