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!
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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>
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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.”
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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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The National Rifle Association (NRA) sued the New York attorney general’s office on Thursday, accusing the state AG of defamation and violating the organization’s First Amendment rights.
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>.
“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 says. “The New York Democratic Party political machine seeks to harass, defund, and dismantle the NRA because of what it believes and what it says.”
“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&#8217;),” the lawsuit continues. “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.’”
NRA 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 statement put out on the NRA’s Twitter account.
“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,” LaPierre said. “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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James’ lawsuit against the NRA claims that LaPierre and three other executives illegally used funds from the organization to pay for lavish travel and activities unconnected with the organization’s mission to advocate for the Second Amendment and gun rights.
“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. “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 issued a statement denying the allegations made in James’ lawsuit.
“The NRA has full confidence in its accounting practices and commitment to good governance,” the NRA said. “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.”
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‘Bring It On’: NRA Counters New York AG’s Lawsuit With One Of Its Own

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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that the state is suing the National Rifle Association (NRA) and several of its high-profile leaders, and looking to &#8220;dissolve&#8221; the organization over alleged financial irregularities.
The NY AG announced early Thursday that her office was planning a major announcement that would have a national impact. Although many anticipated an investigation or charges against President Donald Trump or members of his family, the NY AG said she was suing to &#8220;dissolve&#8221; the NRA over &#8220;fraud and abuse,&#8221; citing recent reports and an internal investigation she claims show fiscal mismanagement.
&#8220;I filed a lawsuit to dissolve the National Rifle Association for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct. The <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/NRA" data-focusable="true">@NRA </a>is fraught with fraud and abuse. No organization is above the law,&#8221; James wrote on Twitter.
The lawsuit, James claims, is a consumer interest move designed to protect NRA members and donors.
&#8220;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,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;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.&#8221;
James claims that LaPierre and others used donations meant to go toward preserving the Second Amendment on private travel and meals, and alleges that LaPierre and at least three others breached their fiduciary duty to organization members, diverting &#8220;tens of millions of dollars&#8221; from the organization&#8217;s mission.
John Frazier, Woody Phillips, and Joshua Powell, three other NRA executives, are mentioned by name in the suit, which accuses the four of using &#8220;millions upon millions from NRA reserves for personal use, including trips for them and their families to the Bahamas, private jets, expensive meals, and other private travel.”
In a separate press release, the New York Attorney General&#8217;s office accused the NRA of &#8220;illegal conduct,&#8221; including &#8220;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.”
James is taking an extreme approach to suggested remedies, demanding that the NRA, which is chartered in New York, be dissolved.
&#8220;The NRA has full confidence in its accounting practices and commitment to good governance,&#8221; the NRA said in a statement responding to the lawsuit, which has yet to be filed. &#8220;The association&#8217;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.&#8221;
The NY AG has been investigating the NRA for more than a year, according to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ny-attorney-general-lawsuit-seeks-dissolve-national-rifle/story?id=72202933">ABC News</a> – an investigation they claim gives rise to Thursday&#8217;s lawsuit. But the NRA itself has been experiencing internal turmoil for some time. Back in April, the organization sued longtime ad agency, Ackerman McQueen, exposing ongoing internal battles over leadership and direction. In May, a trove of leaked documents surfaced online, purportedly showing a conflict between LaPierre, then-NRA President retired Lt. Col. Oliver North, and several other board members over allegations of &#8220;secretive&#8221; dealings, per ABC.
Supporters of the NRA questioned the NY AG&#8217;s timing, given that the organization typically pours millions into Republican campaigns, and President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2020 re-election campaign would likely see large donations from the gun rights organization.
The lawsuit is expected to be filed Thursday.
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New York Attorney General Sues To Dissolve The NRA Citing Financial Irregularities

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On Saturday, the National Rifle Association, possibly in response to the rioting and looting across the nation during the summer, issued a tweet describing the AR-15 as &#8220;the modern day musket.&#8221;
&#8220;The AR-15 is the modern day musket. An everyday gun for everyday citizens,&#8221; the tweet reads.
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The tweet elicited support from gun rights advocates who felt that the necessity of protecting one’s home or business required arms strong enough to fend off possible attacks, while it engendered an incendiary response from gun control advocates, who lambasted the NRA and cited school shootings that were committed with the AR-15.
One prominent gun control activist, David Hogg, who was a student present at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, when a shooter killed 17 people and injured 17 others in February 2018, mocked the tweet.
&#8220;6 minutes 20 seconds Is all it took for the shooter at my high school to fire over 100 rounds from his AR-15 to shoot 34 people,&#8221; wrote Hogg. &#8220;In that same amount of time even the most trained person would have only been able to fire 18 rounds with a musket. Modern day musket my ass.&#8221;
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6 minutes 20 seconds Is all it took for the shooter at my high school to fire over 100 rounds from his AR-15 to shoot 34 people.
In that same amount of time even the most trained person would have only been able to fire 18 rounds with a musket. 
Modern day musket my ass <a href="https://t.co/ED2Tyxxdrc">https://t.co/ED2Tyxxdrc</a>
&mdash; David Hogg (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1282388067714818049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hogg’s tweet appears to have incensed Juanita Broaddrick, who noted Hogg had made no public comment about a recent report regarding AR-15s.
&#8220;Where was your outrage when the leader of Chaz was handing out AR-15’s like candy?&#8221; she wrote.
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Where was your outrage when the leader of Chaz was handing out AR-15’s like candy? <a href="https://t.co/hwKoE3cT0y">https://t.co/hwKoE3cT0y</a>
&mdash; Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) <a href="https://twitter.com/atensnut/status/1282471587992735744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Video shows Raz Simone handing out a long rifle to another person inside the Seattle BLM “Autonomous Zone.” Guns, weapons and drugs are ubiquitous in and around the “no cop” zone. <a href="https://t.co/u9ZsS1YlZP">pic.twitter.com/u9ZsS1YlZP</a>
&mdash; Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1272640687511494658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Independent reporter Any Ngo’s report of Simone&#8217;s actions was confirmed by <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/raz-simone-guns/">Snopes</a>.
<a href="https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/warlord-of-seattles-lawless-zone-hands-out-guns-from-his-tesla/news-story/7b749d67f83231efa16946233d8a116b">News.com.au</a> reported of the reputed leader in Seattle’s Capital Hill Autonomous Zone, Raz Simone:
<blockquote>… footage from the rapper’s live stream, which has been viewed almost 500,000 times on social media, shows Mr Simone handing out guns to strangers from the boot of his Tesla. The footage from June 10 – two days after the CHOP was established – shows him walking down the street holding one of the guns and two young masked men also holding the weapons. “We’re just being ready,” he says to the camera in the footage. “We’re not doing anything illegal.”</blockquote>
Initiative 594, passed in Washington state in 2014, <a href="https://sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/initiatives/finaltext_483.pdf">states</a>:
<blockquote>No person shall sell or transfer a firearm unless: 
(a) The person is a licensed dealer; 
(b) The purchaser or transferee is a licensed dealer; or 
(c) The requirements of subsection (3) of this section are met. (3) Where neither party to a prospective firearms transaction is a licensed dealer, the parties to the transaction shall complete the sale or transfer through a licensed dealer as follows:
(a) The seller or transferor shall deliver the firearm to a licensed dealer to process the sale or transfer as if it is selling or transferring the firearm from its inventory to the purchaser or transferee, except that the unlicensed seller or transferor may remove the firearm from the business premises of the licensed dealer while the background check is being conducted. If the seller or transferor removes the firearm from the business premises of the licensed dealer while the background check is being conducted, the purchaser or transferee and the seller or transferor shall return to the business premises of the licensed dealer and the seller or transferor shall again deliver the firearm to the licensed dealer prior to completing the sale or transfer.</blockquote>
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NRA: AR-15 ‘Modern Day Musket.’ David Hogg: ‘Musket My A**.’ Juanita Broaddrick Fires Off Question For Hogg.

