New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul signed a 10-bill package of gun laws on Monday that included raising the age to legally purchase a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 following several recent mass shootings nationwide.
Hochul signed the package to immediately strengthen the state&#8217;s gun laws and close &#8220;critical loopholes&#8221; as lawmakers seek to decrease shootings. The governor signed the bills at the Northeast Bronx YMCA with New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D), Speaker of the New York State Assembly Carl Heastie (D), partners in the legislature, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), and victims and survivors of gun violence in attendance.
&#8220;Gun violence is an epidemic that is tearing our country apart. Thoughts and prayers won&#8217;t fix this, but taking strong action will,&#8221; Hochul said in a <a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-landmark-legislative-package-strengthen-gun-laws-and-protect-new-yorkers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
&#8220;In New York, we&#8217;re taking bold steps to protect the people of our state. I am proud to sign a comprehensive bill package that prohibits the sale of semiautomatic weapons to people under 21, bans body armor sales outside of people in select professions, closes critical gun law loopholes and strengthens our Red Flag Law to keep guns away from dangerous people—new measures that I believe will save lives,&#8221; she added.
Hochul also spoke out regarding gun violence nationwide, urging Congress to enact additional gun control measures.
&#8220;While we are taking expedient action to enhance New York State&#8217;s nation-leading gun laws, we recognize that gun violence is a nationwide problem. I once again urge Congress to follow our lead and take immediate action to pass meaningful gun violence prevention measures. Lives depend on it,&#8221; Hochul stated.
Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado (D) also shared a statement regarding the need for &#8220;common-sense&#8221; gun safety legislation.
&#8220;There is a scourge of gun violence in our country due to the pervasiveness of illegal firearms. Year after year, our neighborhoods are flooded with illegal guns and ghost guns, tormenting families and law-abiding citizens every day, but yet the national response does not change,&#8221; Delgado said.
&#8220;In New York, we just passed common-sense gun safety legislation and more kids will live to see their high school graduation because of it. In the fight to save lives, New York is leading the way,&#8221; he added.
Hochul also wrote about the new gun legislation in a Twitter post on Monday.
&#8220;For our neighbors in Buffalo and across the country, we cannot grow complacent, we cannot grow numb and we cannot tolerate inaction on common sense gun reform any longer,&#8221; she tweeted. &#8220;The 10 bills I signed into law today are the start of our work to stop these tragedies — not the end.&#8221;
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For our neighbors in Buffalo and across the country, we cannot grow complacent, we cannot grow numb and we cannot tolerate inaction on common sense gun reform any longer.
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&mdash; Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1533849616319451139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Not everyone agrees with the new gun legislation. The decision to raise the minimum age of gun purchases of semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 is likely to face legal challenges from those who see the move as infringing on Second Amendment rights.
&#8220;While exploiting tragedy to pass their gun ban agenda, they have completely turned their backs on New Yorkers. They have left thriving cities to decay. Even more incredible, there is not one, single school safety bill in the mix. That is disgraceful!&#8221; the National Rifle Association said in a <a href="https://www.nraila.org/articles/20220531/new-york-massive-ten-bill-gun-control-package-introduced-by-albany-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> last week ahead of Hochul signing the package of gun laws.

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul Signs Law Raising Age To Buy Semiautomatic Rifles To 21

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National Rifle Association (NRA)

