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<td style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:21px; font-weight:bold; padding:0 0 0 0; color:#000000;" valign="middle" align="left">NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS VOLUME 26, NUMBER 27</td>
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<table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="table"><tr><td style="padding:10px 0 0 0;">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="table"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 15px 15px 0;"><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank"><img src="[link removed]" alt="“Fact Checker:” Joe Biden’s “Gun Ban” Not a Gun Ban Because Some Guns Wouldn’t Be Banned" width="600" border="0" style="display:block;" class="respImages" /></a></td></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 0 15px 0;"><a style="color:#bd1300; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:12px; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]">NEWS</a> &nbsp;<br /><a style="color:#000000; font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size:22px; line-height:28px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]" target="_blank">“Fact Checker:” Joe Biden’s “Gun Ban” Not a Gun Ban Because Some Guns Wouldn’t Be Banned</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="summaryText" style="color:#737f80; font-size:16px; line-height:21px; padding:10px 0 0 0;">Facebook has teamed up with what it calls “third-party fact-checkers” to punish users of its platform that post information embarrassing or inconvenient to this outlook. Yet like most sources of what passes as “news” or “journalism” these days, these “independent” organizations have knowledge deficits and outright biases that color the information they provide to the public. Take, for example, Politifact’s assertion that a gun ban is not a gun ban if there are still guns left to be banned.</td></tr></table><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="table"><tr><td style="padding:10px 0 0 0;">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="table"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 15px 15px 0;"><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank"><img src="[link removed]" alt="Presidential Pretender Who Campaigned on Gun Control First to Call It Quits" width="600" border="0" style="display:block;" class="respImages" /></a></td></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 0 15px 0;"><a style="color:#bd1300; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:12px; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]">NEWS</a> &nbsp;<br /><a style="color:#000000; font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size:22px; line-height:28px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]" target="_blank">Presidential Pretender Who Campaigned on Gun Control First to Call It Quits</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="summaryText" style="color:#737f80; font-size:16px; line-height:21px; padding:10px 0 0 0;">On Monday, Eric Swalwell became the first of the many pretenders for the Democrat presidential nomination to bow (or perhaps slink) out of the race. The U.S. Congressman from California’s 15th District had tried to distinguish himself from the field by putting extreme gun control front and center in his messaging. The result was a campaign that lasted only four months and that relegated the 38-year-old lawmaker to obscurity.</td></tr></table><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="table"><tr><td style="padding:10px 0 0 0;">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="table"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 15px 15px 0;"><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank"><img src="[link removed]" alt="Hollywood Fantasy v. Reality on Firearm Suppressors" width="600" border="0" style="display:block;" class="respImages" /></a></td></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 0 15px 0;"><a style="color:#bd1300; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:12px; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]">NEWS</a> &nbsp;<br /><a style="color:#000000; font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size:22px; line-height:28px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]" target="_blank">Hollywood Fantasy v. Reality on Firearm Suppressors</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="summaryText" style="color:#737f80; font-size:16px; line-height:21px; padding:10px 0 0 0;">It’s no secret that Hollywood has a very loose relationship with reality.  The movie industry, after all, is based on fantasy and escapism, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.  If someone wants to forget about their daily struggles in the real world, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with sitting through the latest blockbuster; watching an improbable hero overcome overwhelming odds to save the day, America, Earth, or even the whole universe. Just try to remember not to confuse what you see on your screen with real life.</td></tr></table><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="table"><tr><td style="padding:10px 0 0 0;">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="table"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 15px 15px 0;"><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank"><img src="[link removed]" alt="NRA Statement On Virginia Special Session" width="600" border="0" style="display:block;" class="respImages" /></a></td></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 0 15px 0;"><a style="color:#bd1300; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:12px; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]">NEWS</a> &nbsp;<br /><a style="color:#000000; font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size:22px; line-height:28px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]" target="_blank">NRA Statement On Virginia Special Session</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="summaryText" style="color:#737f80; font-size:16px; line-height:21px; padding:10px 0 0 0;">FAIRFAX, Va.–   The interim executive director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, Jason Ouimet, released the following statement today regarding the special session in Virginia: 
"The National Rifle Association has a long history of working to reduce violent crime rates within the Commonwealth of Virginia. We commend the House and Senate Republican leadership for renewing the focus on putting violent criminals behind bars and a much needed refocus on mental health initiatives.  Without a final report on the Virginia Beach investigation, this special session by Gov. Northam was a complete taxpayer-funded distraction. The discussion before the Virginia Crime Commission should focus on solutions that provide strong due process and put a stop to the continued politicization of law-abiding individual’s constitutional rights."</td></tr></table><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="table"><tr><td style="padding:10px 0 0 0;">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="table"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 15px 15px 0;"><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank"><img src="[link removed]" alt="USFWS Says Free NRA Hunter Ed Course Counts As P-R Match Dollars" width="600" border="0" style="display:block;" class="respImages" /></a></td></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0 0 15px 0;"><a style="color:#bd1300; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:12px; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]">NEWS</a> &nbsp;<br /><a style="color:#000000; font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size:22px; line-height:28px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;" href="[link removed]" target="_blank">USFWS Says Free NRA Hunter Ed Course Counts As P-R Match Dollars</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="summaryText" style="color:#737f80; font-size:16px; line-height:21px; padding:10px 0 0 0;">Fairfax, Va.—Underscoring the NRA’s $3 million investment in hunting’s future in creating the most comprehensive, free online hunter education program nationwide, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced state wildlife agencies now may claim a dollar value of the NRA’s Free Online Hunter Education Course as in-kind match dollars to access federal Pittman-Robertson (P-R) grant funds. The move marks a major win for the NRA and state wildlife agencies, which rely on the P-R dollars administered by the USFWS’ Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Division for their fish and wildlife conservation programs, and is a giant step forward in bolstering states’ hunter recruitment efforts and the national NRA-backed R3 movement (Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation).</td></tr></table>
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<strong>Hawaii</strong><br />

<a href="[link removed]" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:#000000;">Hawaii: Governor Ige Signs Anti-Gun Legislation</a>


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<strong>Virginia</strong><br />

<a href="[link removed]" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:#000000;">Virginia: Special Session Adjourned, Anti-Gunners Not Finished</a>


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