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Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is reportedly about to splash out tens of millions of dollars on a dedicated campaign to push Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) out of the running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
The &#8220;onslaught&#8221; <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/24/mike-bloomberg-prepares-media-blitz-against-bernie-sanders.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&amp;par=sharebar">as CNBC is calling it</a>, will include &#8220;digital ads,&#8221; &#8220;op-eds,&#8221; and &#8220;surrogate TV appearances,&#8221; as well as a robust opposition research effort &#8212; something that Sanders has never been subjected to before.
&#8220;Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign plans to unleash its cash-flush media operation against Bernie Sanders in the wake of the Vermont senator’s resounding victory in the Nevada caucuses,&#8221; the business-focused outlet reported on Monday. &#8220;Senior aides to Bloomberg’s campaign have been discussing how they are going to use some of their resources against Sanders, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter who declined to be named because these decisions were made in private.&#8221;
Cost is no object for Bloomberg, who has already pledged $500 million of his own money to his presidential campaign &#8212; a campaign that is now a crusade to dethrone Sanders, deny him the majority of available delegates ahead of the Democratic National Convention, robbing Sanders of winning the nomination outright and, likely, sending the nomination process to a second vote. The effort is expensive for Bloomberg, but barely cuts into his estimated $60 billion net worth.
Bloomberg, though, has yet to appear on a single primary ballot &#8212; and won&#8217;t appear on one until at least March 3, Super Tuesday. Nationally, he&#8217;s polling behind Sanders, 22% to 15%, but ahead of former Vice President Joe Biden, who was once thought of as the presumptive nominee.
The effor launched Monday with an ad targeting likely voters in South Carolina with information about Sanders&#8217; ties to the National Rifle Association, an issue Sanders probably did not expect to resurface so soon, but one well within Bloomberg&#8217;s wheelhouse.
&#8220;The ad, posted to Bloomberg&#8217;s Twitter account, argues that Sanders was elected to Congress with the help of the NRA and has multiple times taken pro-gun stances in Congress,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloomberg-launches-broadside-against-sanders-on-gun-control">Fox News said Monday</a>. &#8220;The ad cites a 1990 letter by NRA chief Wayne LaPierre telling Vermont NRA members that Sanders is a better choice for Vermont than former Republican Rep. Peter Smith, who backed an assault-weapons ban.&#8221;
The ad accuses Sanders of taking money from gun-crazy millionaires and billionaires: &#8220;With that letter, and thousands of dollars in advertising, the NRA helped elect Bernie Sanders to Congress. Sanders voted with the NRA and opposed federal background checks by trying to block the Brady Bill 5 times.&#8221;
Fox News reports that &#8220;[c]ontrary to Bloomberg&#8217;s narrative, however, Sanders in 2012 received a D-minus rating from the NRA, according to records archived by Bloomberg&#8217;s own Everytown group. Sanders has also been a harsh critic of the NRA and the gun lobby in recent years,&#8221; neutralizing Bloomberg&#8217;s point somewhat.
Sanders won in Nevada, per CNBC, on the backs of an anti-billionaire message, targeting Bloomberg directly. But Democrats are begging Bloomberg to get further involved in the nomination process, fearing Sanders will run away with the nomination without a serious challenge, and hoping that the anti-billionaire message will be neutralized, nationally, by Bloomberg&#8217;s perceived status as a &#8220;moderate&#8221; (and that there is plenty of opposition research available against Sanders).

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Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is reportedly about to splash out tens of millions of dollars on a dedicated campaign to push Sen. Bernie