New York

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave an impassioned defense of the Second Amendment during the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Texas, days after a man murdered 19 children at an elementary school.
Cruz&#8217;s remarks come after an 18-year-old Latino attacked Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday before being killed by an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent. The response by local enforcement officials has been the focus of most of the criticism following the tragedy as numerous mistakes were made.
&#8220;If children are the picture of innocence, then the lunatics and the monsters like this one, the one who would deliberately murder children, they are the picture of evil,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;The anguish of those families right now is unimaginable. The very worst pain on Earth. All of us in Texas need to come together and comfort those families right now. We need to love them, embrace them, and take care of them.&#8221;
Cruz said that it was important for officials to understand what was driving tragedies like the one in Uvalde because &#8220;when we were growing up, this kind of thing didn’t happen.&#8221;
&#8220;Kids may have worried about getting into a fist fight at school, maybe a bloody nose at recess, but we never worried about a psychopath coming into our classrooms to commit murder.&#8221; Cruz slammed &#8220;the elites who dominate our culture&#8221; for pushing the notion that &#8220;firearms lie at the root of the problem.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s far easier to slander one’s political adversaries and to demand that responsible citizens forfeit their constitutional rights than it is to examine the cultural sickness giving birth to unspeakable acts of evil,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;It’s far less comfortable to ask why despair and isolation and violent hatred is so prevalent in America. It requires a sick soul to drive a truck into a crowded sidewalk, to plan a bomb at a marathon, or to fly a plane into a building. It requires a sick soul to open fire in a movie theater or in a church or in a school. A speeding automobile in the hands of a madman is as deadly as is a jet airplane.&#8221;
&#8220;Tragedies like the events of this week are a mirror forcing us to ask hard questions, demanding that we see where our culture is failing, looking at broken families, absent fathers, declining church attendance, social media bullying, violent online content, desensitizing the act of murder in video games, chronic isolation, prescription drug, and opioid abuse and their collective effects on the psyche of young Americans is both complicated and multifaceted,&#8221; Cruz continued. &#8220;It’s a lot easier to moralize about guns and to shriek about those you disagree with politically, but it’s never been about guns.&#8221;
Cruz noted that for millions of Americans, the Second Amendment is not an abstract theory, they live in conditions that require them to protect themselves from evil. Cruz said that the Obama White House reported that firearms &#8220;are used defensively to stop a crime between 500,000 and one million times every single year.&#8221;
&#8220;Taking guns away from these responsible Americans will not make them safer, nor will it make our nation more secure,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;In an age where elites embrace defunding the police, when homelessness runs rampant, when gangs dominate entire communities, and when radical district attorneys refuse to prosecute violent crime in cities across America, rarely has the Second Amendment been more necessary to secure the rights of our fellow citizens.&#8221;
Cruz noted that there are plenty of major cities across the U.S. that have strict gun control laws and yet are still violent and among some of the most dangerous places in the U.S.
Cruz also cited a quote from John R. Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center, who wrote, &#8220;Out of the 101 countries where we have identified mass public shootings occurring, the United States ranked 66 in the per capita frequency of these attacks and 56th in the murder rate.&#8221;
Cruz noted that the Uvalde attacker passed a background check and that solutions offered by Democrats to address the problem would not have stopped the tragedy.
Cruz noted that Democrats filibustered legislation that he created in 2013 with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) that &#8220;was designed to take the guns out of the hands of felons and fugitives and those with serious mental illness.&#8221;
&#8220;Grassley-Cruz did three things,&#8221; Cruz explained. &#8220;First, it would mandate that the Department of Justice conduct an audit of federal agencies to make sure that all felony convictions have been reported to the database. Second, Grassley-Cruz would create a gun crime task force at the Department of Justice, specifically to prosecute felons or fugitives who tried to buy firearms illegally. In 2010, there were 48,000 felons and fugitives who tried to illegally buy guns. The Obama Department of Justice prosecuted only 44 of them. That is indefensible. Third, Grassley-Cruz would’ve authorized $300 million for school safety improvement grants to harden our schools. When Grassley-Cruz came to the Senate floor for a vote in 2013, 52 senators voted yes, including nine Democrats. It was the most bipartisan piece of comprehensive legislation before the Senate.&#8221;
&#8220;So, why didn’t Grassley-Cruz pass into law if a majority of the Senate voted for it? Because Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer and the Democrats filibustered it,&#8221; Cruz concluded on the matter. &#8220;If you want to talk about policy proposals that could have stopped at least some of these mass murders, Grassley-Cruz is a perfect example.&#8221;
In closing his speech, Cruz said, &#8220;We must not react to evil and tragedy by abandoning the Constitution or infringing on the rights of our law-abiding citizens.&#8221;
&#8220;Now is not the time to yield to panic or intimidation or fear,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now is not the time for lies. It is not the time for empty political gestures. Now is the time for unity. Now is the time for love. And now is the time for action to protect our rights, to stop those with evil in their hearts and to do everything humanly possible to protect our children and to protect our families.&#8221;
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National Rifle Association Holds Annual Meeting In Houston

Ted Cruz Gives Fiery Defense Of Second Amendment: We’re Not Responding To Tragedy By Giving Up Rights

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School Shooting

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Lee Greenwood, the conservative singer whose &#8220;God Bless the USA&#8221; has become an anthem for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republicans">Republicans</a>, became the latest performer to pull out of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-rifle-association-nra">National Rifle Association</a>&#8216;s weekend convention in Houston in the wake of the Texas school massacre.
Greenwood joined &#8220;American Pie&#8221; singer Don McLean, and country superstar Larry Gatlin in skipping the event, which has taken on heightened controversy as the shooting in an Uvalde school has reignited the debate about gun control.
&#8220;As a father, I join the rest of America in being absolutely heartbroken by the horrific event that transpired this week in Texas. I was scheduled to perform at NRA&#8217;s private event on Saturday with my band,&#8221; Greenwood said in a statement. &#8220;After careful consideration, we have decided to cancel the appearance out of respect for those mourning the loss of those innocent children and teachers in Uvalde.&#8221;
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An 18-year-old male, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy against giving mass shooters the notoriety they crave, killed at least 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Tuesday.
The horrific attack occurred just days before the NRA&#8217;s annual event, which the association&#8217;s <a href="https://www.nraam.org">website</a> promotes to “showcase over 14 acres of the latest guns and gear.” Former President Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are expected to attend.
Greenwood, McLean, and Gatlin were among the artists set to perform at the Memorial Day weekend convention. Danielle Peck was also scheduled to perform, but it was unclear if she intended to go through with her show.
The 76-year-old McLean pulled out earlier Thursday, saying the tragedy had cast a cloud over the event.
“In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week,” McLean said in a statement. “I’m sure all the folks planning to attend this event are shocked and sickened by these events as well. After all, we are all Americans.”
The NRA released a statement of its own in the wake of the tragedy.
&#8220;Our deepest sympathies are with the families and victims involved in this horrific and evil crime,&#8221; the NRA statement read. &#8220;On behalf of our members, we salute the courage of school officials, first responders and others who offered their support and services.
&#8220;Although an investigation is underway and facts are still emerging, we recognize this was the act of a lone, deranged criminal. As we gather in Houston, we will reflect on these events, pray for the victims, recognize our patriotic members, and pledge to redouble our commitment to making our schools secure.&#8221;

