Immediate items of Interest:

> ALERT!!! 2019/05/9 - Call Mitzi Johnson - No to S.169

The end of the legislative session in Montpelier is looming and the stakes are being raised on S.169. The gun control advocates in Montpelier are pushing for the House Judiciary Committee to amend S.169 as passed by Senate, from just handguns for 24 hours to become all guns and for 72 hours. The following Screen Shot clearly shows a call for "no compromise" by a gun control group operating in Vermont:

Your calls are needed ASAP. Please call to leave a polite message at 802-828-2228 for House Speaker Mitzi Johnson: "No to S.169"

> Federation Statement on Waiting Periods

> SCOTUS to hear NYSR&P vs NYC

> Federal Court Finds CA Mag Limit Unconstitutional!

> Court Case on Mag Ban

On Wednesday, March 20th, Judge Mary Teachout ruled on the State's Motion to Dismiss and the Plaintiff's (US) Motion for Summary Judgement. Both motions were dismissed, which means We Go To Trial! Please refer to the Timeline of Activities to see all that has gone on with the Court Case so far, or you can read Judge Teachout's reply to the motions here.

This is GREAT NEWS! While we would have preferred a Motion for Summary Judgement, our legal team can now delve deeply into the Constitutional aspects of this ban, and we remain extremely confident on the final outcome.

> Status of Firearm Bills in Play

S.169 is now in the House Judiciary Committee, and after providing for only 10 minutes of discussion among the Committee members on Wednesday 4/3 (1 hour of discussion was scheduled), further discussion was ended and there is/was no further discussion scheduled for the remainder of the week of April 1.

To see the latest version of S.169, please refer to this link.