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Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested on Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the National Rifle Association (NRA) were responsible for attempted assassinations on two police officers in New York City over the weekend.
&#8220;Twice in 12 hours, a single gunman terrorized the New York Police Department, firing upon and wounding uniformed officers stationed in the Bronx in separate attacks that officials have condemned as assassination attempts,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/09/bronx-nypd-police-shootings/">reported</a>. &#8220;One officer was shot in the neck and chin Saturday night when the suspected gunman fired several rounds into a marked police van and then fled, authorities said. At 7 a.m. Sunday morning, police say, the same man walked into the Bronx precinct headquarters and opened fire again, striking a lieutenant in the arm and surrendering after his 9mm handgun ran out of bullets.&#8221;
Columnist David Webb called out Ocasio-Cortez for not responding to the attacks, writing, &#8220;I checked both @AOC and ⁦ @RepAOC and so far no comment about the #NYPD officers shot in her district.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez responded by writing, &#8220;This is not my district, but our thoughts are with all officers &amp; people impacted by this shooting &amp; the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Perhaps you would get less mixed up if McConnell stood up to the NRA &amp; passed common-sense gun safety measures to reduce shootings.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s suggestion that the alleged attempted targeted assassinations could have been stopped by restricting Americans’ Second Amendment rights with legislation is laughably false because the alleged attacker had a history of violent crime and thus would have been banned from owning or possessing a firearm, meaning no law would have stopped him.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said on Sunday at a news conference that the man had a “lengthy violent criminal history,” including serving over a decade in prison for attempted murder.
Former NFL player and current Republican congressional candidate Burgess Owens slammed Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s response, writing, &#8220;Maybe this isn&#8217;t the perfect timing to remind us how clueless you are when it comes to gun laws. Maybe you&#8217;re not aware of how strict NY gun laws are, or maybe you&#8217;re just trying your best to capitalize on a tragedy and use it for talking points. Disgusting.&#8221;
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Maybe this isn&#39;t the perfect timing to remind us how clueless you are when it comes to gun laws. Maybe you&#39;re not aware of how strict NY gun laws are, or maybe you&#39;re just trying your best to capitalize on a tragedy and use it for talking points. Disgusting.
&mdash; Burgess Owens (@BurgessOwens) <a href="https://twitter.com/BurgessOwens/status/1226622921965064192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Republican congressional candidate Catalina Lauf took a shot at Ocasio-Cortez, saying that her tweet was &#8220;a veiled radical gun control propaganda message.&#8221;
&#8220;Absolutely sick,&#8221; Lauf continued. &#8220;This was a planned attempt to harm them – not an example of &#8216;gun violence.&#8217; It is the person and their hateful bavior NOT the weapon.&#8221;
In the first part of her tweet, Lauf had mistakenly thought that Ocasio-Cortez deleted her tweet.
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And no surprise <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> now deleted tweet offering sympathy to the NYC officers was a veiled radical gun control propaganda message. Absolutely sick. This was a planned attempt to harm them — not an example of “gun violence.” It is the person and their hateful bavior NOT the weapon.
&mdash; Catalina Lauf IL-14 Congressional Candidate (@CatalinaLauf) <a href="https://twitter.com/CatalinaLauf/status/1226634100410388482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested on Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the National Rifle Association (NRA)

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The National Rifle Association (NRA) fired back at Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg on Sunday after Bloomberg aired a wildly misleading ad during the Super Bowl attacking the Second Amendment.
The NRA&#8217;s ad came in response to a misleading $10 million ad that Bloomberg ran during the Super Bowl that made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-mike-bloombergs-anti-gun-super-bowl-ad-makes-wildly-misleading-claims-on-child-gun-deaths">wildly falsely claims</a> about the number of children killed by firearms every year.
The digital advertisement features the following quotes:
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<li>A man named Rehn: “Mike Bloomberg suggests that disarming minority males like myself will keep us alive. But I have news for you: Mike Bloomberg is a white billionaire who has no place in telling me how I can defend myself or my loved one. And Mike, as an African American male that you want to disarm, I promise you will never take away my Second Amendment. I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg.&#8221;</li>
<li>A woman named Ashley: &#8220;As the mother of a three-year-old little boy, my family means everything to me. As a woman, I believe that the best way to protect my family is with a firearm. And Michael Bloomberg will never take that right away from me. I&#8217;m the gun lobby and I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg. Mike, come and take it.&#8221;</li>
<li>A woman named Mikaela: &#8220;It&#8217;s very important to me to keep my home secure and that is why there is a gun on the left side of my bed and the right side. Mr. Bloomberg, your home is protected by armed guards at all times. Why can&#8217;t I exercise my Second Amendment rights to protect mine? I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg.&#8221;</li>
<li>A woman named Olivia: &#8220;As a woman, it&#8217;s important that I&#8217;m able to defend myself. As a mother, I would like to pass that on to my daughter so that she knows she never has to be defenseless. Mike Bloomberg, think about the women in your life, are you okay with the fact that your policies could leave them defenseless? Michael Bloomberg will never take that right away my right to defend myself. I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg.&#8221;</li>
<li>A man named Deon: &#8220;I&#8217;m a proud father and if anyone messes with my daughter, they gonna learn today. Mike thinks it&#8217;s stupid for us to own guns in our own home. Mike, what part of shall not be infringed don&#8217;t you understand? Michael Bloomberg will never take away my right to defend my family. I am not afraid of Michael Bloomberg.&#8221;</li>
<li>A man named Joe: &#8220;As a former SWAT officer, I have been in many scary situations before. But Mike Bloomberg, I&#8217;m not afraid.&#8221;</li>
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NRA members don&#39;t like hypocritical NYC billionaires. You want to know how real Americans feel, Bloomberg? Watch this!
Your $10M <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperBowl</a> ad won&#39;t beat the American spirit. You want to take our guns, go ahead and try. We will fight for our freedom. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowlLIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperBowlLIV</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GAOS2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GAOS2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/Bq8bNUqpCn">pic.twitter.com/Bq8bNUqpCn</a>
&mdash; NRA (@NRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1224143195073929217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Fox News&#8217; Gregg Re <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloomberg-10-million-dollar-super-bowl-ad-gun-violence">reported</a> on Saturday that Bloomberg&#8217;s Super Bowl ad was wildly inaccurate:
<blockquote>However, a recent report from the Bloomberg-founded group Everytown for Gun Safety came up with that same number – but only when it included teenagers ages 18 and 19 in the calculation. Bloomberg’s advertisement makes no mention of older teenagers and suggests that the statistic is referring to younger children only. Washington Free Beacon reporter Stephen Gutowski <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenGutowski/status/1223662192848973824" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">found</a> that once adults were removed from the calculation, the number dropped by nearly half.
Additionally, court documents from a Texas state appellate court reviewed by Fox News show that the victim referenced in the advertisement, George Kemp, was 20 years old at the time of his death.</blockquote>
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When you look at the same data but remove the adults you get 1,499 gun deaths per year among children between 2013 and 2017. That&#39;s about 51% of the number shown in Bloomberg&#39;s Super Bowl ad. <a href="https://t.co/P6xyHp1QVt">https://t.co/P6xyHp1QVt</a>
&mdash; Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenGutowski/status/1223662192848973824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Reason Magazine <a href="https://reason.com/2020/02/02/michael-bloombergs-claim-about-children-killed-by-gun-violence-is-off-by-73/">reported</a>: &#8220;According to to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FactCheck.org notes, the average number of firearm-related deaths involving Americans 17 or younger from 2013 through 2017 (the period used by Everytown for Gun Safety) was about 1,500, roughly half the number cited by Bloomberg. Furthermore, nearly two-fifths of those deaths were suicides, meaning the number of minors killed each year by &#8216;gun violence,&#8217; as that term is usually understood, is about 73 percent smaller than the figure cited in Bloomberg&#8217;s ad.&#8221;
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WATCH: NRA Torches Bloomberg After He Runs Misleading Super Bowl Ad