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Lee Greenwood, ‘God Bless the USA’ Singer, Latest To Pull Out Of NRA Weekend

Lee Greenwood, 'God Bless The USA' Singer, Latest To Pull Out Of NRA Weekend

Houston

Liberal singer and actress Bette Midler tweeted a statement claiming that abortion-giant Planned Parenthood was not &#8220;killing children&#8221; — and then claimed that the National Rifle Association (NRA) was.
&#8220;Planned Parenthood isn&#8217;t killing children,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;You&#8217;re thinking of the NRA.&#8221;
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A number of critics quickly pointed out the fact that while the NRA does support <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-announces-his-aim-is-to-defeat-civil-rights-group-that-defends-second-amendment/">legal and responsible</a> firearm ownership and provides training for those who do own firearms, the NRA neither provides nor sells firearms or ammunition.
Planned Parenthood, in contrast, <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/former-planned-parenthood-head-i-was-forced-out-for-not-promoting-abortion-aggressively-enough/">terminates the lives</a> of hundreds of thousands of unborn children each year.
Still, Midler has gone on the rampage since an <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/oops-scotus-draft-leak-may-drive-more-republicans-to-voting-booths-poll-says/">early draft opinion</a> was leaked last week, sparking a firestorm of outrage and protests. The draft, written by conservatives Justice Samuel Alito, indicated that the Supreme Court could be on the verge of overturning the landmark abortion rulings in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
&#8220;#SCOTUS has revealed itself to be just another political tool, as the three new unabashedly biased conservatives plus the old push the court to undermine women’s rights. Shameful. They will never recover from this; it’s right up there with #DredScott and #PlessyVFerguson,&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1521477404576919553">tweeted</a> last week.
&#8220;In his draft to abolish #RoeVWade, #JusticeAlito noted, as #JusticeAmyConeyBarrett did during the oral argument before the court, that safe haven laws allow women to drop off babies anonymously. There are 400,000 children in foster care. How can a failing system handle any more?&#8221; Midler added, appearing to suggest that terminating the lives of unborn children was somehow preferable to allowing the system to be further overburdened.
She also agreed with Congressman Eric Swalwell, who claimed in the wake of the leaked draft that Republicans did not care about women&#8217;s health because they were the &#8220;party of mass shooters.&#8221;
&#8220;You know who had a heartbeat? Every child murdered in their school because Republicans are the party of mass shooters. This isn’t about heartbeats. This is about criminalizing women,&#8221; Swalwell said of the heartbeat bills that have been passed in several Republican-led states, outlawing abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
&#8220;Truth told and re-told. Now it&#8217;s your turn. Re-tweet,&#8221; Midler responded.
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Truth told and re-told. Now it&#39;s your turn. Re-tweet. <a href="https://t.co/LD9cGrP5Sg">https://t.co/LD9cGrP5Sg</a>
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Blaming the NRA for gun crimes is also routine for Midler, who tweeted &#8220;Hey, hey #NRA! HOW MANY LIVES DID YOU TAKE TODAY??&#8221; back in 2019.

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Bette Midler Claims Planned Parenthood Isn’t Killing Children — Blames The NRA Instead

Bette Midler Claims Planned Parenthood Isn't Killing Children

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Bette Midler

Planned Parenthood

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is gearing up for a fight against President Joe Biden and Democrats&#8217; gun control agenda. The organization is taking a multi-pronged approach to opposing the gun control bills and nominations that are coming out of Washington.
The NRA plans to drop $2 million in efforts to oppose Biden&#8217;s nominee for Director of the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), David Chipman. The money is also part of a broader plan to oppose the president&#8217;s gun control agenda.
Chipman is a gun control <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/records-indicate-bidens-pick-for-atf-director-was-a-registered-gun-control-lobbyist">activist and lobbyist</a> who previously worked for Giffords and Everytown for Gun Safety. He <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-pick-for-atf-director-has-a-questionable-past-that-deserves-a-second-look">also worked</a> on the Branch Davidian trial, which was part of the ATF&#8217;s botched raid in Waco, Texas.
“Joe Biden’s nomination of Chipman, a radical gun control lobbyist, shows exactly how far his administration will go to restrict the rights of law-abiding gun owners,&#8221; NRA&#8217;s Director of Media Relations, Amy Hunter, told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Americans should not be forced to live in fear in a political climate in which government leaders are outrightly hostile to a fundamental and guaranteed freedom enshrined in our Bill of Rights.&#8221;
“The NRA is all-in on this fight. Our members are engaged, we are fighting and educating lawmakers on the Hill, and we are spreading our message across the airwaves,&#8221; Hunter explained. &#8220;We will fight Chipman’s nomination and the bad bills that now are in the Senate. And this is just the beginning. We will continue to respond to threats as they come, and we anticipate a very active spring and summer.”
The organization is focusing on states with moderate Democrats and Republicans who can likely be swayed on the gun control front, including West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D), Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R), Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D), and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey (R).
The gun-rights group also dropped $600,000 on digital advertisements in Maine, Arizona, Montana, West Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Each advertisement encourages voters to contact their senators to voice opposition to Biden&#8217;s anti-Second Amendment agenda.
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In Maine, West Virginia, and Montana, the NRA dropped $400,000 on a television ad buy. Each ad is targeted to the individual state and senators representing them. Residents are encouraged to contact their senators to voice opposition to Chipman&#8217;s nomination.
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An additional $500,000 was set aside for mailers urging residents to contact their senators. Those mailers are being deployed in Maine, Arizona, Montana, West Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, Utah, Alaska, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana.
The NRA is also reaching individual gun owners via targeted text messages, 16 in-person town halls, and multiple digital town halls. The first town hall, in West Virginia, included a visit from State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R).
The organization has also zeroed in on state and local initiatives that protect Americans&#8217; Second Amendment rights.
“While we face challenges on the federal level, our hard work at the state level has paid big dividends,&#8221; Hunter told The Daily Wire. &#8220;So far this year, NRA-backed constitutional carry bills passed in Utah, Montana, Iowa, and Tennessee. For the first time ever a constitutional carry bill has passed the Texas House.&#8221;
&#8220;We have worked to pass and/or strengthen ‘no duty to retreat’ laws in Arkansas and South Dakota,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;And, we’ve gone across the country state-by-state passing emergency powers bills that ensure firearms and ammunition retailers will not be closed during a state of emergency — most recently, that passed in Kansas.&#8221;
&#8220;The NRA is, as always, leading the charge to protect America&#8217;s right to self-defense at the federal, state and local level,&#8221; Hunter said.
Beth Baumann is a Political Reporter and Editor at The Daily Wire. Follow her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/eb454">@eb454</a>.

Preparations Ahead Of The National Rifle Association Foundation Annual Meeting

EXCLUSIVE: The NRA Reveals Their Multi-Pronged Approach To Opposing Biden’s Gun Control Agenda

Joe Biden

On Friday, the National Rifle Association announced it was leaving New York and filing petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, though the organization asserted that it is &#8220;financially solvent.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://www.nraforward.org/waynesletter">newsletter</a> released Friday, Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, stated:
<blockquote>We are DUMPING New York, and we are pursuing plans to reincorporate the NRA in Texas. To facilitate the strategic plan and restructuring, the NRA and one of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary chapter 11 petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. As you may know, chapter 11 proceedings are often utilized by businesses, nonprofits and organizations of all kinds to streamline legal and financial affairs. &#8230;
We are leaving the state of an attorney general who, just a few months ago, vowed to put us out of business through an abuse of legal and regulatory power. In fact, the gross overreach of the New York Attorney General and New York Governor has been resoundingly criticized by powerful national groups like the ACLU and a host of prominent legal scholars. …Under this plan, we seek protection from New York officials who illegally abused and weaponized the powers they wield against the NRA and its members.</blockquote>
After New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, announced last August she was filing a lawsuit to “dissolve the NRA,” David Cole, national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, denounced the move, writing in <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nra-has-a-right-to-exist-11598457143?mod=opinion_lead_pos7">The Wall Street Journal</a>:
<blockquote>You may have your own opinions about the NRA, but all Americans should be concerned about this sort of overreach. If the New York attorney general can do this to the NRA, why couldn’t the attorney general of a red state take similar action against the ACLU, the AFL-CIO, Common Cause, or Everytown for Gun Safety?
Our democracy is premised on the right of association. The First Amendment protects not only the right to speak, but also to band together with others to advance one’s views. Making or resisting change in a democracy requires collective action, and a healthy democracy therefore demands a robust “civil society.” The right to associate can’t survive if officials can shut down organizations with which they disagree. The Supreme Court has notably invoked that right to protect union members, Communist Party adherents, the Boy Scouts and the NAACP.</blockquote>
The New York attorney general issued a <a href="https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2020/attorney-general-james-files-lawsuit-dissolve-nra">press release</a> on Aug 6, 2020, announcing the lawsuit, which stated in part:
<blockquote>New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA), the largest and most influential pro-gun organization in the nation. Attorney General James charges the organization with illegal conduct because of their diversion of millions of dollars away from the charitable mission of the organization for personal use by senior leadership, awarding contracts to the financial gain of close associates and family, and appearing to dole out lucrative no-show contracts to former employees in order to buy their silence and continued loyalty.</blockquote>
The press release asserted that the lawsuit charged LaPierre, former Treasurer and CFO Wilson Phillips, former Chief of Staff Joshua Powell, and Corporate Secrtetary and General Counsel John Frazier with “failing to manage the NRA’s funds and failing to follow numerous state and federal laws, contributing to the loss of more than $64 million in just three years for the NRA.”
James stated, “The NRA’s influence has been so powerful that the organization went unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets. The NRA is fraught with fraud and abuse, which is why, today, we seek to dissolve the NRA, because no organization is above the law.”
The press release added: &#8220;The NRA is alleged to have fostered a culture of noncompliance and disregard for internal controls that led to the waste and loss of millions in assets and contributed to the NRA reaching its current deteriorated financial state.&#8221;
LaPierre fired back on Twitter: “This is an unconstitutional, premeditated attack aiming to dismantle and destroy the NRA – the fiercest defender of America’s freedom at the ballot box for decades. The NRA is well governed, financially solvent, and committed to good governance. We’re ready for the fight. Bring it on.&#8221;
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(2/2) The NRA is well governed, financially solvent, and committed to good governance. We’re ready for the fight. Bring it on.”
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‘We Are Dumping New York’: NRA Moving To Texas