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The National Rifle Association (NRA) fired back at Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg on Sunday after Bloomberg aired a wildly misleading ad

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Thousands of law-abiding gun owners are expected to descend on Richmond, Virginia, on Monday to begin pushing back on far-left Democrats&#8217; attempts to ram through an extreme anti-Second Amendment agenda that seeks to ban numerous firearms and other lawfully owned firearm accessories.
The gun owners are attending the National Rifle Association’s legislative action day at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond because that is when the first hearings on the issue start in the Virginia State Senate.
The NRA announced on Sunday that Magpul sent the NRA &#8220;1,000 30 Round PMAGs to hand out tomorrow in Richmond to NRA members who show up to fight Northam’s extreme gun ban!&#8221;
The NRA added, &#8220;We’ll see everyone TOMORROW at the General Assembly Building in Senate Sub-Committee Room #1 on the 5th Floor at 8am!&#8221;
Following his scandal involving a blackface and KKK photo that he was featured in, Virginia Democrat Governor Ralph Northam has aggressively pushed for radical gun control policies in the state, including confiscating legally-owned firearms from law-abiding citizens.
&#8220;I ask all Virginians to refrain from promoting fear and intimidation,&#8221; Northam said in response to the backlash that has swelled across the state to his anti-freedom agenda.
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EMERGENCY AIRLIFT: <a href="https://twitter.com/Magpul_HQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Magpul_HQ</a> sent us 1,000 30 Round PMAGs to hand out tomorrow in Richmond to NRA members who show up to fight Northam’s extreme gun ban!
We’ll see everyone TOMORROW at the General Assembly Building in Senate Sub-Committee Room #1 on the 5th Floor at 8am! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/valeg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#valeg</a> <a href="https://t.co/wovch0bTuU">pic.twitter.com/wovch0bTuU</a>
&mdash; NRA (@NRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1216550061221588992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The grassroots resistance to Virginia Democrats’ extreme anti-Second Amendment agenda has exploded as nearly 90% of the counties in the state have declared themselves to be sanctuary cities in response to the Democrats’ anti-freedom agenda,&#8221; The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/resistance-to-virginia-democrats-extreme-anti-second-amendment-agenda-surges-to-new-heights">reported</a> in November. &#8220;More than 100 cities, towns, and counties have passed resolutions in preparation for Democrats taking over the state who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-democrats-filing-proposals-to-begin-confiscation-of-lawfully-owned-firearms-second-amendment-reporter-says">indicated</a> a desire to confiscate semi-automatic firearms from law-abiding citizens.&#8221;
The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-control-group-attracts-far-fewer-richmond-2a-sanctuary-movement/">reported</a> last week that the far-left group Moms Demand Action, a subsidiary of Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s Everytown for Gun Safety, drew 200 activists to a recent event which was &#8220;dwarfed by the tens of thousands who have attended Second Amendment sanctuary meetings all over the state.&#8221;
&#8220;We believe it’s best when lawmakers talk directly to voters. We know that NRA members are active and engaged in grassroots activism. The more people out there and sharing the message, that’s a win,&#8221; Catherine Mortensen, NRA spokesperson, told The Daily Wire in statement. &#8220;The 13th is the first meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee. That’s the first committee of jurisdiction on all the Northam gun control. We want to make sure that our members and supporters are in Richmond at that committee hearing on that day so that their voices are heard. It’s critical that our members are there early in the session to make the biggest impact in order to stop these gun bills from moving forward.&#8221;
The Virginia Democrats&#8217; attempt to confiscate legally-owned firearms from law abiding citizens is a move that &#8220;resembles what communist China has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/communist-china-private-ownership-of-guns-in-u-s-serious-problem-must-change">called on the U.S. to do</a> in recent days,&#8221; as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uprising-hundreds-of-first-time-pro-gun-activists-flood-nra-town-hall-in-virginia">pointed out</a> last month. The Chinese government is guilty of numerous civil rights abuses, including having locked up <a href="https://apnews.com/62097e9dd2844aab8d64a2be2ebaa972">millions</a> in concentration camps, allegedly forcefully <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-forcefully-harvests-organs-detainees-tribunal-concludes-n1018646">harvesting</a> the organs of detainees, and instituted a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/technology/ecuador-surveillance-cameras-police-government.html">massive surveillance state</a> through which it is further clamping down on the freedoms of its citizens.

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Gun Owners Descend Upon Virginia’s Capital To Push Back On Democrats’ Extreme Gun Control Agenda. NRA Handing Out Free 30 Round Magazines.

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Thousands of law-abiding gun owners are expected to descend on Richmond, Virginia, on Monday to begin pushing back on far-left Democrats&#039; attempts to ram