ACLU

Letitia James

Texas

Democrat President-elect Joe Biden announced in a statement late last week that he aims to &#8220;defeat&#8221; the NRA, a civil rights organization dedicated to protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
Biden made the statement last week on the 10-year anniversary of a shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that killed six people and wounded Gabby Giffords, a former congresswoman.
&#8220;As President, I pledge to continue to work together with Congresswoman Giffords, and with survivors, families, and advocates across the country, to defeat the NRA and end the epidemic of gun violence in America,&#8221; Biden said in the statement.
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Defeat the NRA?? Oh boy &#8230; talk about escalating tensions. <a href="https://t.co/JCi2R4vvyO">https://t.co/JCi2R4vvyO</a>
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&#8220;On Friday, Biden pledged to DEFEAT THE NRA,&#8221; the National Rifle Association wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Biden wants to ban our semi-auto rifles, tax our guns/mags &amp; more. He knows the only thing standing in his way to DISMANTLE THE 2ND AMENDMENT is NRA. Gun owners must stay vigilant &amp; be engaged in elections and the legislative process.&#8221;
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On Friday, Biden pledged to DEFEAT THE NRA.
Biden wants to ban our semi-auto rifles, tax our guns/mags &amp; more. He knows the only thing standing in his way to DISMANTLE THE 2ND AMENDMENT is NRA.
Gun owners must stay vigilant &amp; be engaged in elections and the legislative process.
&mdash; NRA (@NRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1348411742729199617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Biden has openly called for banning semi-automatic firearms, high capacity magazines and has said that he wants to tax owners of semi-automatic firearms under the National Firearms Act for weapons that they already own. An NFA tax stamp costs $200 per item.
Biden&#8217;s remarks come after national tensions escalated last week following a violent riot that broke out at the Capitol as Congress was certifying the Electoral College results.
Biden also made remarks that were widely deemed racist and sexist following the incident when he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-priority-for-economic-business-relief-to-be-made-based-on-race-gender">announced</a> that &#8220;priority&#8221; for economic business relief would be made in part based on race and gender.
Adding to the headache that Biden faces is a report from Fox News on the woman that he has nominated to head the civil rights division at the Department of Justice. Fox News host Tucker Carlson highlighted previous remarks that Kristen Clarke has made that were widely panned online as racist. Carlson read off the following <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-nominee-to-lead-doj-civil-rights-division-wrote-in-letter-melanin-endows-blacks-with-greater-abilities">quotes</a> from Clarke:
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<li>“Please use the following theories and observations to assist you in your search for truth regarding the genetic differences between Blacks and whites.”</li>
<li>“One: Dr. Richard King reveals that at the core of the human brain is the ‘locus coeruleus,’ which is a structure that is Black, because it contains large amounts of neuro-melanin which is essential for its operation. Two: Black infants sit, stand, crawl and walk sooner than whites. Three: Carol Barnes notes that human mental processes are controlled by melanin–that same chemical which gives Blacks their superior physical and mental abilities. Four: Some scientists have revealed that most whites are unable to produce melanin because their pineal glands are often calcified or non-functioning. Pineal calcification rates with Africans are five to 15 percent, Asians 15 to 25 percent and Europeans 60 to 80 percent. This is the chemical basis for the cultural differences between Blacks and whites. Five: Melanin endows Blacks with greater mental, physical and spiritual abilities — something which cannot be measured based on Eurocentric standards.”</li>
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“Let that sink in. ‘Melanin endows black people with greater mental, physical and spiritual abilities,&#8217;” Carlson continued. “No, this isn’t an editorial from the Final Call, Louis Farrakhan’s free newspaper. It’s a direct quote from the person Joe Biden is about to put in charge of our country’s civil rights laws. Even at Harvard, crackpot theories like this were considered deranged and dangerous. After an outcry on campus, Kristen Clarke suggested that she didn’t ‘necessarily’ believe what she had written. The Harvard Crimson, a left-wing paper, did not buy that explanation. ‘Well does she or doesn’t she?’ wrote the editors. ‘So far, she has given us every indication that she does.&#8217;”
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Biden Announces His Aim Is To ‘Defeat’ Pro-Second Amendment NRA

Sixteen Republican state attorneys general are voicing support for the National Rifle Association (NRA) in its legal battle against New York Attorney General Letitia James, who seeks to dissolve the gun rights group.
The GOP attorneys general, led by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, filed an <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/ARAG/2020/12/22/file_attachments/1632765/NRA%20v.%20NYAG%20-%20State%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf">amicus brief</a> with U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York on Tuesday backing an NRA lawsuit against James alleging that the New York AG is seeking to crush the advocacy group’s First Amendment rights.
“New York’s lawsuit is a political stunt by a liberal attorney general who promised in her campaign to go after the NRA. It is designed to undermine our Second Amendment right,” Rutledge said in a <a href="https://arkansasag.gov/media-center/news-releases/rutledge-leads-multi-state-coalition-supporting-nra/">statement</a>. “Even if it makes me unpopular in places like New York, I stand committed to protecting the Constitution — particularly Arkansans’ right to bear arms. That is why I oppose the New York Attorney General’s political stunt and am proud to lead these 16 States in supporting the NRA’s lawsuit against New York.&#8221;
“I repeat my invitation to the NRA: The Natural State would happily welcome an organization that fights for the Second Amendment rights of Arkansans and all Americans,” she added. The attorneys general of Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia joined Rutledge against James’ &#8220;politically-motivated&#8221; suit against the NRA, according to the statement.
James responded to the brief on Tuesday, saying: “The NRA has been a breeding ground of fraud, abuse, and brazen illegality. Simply put, the rot runs deep, which is why our lawsuit to dissolve the organization will continue undeterred,” according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/sixteen-gop-attorneys-general-back-nra-in-federal-lawsuit-11608679410?mod=hp_listb_pos4">The Wall Street Journal</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-attorney-general-sues-to-dissolve-the-nra-citing-financial-irregularities">James sued the NRA</a> on Aug. 6, seeking to dissolve the gun advocacy group over alleged financial irregularities and self-dealing among the group’s executives.
“We are seeking to dissolve the NRA for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct that violate New York’s charities laws and undermine its own mission. The NRA diverted millions of dollars away from its charitable mission for personal use by senior leadership,” she stated. “Our lawsuit charges the NRA as a whole and four senior leaders, including Wayne LaPierre, with failing to manage the NRA’s funds and failing to follow numerous state and federal laws. These actions contributed to the loss of more than $64 million in just three years for the NRA.”
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bring-it-on-nra-counters-new-york-ags-lawsuit-with-one-of-its-own">NRA countered with its own lawsuit</a> filed days later, accusing James of attempting to trample the group’s right to free speech in order to score political points and fulfill a campaign promise.
“Despite hopes that playing by the rules would procure a just outcome, the NRA has not been treated fairly by James’s office,” the NRA lawsuit said. “The New York Democratic Party political machine seeks to harass, defund, and dismantle the NRA because of what it believes and what it says.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-in-battleground-state-apoplectic-over-nys-nra-lawsuit-equivalent-of-alabama-ag-suing-to-dissolve-planned-parenthood">Democrats In Battleground State Apoplectic Over NY’s NRA Lawsuit: ‘Equivalent Of Alabama AG Suing To Dissolve Planned Parenthood’</a>

16 Republican AGs Side With NRA Against New York’s ‘Politically-Motivated’ Lawsuit To Dissolve Gun Rights Group

Far-left New York Democrat Attorney General Letitia James’ attempts to destroy the National Rifle Association come as the NRA announced early on Thursday morning that it plans on spending &#8220;tens of millions&#8221; of dollars in battleground states in the run-up to the 2020 election.
Jason Ouimet, who runs the NRA&#8217;s lobbying arm and political action committee, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/exclusive-nra-plans-to-spend-tens-of-millions-in-battleground-states/">told</a> The Washington Free Beacon that the group is planning to spend heavily in swing states, including Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Wisconsin.
James filed a lawsuit on Thursday to dissolve the NRA claiming that the organization was self-dealing and was subsequently slammed by critics for allegedly abusing her power to target a political opponent.
&#8220;We&#8217;ll be in those places at every level,&#8221; Ouimet said. &#8220;You are literally going to be dealing with the potential confiscation of firearms. You&#8217;re literally going to be told you can&#8217;t carry in certain places. You can&#8217;t own certain things for self-defense. Folks need to understand that.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;ll spend tens of millions of dollars. Will it be $50 million? I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Ouimet continued. &#8220;We got shut down from doing any of that level of fundraising. Yeah, that has an impact on us just the same way it has an impact on everybody else. Does it mean that we&#8217;re not going to be effective? Does it mean that we&#8217;re not going to play? No.&#8221;
Ouimet said that Biden&#8217;s &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; agenda is &#8220;100 percent anti-gun&#8221; and that the NRA has &#8220;a massive grassroots army&#8221; to help win the fight on the ground because they are not funded by &#8220;any group of billionaires,&#8221; which is an apparent shot at some of the far-left gun control groups that are funded by billionaires like Democrat Michael Bloomberg.
The news comes as the NRA has been gaining over 1,000 new members per day since June, when violent riots began to rock Democrat-controlled cities and Democrats have pushed &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movements.
Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) Chairman Louisiana Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-attorneys-general-association-shreds-ny-ag-abusing-her-power-to-target-a-political-adversary">blasted</a> James&#8217; &#8220;manipulation of our legal system for political gain&#8221; in a statement on Thursday afternoon.
“Lawless liberals have hit a new low in their pursuit of defunding the police, discarding the Second Amendment, and deterring our ability to protect ourselves,” Landry wrote. “The New York Attorney General is shamefully abusing her power to target a political adversary, the same way a Saint Louis prosecutor did last month when she took guns away from citizens trying to protect themselves. This action is no different than what Democrats did during the shameful impeachment of President Trump: an attempt to use the levers of government to go after political opponents.”
“From their endorsement of the ‘defund the police’ movement to cancelling our Founding Fathers, and now cancelling our founding principles, there has been a troubling pattern from the Democrat attorneys general in recent months,” Landry continued. “We must stop the madness. Fortunately, the American people can read the tea leaves of this lawsuit – it is a partisan hit job aimed at empowering the mob and endangering law abiding citizens, who respect the Second Amendment.”