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Hundreds of pro-gun political activists showed up to an NRA town hall in Roanoke, Virginia, on Friday night as the backlash continues to grow over the plans by Virginia Democrats to enact their far-left agenda aimed at decimating Second Amendment rights.
Sources told The Daily Wire that up to 400 people attended the event, many of whom were women and first time political activists.
The event comes as Virginia Democrats attempt to confiscate legally-owned firearms from law abiding citizens in a move that resembles what communist China has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/communist-china-private-ownership-of-guns-in-u-s-serious-problem-must-change">called on the U.S. to do</a> in recent days. China has <a href="https://apnews.com/62097e9dd2844aab8d64a2be2ebaa972">millions</a> of people locked up in concentration camps, is engaged in forcefully <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-forcefully-harvests-organs-detainees-tribunal-concludes-n1018646">harvesting</a> the organs of detainees, and has instituted a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/technology/ecuador-surveillance-cameras-police-government.html">massive surveillance state</a> that it is using to clamp down on the freedoms of its citizens.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/resistance-to-virginia-democrats-extreme-anti-second-amendment-agenda-surges-to-new-heights">reported</a> last month:
<blockquote>The grassroots resistance to Virginia Democrats’ extreme anti-Second Amendment agenda has exploded as nearly 90% of the counties in the state have declared themselves to be sanctuary cities in response to the Democrats’ anti-freedom agenda.
More than 100 cities, towns, and counties have passed resolutions in preparation for Democrats taking over the state who had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-democrats-filing-proposals-to-begin-confiscation-of-lawfully-owned-firearms-second-amendment-reporter-says">indicated</a> a desire to confiscate semi-automatic firearms from law-abiding citizens.</blockquote>
The rapidly growing resistance to Democrats&#8217; attempts to confiscate firearms is expected to reach new levels in a little over a week as thousands of pro-gun Virginians are planning to attend the NRA&#8217;s legislative action day in Richmond on January 13.
The event is being held on the 13th at the Virginia State Capitol because that is when the first hearings on the issue start in the Virginia State Senate.
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Last night, hundreds of NRA members joined shoulder to shoulder in Roanoke, Virginia to discuss how they will stand and fight against the Northam/Bloomberg gun confiscation plan.
We sat down with a few of these patriots and here was the message they had for Richmond. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/valeg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#valeg</a> <a href="https://t.co/GMrufukada">pic.twitter.com/GMrufukada</a>
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Catherine Mortensen, NRA spokesperson, told The Daily Wire, &#8220;We believe it&#8217;s best when lawmakers talk directly to voters. We know that NRA members are active and engaged in grassroots activism. The more people out there and sharing the message, that&#8217;s a win.&#8221;
&#8220;The 13th is the first meeting of the Senate Courts of Justice committee. That&#8217;s the first committee of jurisdiction on all the Northam gun control,&#8221; Mortensen continued. &#8220;We want to make sure that our members and supporters are in Richmond at that committee hearing on that day so that their voices are heard. It&#8217;s critical that our members are there early in the session to make the biggest impact in order to stop these gun bills from moving forward.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to get our members directly to their lawmakers. We want our members and supporters having those face-to-face meetings with their lawmakers,&#8221; Mortensen added. &#8220;We know that law-abiding gun owners are active and engaged. And they may be members of several different groups. This gives them additional opportunities to engage in grassroots activism, and that is all positive. If numerous groups are out there and sharing the message, that&#8217;s a win.&#8221;
&#8220;The NRA is focused on encouraging our members and supporters to be active and engaged with their legislators from the first day of the session to the last,&#8221; Mortensen concluded. &#8220;The NRA will have a strong presence at the Capitol throughout the legislative session, but we know it&#8217;s the voice and the presence of our members that carry the most weight with lawmakers.&#8221;

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UPRISING: Hundreds Of ‘First Time’ Pro-Gun Activists Flood NRA Town Hall In Virginia

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Hundreds of pro-gun political activists showed up to an NRA town hall in Roanoke, Virginia, on Friday night as the backlash continues to grow over the

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A slew of pro-Second Amendment billboards have started to pop up around Virginia raising awareness of the radical anti-gun agenda that Democrats in the state are prepared to impose on law-abiding citizens with the backing of billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
A source sent The Daily Wire a photograph of one of the billboards on Thursday night, which was paid for by the National Rifle Association (NRA) Institute For Legislative Action, and states:
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THE NORTHAM / BLOOMBERG GUN CONFISCATION PLAN STARTS JAN. 8
2 WEEKS
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The billboards come in response to Virginia Democratic Governor Ralph Northam&#8217;s announcement in November that he was &#8220;working&#8221; on confiscating guns from law-abiding gun owners. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-controlled-virginia-working-on-confiscating-guns-from-law-abiding-citizens-governor-says">reported</a>:
<blockquote>During a Cabinet meeting on in early November, Northam “mentioned universal background checks, banning the sale of [semi-automatic firearms] and high-capacity magazines, restoring the law that limits purchases to one gun a month, and a red flag law that would empower a court to temporarily remove a gun from a person deemed to be a risk to himself or others,” The Washington Post reported.
“We will at least start with those,” Northam said.
When asked about confiscating guns from law-abiding citizens, Northam responded “that’s something I’m working [on] with our secretary of public safety,” adding that he will work with anti-gun activists on the issue.</blockquote>
The reaction to the announcement by Northam, who has managed to politically survive <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-gov-northams-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe/2019/02/01/517a43ee-265f-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html">his KKK/blackface scandal</a>, has been intense; 90% of the state has responded by declaring itself a &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; from the Democrats&#8217; anti-gun rights agenda.
The news comes as a new <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/24/virginia-governor-northam-increases-corrections-budget-in-anticipation-of-jailing-gun-owners/">report</a> published at The Daily Caller noted that Democrats in the state have reportedly asked for hundreds of thousands of extra dollars in a new budget in preparation for jailing law-abiding gun owners:
<blockquote>The $250,000 is appropriated to the Corrections Special Reserve Fund in order to provide for the “increase in the operating cost of adult correctional facilities resulting from the enactment” of Northam’s gun control measures. Among the enumerated laws that this allocation is meant to fund is <a href="https://www.nraila.org/articles/20191125/bloomberg-bought-virginia-legislators-introduce-confiscatory-gun-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a ban on commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms</a>, the <a href="https://www.nraila.org/articles/20191206/background-checks-for-family-members-bloomberg-bought-virginia-legislature-seeks-to-ban-private-firearms-transfers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">criminalization of private firearms transfers</a>, and gun confiscation orders issued without due process.</blockquote>
Bloomberg — who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-megadonor-michael-bloomberg-repeatedly-defends-chinas-communist-party-gets-slammed-by-critics">openly sympathizes with the Communist Party of China</a>, which has millions locked up in concentration camps and has established a massive surveillance state that it uses to spy on its citizens in a crackdown on their freedoms — is the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/06/mike-bloombergs-gun-control-outspends-nra-helps-democrats-win-virginia.html">founder</a> of the far-left group Everytown for Gun Safety. Bloomberg&#8217;s gun control organization outspent the NRA in Virginia during the 2018 elections and was a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/06/politics/bloomberg-everytown-for-gun-safety-virginia-elections/index.html">major factor</a> in helping Democrats take over the entire state.
&#8220;The grassroots resistance to Virginia Democrats’ extreme anti-Second Amendment agenda has exploded as nearly 90% of the counties in the state have declared themselves to be sanctuary cities in response to the Democrats’ anti-freedom agenda,&#8221; The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/resistance-to-virginia-democrats-extreme-anti-second-amendment-agenda-surges-to-new-heights">reported</a> last week. &#8220;More than 100 cities, towns, and counties have passed resolutions in preparation for Democrats taking over the state who had indicated a desire to confiscate semi-automatic firearms from law-abiding citizens.&#8221;

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Billboards Pop Up Around Virginia Amid Second Amendment Uprising: Bloomberg Gun Confiscation Starts In 2 Weeks