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On Thursday, after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she was filing a lawsuit to dissolve the NRA, President Trump fired back from the White House lawn, “That’s a very terrible thing that just happened. I think the NRA should move to Texas and lead a very good and beautiful life.”
“I&#8217;ve told them that for a long time. I think they should move to Texas &#8230; or to another state of their choosing, but I would say that Texas would be a great place and an appropriate place for the NRA. This has been going on for a long time. They&#8217;ve been absolutely decimated by the cost of that lawsuit, and it&#8217;s very sad, but I would suggest that that’s what they should be doing,” Trump added, as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8601587/Donald-Trump-urges-NRA-Texas-NY-AG-Letitia-James-seeks-dissolve-it.html">the Daily Mail</a> reported.
Trump also reacted on Twitter, writing, “Just like Radical Left New York is trying to destroy the NRA, if Biden becomes President your GREAT SECOND AMENDMENT doesn’t have a chance. Your guns will be taken away, immediately and without notice. No police, no guns!”
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Just like Radical Left New York is trying to destroy the NRA, if Biden becomes President your GREAT SECOND AMENDMENT doesn’t have a chance. Your guns will be taken away, immediately and without notice. No police, no guns!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1291435765575176192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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James <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-attorney-general-sues-to-dissolve-the-nra-citing-financial-irregularities">stated of her lawsuit</a>:
<blockquote>We are seeking to dissolve the NRA for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct that violate New York’s charities laws and undermine its own mission. The NRA diverted millions of dollars away from its charitable mission for personal use by senior leadership,” she wrote. “Our lawsuit charges the NRA as a whole and four senior leaders, including Wayne LaPierre, with failing to manage the NRA’s funds and failing to follow numerous state and federal laws. These actions contributed to the loss of more than $64 million in just three years for the NRA.</blockquote>
The NRA fired back at James with a lawsuit of their own, suing her and accusing her of defamation and violating the organization’s First Amendment rights.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bring-it-on-nra-counters-new-york-ags-lawsuit-with-one-of-its-own">The Daily Wire</a> noted:
<blockquote>The NRA’s 19-page civil lawsuit, filed in the federal court of New York, was in response to a lawsuit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-attorney-general-sues-to-dissolve-the-nra-citing-financial-irregularities">announced</a> by state Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-attorney-general-orders-black-lives-matter-foundation-to-stop-soliciting-donations-its-not-what-you-think">Letitia James</a> on Thursday morning seeking to “dissolve” the gun rights group over alleged financial “fraud and abuse.” The NRA countersuit alleges that James “made the political prosecution of the NRA a central campaign theme” during her 2018 run, and has continued to denounce the group as a “criminal enterprise” and “a terrorist organization” since, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nra-lawsuit-ny-attorney-general-lawsuit">Fox News</a>.</blockquote>
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre responded to James’ lawsuit with a fiery statement, saying:
<blockquote>The NYAG’s actions are an affront to democracy and freedom. This is an unconstitutional, premeditated attack aiming to dismantle and destroy the NRA – the fiercest defender of America’s freedom at the ballot box for decades. The NRA is well governed, financially solvent, and committed to good governance. We’re ready for the fight. Bring it on.</blockquote>
The Republican Attorneys General Association also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-attorneys-general-association-shreds-ny-ag-abusing-her-power-to-target-a-political-adversary">ripped James</a>; Republican Attorneys General Association Chairman Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry released this statement:
<blockquote>Lawless liberals have hit a new low in their pursuit of defunding the police, discarding the Second Amendment, and deterring our ability to protect ourselves. The New York Attorney General is shamefully abusing her power to target a political adversary, the same way a Saint Louis prosecutor did last month when she took guns away from citizens trying to protect themselves. This action is no different than what Democrats did during the shameful impeachment of President Trump: an attempt to use the levers of government to go after political opponents.</blockquote>
“From their endorsement of the ‘defund the police’ movement to cancelling our Founding Fathers, and now cancelling our founding principles, there has been a troubling pattern from the Democrat attorneys general in recent months,” Landry continued. “We must stop the madness. Fortunately, the American people can read the tea leaves of this lawsuit – it is a partisan hit job aimed at empowering the mob and endangering law abiding citizens, who respect the Second Amendment.”
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The Republican Attorneys General Association slammed far-left New York Attorney General Letitia James in a statement on Thursday after James announced that she was going to try to destroy the NRA, saying that she was abusing her power by using &#8220;the levers of government to go after political opponents.&#8221;
Republican Attorneys General Association Chairman Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry released a statement in response to James&#8217;s &#8220;manipulation of our legal system for political gain.&#8221;
“Lawless liberals have hit a new low in their pursuit of defunding the police, discarding the Second Amendment, and deterring our ability to protect ourselves,&#8221; Landry wrote. &#8220;The New York Attorney General is shamefully abusing her power to target a political adversary, the same way a Saint Louis prosecutor did last month when she took guns away from citizens trying to protect themselves. This action is no different than what Democrats did during the shameful impeachment of President Trump: an attempt to use the levers of government to go after political opponents.&#8221;
&#8220;From their endorsement of the &#8216;defund the police&#8217; movement to cancelling our Founding Fathers, and now cancelling our founding principles, there has been a troubling pattern from the Democrat attorneys general in recent months,&#8221; Landry continued. &#8220;We must stop the madness. Fortunately, the American people can read the tea leaves of this lawsuit – it is a partisan hit job aimed at empowering the mob and endangering law abiding citizens, who respect the Second Amendment.&#8221;
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&quot;We must stop the madness. Fortunately, the American people can read the tea leaves of this lawsuit – it is a partisan hit job aimed at empowering the mob and endangering law abiding citizens, who respect the Second Amendment.” –<a href="https://twitter.com/RepublicanAGs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepublicanAGs</a> Chairman Louisiana AG Jeff Landry <a href="https://t.co/rctP5seCra">pic.twitter.com/rctP5seCra</a>
&mdash; NRA (@NRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1291527116341772293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The NRA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bring-it-on-nra-counters-new-york-ags-lawsuit-with-one-of-its-own">responded</a> to James&#8217; lawsuit with a 19-page civil lawsuit, noting that James “made the political prosecution of the NRA a central campaign theme” during her run for office.
&#8220;The NYAG’s actions are an affront to democracy and freedom. This is an unconstitutional, premeditated attack aiming to dismantle and destroy the NRA – the fiercest defender of America’s freedom at the ballot box for decades,&#8221; NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said in a statement. “The NRA is well governed, financially solvent, and committed to good governance. We’re ready for the fight. Bring it on.”
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(2/2) The NRA is well governed, financially solvent, and committed to good governance. We’re ready for the fight. Bring it on.”
&mdash; NRA (@NRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1291468835317518356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Republican Attorneys General Association Shreds NY AG: ‘Abusing Her Power To Target A Political Adversary’