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Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) was recorded lashing out at both her constituents and the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Tuesday evening during a town hall aimed at curbing gun violence.
&#8220;This is why the NRA has got to go,&#8221; <a href="https://pluralist.com/haley-stevens-town-hall-gun-control/">Stevens shouted</a> as pro-second Amendment advocates made their voices heard. &#8220;The NRA has got to go!&#8221; she screamed a second time.
An estimated 200 people attended the hour-long event, which was held at the Multi-Lakes Conservation Association in suburban Detroit. Interestingly, the venue is home to pistol, shotgun, and rifle ranges and many attendees showed up open-carrying their own firearms.
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The town hall was organized as a question-and-answer style format and was intended to cover a variety of gun-related topics spanning from protecting victims of domestic abuse to firearm storage, reported <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/01/haley-stevens-holds-gun-violence-town-hall-at-gun-club/3834884002/">The Detroit News</a>. In addition to Stevens, Michigan&#8217;s House Democratic Leader Christine Greig and Democratic State Rep. Robert Wittenberg were also in attendance.
During the contentious town hall, many of the attendees booed and shouted &#8220;NRA,&#8221; showing their support for the gun rights organization, and some held signs that said &#8220;Vote out Haley Stevens — a liar.&#8221;
The event was hosted by the left-wing activist group Fems for Dems, a grassroots organization focused on electing progressive lawmakers in the state of Michigan.
&#8220;Representative Haley Stevens revealed her true intentions during her unhinged outburst directed at her own constituents,&#8221; Tori Sachs, the executive director of Michigan Rising Action told The Daily Wire. &#8220;[She] may have run as a moderate who would support &#8216;common sense&#8217; gun reform, but it&#8217;s now clear she&#8217;s joined the gun-grabbing radical left trying to completely dismantle the NRA and take away 2nd Amendment rights from law-abiding citizens.&#8221;
&#8220;It makes sense that Haley Stevens would be widely out of touch with her constituents after living in liberal cities like Chicago and Washington D.C., only moving home to Michigan recently so she could run for office,&#8221; Sachs added.
Stevens was elected to the 11th Congressional District in 2018, when Michigan experienced a swing to the left following President Donald Trump&#8217;s surprise victory in the Great Lakes State in 2016. The seat was previously held by former Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI), who opted not to seek re-election after serving for two terms. While Trump won the congressional district in 2016, Stevens was able to flip the consistently red district blue.
Some of Stevens&#8217; Democratic colleagues in the state have been distancing themselves from the anti-NRA outburst as the video continues to circulate online.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to find a way to restore some sense of community, that we can disagree,&#8221; Rep. Debbie Dingell said on a <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/611315">local Detroit news show</a> while discussing Stevens&#8217; outburst. &#8220;We all have different life experiences, we have different perspectives, we&#8217;ve had different experiences. Instead of screaming at each other all the time, how do we listen to each other?&#8221;
&#8220;I made some stupid comments about the NRA when I was young, too, because I was afraid of them, and didn&#8217;t understand everything,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;But if we could find a way to listen to each other more and to take some of the drama out.&#8221;

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WATCH: Democratic Lawmaker Screams At Constituents Over NRA Support

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Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) was recorded lashing out at both her constituents and the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Tuesday evening during a town hall

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution last week declaring the nation&#8217;s most influential pro-Second Amendment advocate, the National Rifle Association (NRA), a &#8220;domestic terrorist organization&#8221; and urged the federal government to do the same. On Monday, the NRA filed a lawsuit against the far-left city for violating the organization&#8217;s free speech rights for political purposes.
In a <a href="https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&amp;amp;ID=7568748&amp;amp;GUID=DF64490F-D8BC-4BF7-A43D-287F02BECCCA">resolution</a> passed Tuesday, the board of supervisors &#8220;declared the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization.&#8221; The City and County of San Francisco &#8220;should take every reasonable step to assess the financial and contractual relationships our vendors and contractors have with this domestic terrorist organization,&#8221; the resolution states, and they &#8220;should take every reasonable step to limit those entities who do business with the City and County of San Francisco from doing business with this domestic terrorist organization.&#8221; The resolution also states that the municipalities will &#8220;encourage all other jurisdictions, including other cities, states, and the federal government, to adopt similar positions.&#8221;
&#8220;The National Rifle Association musters its considerable wealth and organizational strength to promote gun ownership and incite gun owners to acts of violence, and the National Rifle Association spreads propaganda that misinforms and aims to deceive the public about the dangers of gun violence, and the leadership of National Rifle Association promotes extremist positions, in defiance of the views of a majority of its membership and the public, and undermine the general welfare, and the National Rifle Association through its advocacy has armed those individuals who would and have committed acts of terrorism,&#8221; the resolution charges. &#8220;All countries have violent and hateful people, but only in America do we give them ready access to assault weapons and large-capacity magazines thanks, in large part, to the National Rifle Association&#8217;s influence.&#8221;
The NRA immediately fired back, blasting the &#8220;ludicrous stunt&#8221; and calling out the city&#8217;s leaders for failing to protect its residents by allowing rampant crime and homelessness. &#8220;This ludicrous stunt by the Board of Supervisors is an effort to distract from the real problems facing San Francisco, such as rampant homelessness, drug abuse and skyrocketing petty crime, to name a few,&#8221; the NRA said in a statement reported by <a href="http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/san-francisco-board-of-supervisors-designates-nra-domestic-terrorist-organization">KTVU</a>. &#8220;The NRA will continue working to protect the constitutional rights of all freedom-loving Americans.&#8221;
On Monday, the NRA took its response further, filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accusing San Francisco officials of violating the organization&#8217;s First Amendment rights and blacklisting those associated with the group, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nra-sues-san-francisco-terrorist-declaration-65498939">ABC News</a> reports.
&#8220;This action is an assault on all advocacy organizations across the country,&#8221; said NRA lawyer William A. Brewer III in a statement. &#8220;There can be no place in our society for this manner of behavior by government officials. Fortunately, the NRA, like all U.S. citizens, is protected by the First Amendment.&#8221;
ABC notes that the NRA &#8220;has been battling a number of challenges to its operations in recent months, including an investigation by the attorney general in New York, where its charter was formed, and the attorney general in Washington, D.C., where authorities are questioning whether its operations are in violation of its non-profit status.&#8221; The group has also faced national boycotts targeting companies associated with the group organized by gun control activists.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/51440/hammer-san-francisco-has-beclowned-itself-labeling-josh-hammer">HAMMER: San Francisco Has Beclowned Itself By Labeling The NRA A ‘Domestic Terrorist Organization’</a>

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NRA Sues San Francisco For Labeling It ‘Terrorist Organization’

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution last week declaring the nation&#039;s most influential pro-Second Amendment advocate, the National

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On Sunday, the two top Democratic congressional leaders issued an open letter to President Trump that makes an open attempt at appealing to his ego, pleading with him to seize this &#8220;historic opportunity&#8221; and take &#8220;urgent, personal action&#8221; on gun control in defiance of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
In a joint letter sent to Trump Sunday and published by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/politics/schumer-pelosi-trump-gun-control-letter.html">The New York Times</a>, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told Trump that he is &#8220;uniquely poised&#8221; to answer the call of the American people, who are &#8220;crying out for their elected representatives to stop the epidemic of murder and mayhem that is shattering families and communities across the country.&#8221;
Quoting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stating recently that he would be &#8220;happy&#8221; to put gun control legislation on the floor &#8220;if the president took a position on a bill,&#8221; Pelosi and Schumer told Trump that he has a &#8220;historic opportunity to save lives,&#8221; particularly by supporting the House-passed universal background check bill, which many Republicans and the NRA have strongly criticized.
As an example of why the background check bill is so crucial, Pelosi and Schumer cite the claim that the Odessa, Texas shooter obtained his gun through a private sale, a claim that has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/51445/breaking-report-refutes-cnns-claim-odessa-attacker-ryan-saavedra">refuted</a> by the Wall Street Journal, which reported that law enforcement officials suspect that a man &#8220;in the business of manufacturing or selling guns without a license&#8221; illegally sold the shooter the gun.
&#8220;We implore you to seize this moment when your leadership and influence over Republicans in Congress on the issue of guns is so critical,&#8221; the Democrats&#8217; letter reads. &#8220;Please do not squander it by acceding to NRA-backed proposals or other weak ideas that will do nothing to stop the continuing, horrific spread of gun violence and may, in some cases, actually make our communities less safe. We believe you have a unique opportunity to save American lives by giving political cover to your fellow Republicans to finally pass meaningful gun safety legislation. The time for you to act is now, before more lives are lost.&#8221;
Below is the full text of the letter:
<blockquote>Dear Mr. President:
We are writing this letter because your urgent, personal intervention is needed to stem the endless massacres of our fellow Americans by gunfire. In the month of August, 51 Americans were killed in mass shootings alone, and many others were killed in the daily tragedy of gun violence in our communities. We have a responsibility to make our schools, shopping centers, houses of worship and other public places safer. The American people are crying out for their elected representatives to stop the epidemic of murder and mayhem that is shattering families and communities across the country. You are uniquely poised to answer their call.
On September 3rd, Majority Leader McConnell made the following statement: &#8220;We&#8217;re in a discussion about what to do on the gun issue in the wake of these horrendous shootings. I said several weeks ago that if the president took a position on a bill, so that we knew we would actually be making a law, and just having serial votes, I&#8217;d be happy to put it on the floor. The administration is in the process of studying what they&#8217;re prepared to support, if anything, and I expect to get an answer to that next week.&#8221;
Leader McConnell&#8217;s statement demonstrates that Republicans in Congress are now prepared to follow you on the issue of gun safety. This is a significant change because in the past, their fealty to the National Rifle Association prevented Republicans from supporting gun safety measures advanced by President Obama and every other president who has attempted to confront this issue.
Just last month, you expressed support for stronger background checks which the NRA has long opposed. You now have a historic opportunity to save lives simply by indicating your support for H.R. 8, the House-passed universal bipartisan background check legislation currently being blocked by Leader McConnell and the Republican majority in the Senate. This bill would close the gaping loophole in the law that allows private gun sellers to evade exisiting background check requirements. While closing this loophole will not stop every shooting, it will undoubtedly save many lives by helping to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals. In fact, this is the very loophole that reportedly allowed the gunman in the Odessa, Texas shootings to buy the assault rifle he used to murder seven people and to injure more than 20 others on August 31st.
We implore you to seize this moment when your leadership and influence over Republicans in Congress on the issue of guns is so critical. Please do not squander it by acceding to NRA-backed proposals or other weak ideas that will do nothing to stop the continuing, horrific spread of gun violence and may, in some cases, actually make our communities less safe. We believe you have a unique opportunity to save American lives by giving political cover to your fellow Republicans to finally pass meaningful gun safety legislation. The time for you to act is now, before more lives are lost.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.
Sincerely,
Nancy Pelosi
Charles E. Schumer</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/51445/breaking-report-refutes-cnns-claim-odessa-attacker-ryan-saavedra">Report Refutes CNN’s Claim That Odessa Attacker Bought Weapon In Private Sale</a>

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Democrats Make Open Appeal To Trump’s Ego For ‘Personal Action’ On Guns

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On Sunday, the two top Democratic congressional leaders issued an open letter to President Trump that makes an open attempt at appealing to his ego,