Democratic officials in Pennsylvania are worried what impact a lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general against the National Rifle Association (NRA) might have on the 2020 presidential race.
Politico reporter Holly Otterbein said on Thursday after the suit was filed that several Democrats in Pennsylvania, a battleground state President Trump flipped red in 2016, are “panicked” the lawsuit may be interpreted as a Democratic attack on gun rights and the Second Amendment.
“Some Pennsylvania Democratic elected officials are panicked about the NRA lawsuit&#8217;s effect on the presidential race. One told me it was an ‘October surprise’: ‘This is the equivalent of Alabama AG suing to dissolve Planned Parenthood for the left,’” Otterbein tweeted.
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Some Pennsylvania Democratic elected officials are panicked about the NRA lawsuit&#39;s effect on the presidential race. One told me it was an &quot;October surprise&quot;: &quot;This is the equivalent of Alabama AG suing to dissolve Planned Parenthood for the left.&quot;
&mdash; Holly Otterbein (@hollyotterbein) <a href="https://twitter.com/hollyotterbein/status/1291425273100066818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is currently leading Trump by 4.7 points in Pennsylvania, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/pa/pennsylvania_trump_vs_biden-6861.html">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average. Trump won the state in 2016 after it had gone for the Democratic candidate in six straight presidential elections.
New York Attorney General Letitia James <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-attorney-general-sues-to-dissolve-the-nra-citing-financial-irregularities">announced</a> her lawsuit against the NRA on Thursday morning, aiming to “dissolve” the organization for alleged financial “fraud and abuse” allegedly committed by several current and former NRA executives.
“We are seeking to dissolve the NRA for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct that violate New York’s charities laws and undermine its own mission. The NRA diverted millions of dollars away from its charitable mission for personal use by senior leadership,” James wrote in the lawsuit. “Our lawsuit charges the NRA as a whole and four senior leaders, including Wayne LaPierre, with failing to manage the NRA’s funds and failing to follow numerous state and federal laws. These actions contributed to the loss of more than $64 million in just three years for the NRA.”
The NRA denied the allegations: “The NRA has full confidence in its accounting practices and commitment to good governance. The association’s financials are audited and its tax filings are verified by one of the most reputable firms in the world. Internally, the association has an appropriate conflict of interest policy, which provides that all potential conflicts are reviewed and scrutinized by the audit committee.”
The association’s CEO, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nras-wayne-lapierre-rips-media-democrats-putting-joseph-curl">Wayne LaPierre</a>, who is named in James’ lawsuit, responded in a separate <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1291468835317518356">statement</a> on the NRA’s Twitter account. LaPierre said, “The NRA is well governed, financially solvent, and committed to good governance. We’re ready for the fight. Bring it on.”
The NRA filed its own <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bring-it-on-nra-counters-new-york-ags-lawsuit-with-one-of-its-own">counter-suit</a> against the New York attorney general’s office, charging that James has unfairly targeted the gun rights organization since her 2018 campaign for office. The suit alleges that James has consistently defamed the NRA and violated its First Amendment rights.
“James boasted that she would strike foul blows against the NRA and pound the NRA into submission. She vowed that she would use the NYAG’s investigative and enforcement powers for the precise purpose of stanching political speech (‘deadly propaganda),” the NRA’s lawsuit says. “She has begun to deliver on her campaign promises to retaliate against the NRA for constitutionally protected speech on issues that James opposes. As NYAG, James has regrettably succumbed to ‘individual passions, and individual malevolence.’”

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