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As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/51366/cliff-san-francisco-board-supervisors-names-nra-hank-berrien">reported</a> yesterday, the comically leftist Board of Supervisors for the city of San Francisco took it upon itself to deem the nation&#8217;s oldest continually operating civil rights organization a &#8220;domestic terrorist organization.&#8221; That organization, of course, would be the <a href="https://home.nra.org">National Rifle Association</a> (NRA) — a group originally founded in 1871, following the nadir of the Civil War, to help promote rifle marksmanship. At the time the NRA was founded during Reconstruction, white supremacists in the South were still engaged in a systemic and conscientious effort to deprive blacks of their Second Amendment rights — rights which had only recently been secured for free blacks via the Fourteenth Amendment, which was ratified in 1868 and overruled the infamous Dred Scott Supreme Court decision of 1857. As then-Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit wrote in <a href="http://keepandbeararms.com/silveira/enbanc.asp">a 2003 dissent</a> from a denial to rehear a case en banc:
<blockquote>Disarmament was the tool of choice for subjugating both slaves and free blacks in the South. In Florida, patrols searched blacks’ homes for weapons, confiscated those found and punished their owners without judicial process. See Robert J. Cottrol &amp; Raymond T. Diamond, The Second Amendment: Toward an Afro-Americanist Reconsideration, 80 Geo. L.J. 309, 338 (1991). In the North, by contrast, blacks exercised their right to bear arms to defend against racial mob violence. Id. at 341-42.</blockquote>
Put another way, at the time the NRA was founded, its mission to promote rifle marksmanship was inextricably linked with its activism in helping promote the inalienable right to self-defense for the nation&#8217;s most vulnerable population — a population unconscionably subjected en masse to chattel slavery during the first seven-plus decades of the American republic, and whose abolition had just torn a beleaguered nation asunder and resulted in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/51234/hammer-washington-post-contributor-compares-pleas-josh-hammer">deaths of over 600,000</a>.
Indeed, to this day, the NRA, in addition to its much-ballyhooed pro-Second Amendment lobbying presence in the nation&#8217;s capital and in state capitals across the country, <a href="https://firearmtraining.nra.org">helps train</a> and <a href="https://gunsafetyrules.nra.org">educate the public</a> in terms of gun safety, competency, and ownership responsibility. Anyone who has ever visited a firing range has likely seen advertised the presence of a &#8220;<a href="https://www.nrainstructors.org">NRA-certified instructor</a>.&#8221; In terms of national firearms training certifications, there is likely no more universally recognized or prestigious honor. The NRA remains the gold standard certifier for the noble business of assisting Americans in the exercise of one of their cherished, <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment">textually enumerated</a> constitutional rights.
Alas, the radical Jacobins on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors do not care about any of these niceties. As The Daily Wire&#8217;s Hank Berrien reported, the Board&#8217;s farcical resolution concludes: &#8220;RESOLVED, That the City and County of San Francisco intends to declare the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization … the City and County of San Francisco should take every reasonable step to assess the financial and contractual relationships our vendors and contractors have with this domestic terrorist organization … the City and County of San Francisco should take every reasonable step to limit those entities who do business with the City and County of San Francisco from doing business with this domestic terrorist organization … the City and County of San Francisco should encourage all other jurisdictions, including other cities, states, and the federal government, to adopt similar positions.&#8221;
It is nearly impossible to describe how reckless this stunt is. Planned Parenthood, the nation&#8217;s largest abortion mill, is systemically engaged all across the country in the shameless promotion and enactment of taxpayer-funded prenatal infanticide. If anything, that <a href="https://time.com/4081760/margaret-sanger-history-eugenics/">eugenicist</a>-inspired genocidal organizational history might theoretically lead a conservative city, such as Oklahoma City or Wichita, to declare in a resolution that Planned Parenthood is a &#8220;domestic terrorist organization.&#8221; But the careful reader will note that, to date, that has never happened. And it is shameful for the woke white liberal denizens of San Francisco to disingenuously defame a decorated, longstanding civil rights group — one founded in the aftermath of the Civil War to, in part, secure the newly enshrined constitutional rights of black freedmen — with such a label.
Our collective rhetoric comprising the national discourse is dangerously overheated in this country. As I <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/50303/hammer-our-national-discourse-dangerously-josh-hammer">lamented</a> last month, &#8220;Our markedly polarized polity — divided like never before between the monolithically anti-Trump bi-coastal clerisy and the deigned rubes and yokels of the American heartland — feels like it is at a breaking point.&#8221; Via such a disdainful, divisive, and utterly dishonest resolution, the uppity white leftists of San Francisco — the very embodiment of that &#8220;bi-coastal clerisy&#8221; that looks scornfully upon the gun-owning &#8220;yokels of the American heartland&#8221; — have done their small part to only further tear apart our nation&#8217;s social fabric. We conservatives, who are <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/17662/stop-alinskyization-american-right-josh-hammer">less cynical and morally superior to our leftist brethren</a>, have a general responsibility to refrain from engaging in such unscrupulous tit-for-tat crossfire. At the same time, conservatives can only be expected to unilaterally disarm so much. With each grievous blow leftists deal to our polity&#8217;s sense of unity and camaraderie, the closer we inch toward a <a href="https://amgreatness.com/2019/08/06/igniting-civil-war/">dark outcome that all parties should surely wish to avoid</a>.
At a bare minimum, in the year 2019, is it too much to ask that everyone refrain from labeling as &#8220;domestic terrorist organizations&#8221; those groups founded to secure for a free citizenry one of their constitutionally enumerated rights?

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HAMMER: San Francisco Has Beclowned Itself By Labeling The NRA A ‘Domestic Terrorist Organization’

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As The Daily Wire reported yesterday, the comically leftist Board of Supervisors for the city of San Francisco took it upon itself to deem the nation&#039;s

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, eager to join far-leftists around the country who harbor a virulent hatred for the National Rifle Association, passed a resolution that calls the National Rifle Association a &#8220;domestic terrorist organization.&#8221; Not satisfied with that, the board also called on the federal government to name the NRA a terrorist organization, as <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/san-francisco-board-brands-nra-a-domestic-terrorist-organization">Fox News</a> reports.
The <a href="https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&amp;amp;ID=7568748&amp;amp;GUID=DF64490F-D8BC-4BF7-A43D-287F02BECCCA">resolution</a> starts by citing the Declaration of Independence&#8217;s statement that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are unalienable rights before seguing to the Constitution stating that the United States was founded to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and promote the general welfare.
The resolution turns to the Department of Justice defining terrorist activity as &#8220;The use of any &#8230; explosive, firearm, or other weapon or dangerous device, with intent to endanger, directly or indirectly, the safety of one or more individuals or to cause substantial damage to property.&#8221; The resolution states that the DOJ &#8220;includes any individual or member of an organization commits an act that the actor knows, or reasonably should know, affords material support, including communications, funds, weapons, or training to any individual has committed or plans to commit a terrorist act.&#8221;
Then, the attack on the NRA: &#8220;The National Rifle Association musters its considerable wealth and organizational strength to promote gun ownership and incite gun owners to acts of violence, and the National Rifle Association spreads propaganda that misinforms and aims to deceive the public about the dangers of gun violence, and the leadership of National Rifle Association promotes extremist positions, in defiance of the views of a majority of its membership and the public, and undermine the general welfare, and the National Rifle Association through its advocacy has armed those individuals who would and have committed acts of terrorism.&#8221;
The resolution opines, &#8220;All countries have violent and hateful people, but only in America do we give them ready access to assault weapons and large-capacity magazines thanks, in large part, to the National Rifle Association&#8217;s influence.&#8221;
Then, the critical statement:
<blockquote>RESOLVED, That the City and County of San Francisco intends to declare the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization … the City and County of San Francisco should take every reasonable step to assess the financial and contractual relationships our vendors and contractors have with this domestic terrorist organization … the City and County of San Francisco should take every reasonable step to limit those entities who do business with the City and County of San Francisco from doing business with this domestic terrorist organization … the City and County of San Francisco should encourage all other jurisdictions, including other cities, states, and the federal government, to adopt similar positions.</blockquote>
According to <a href="http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/san-francisco-board-of-supervisors-designates-nra-domestic-terrorist-organization">KTVU</a>, the NRA fired back with a statement: &#8220;This ludicrous stunt by the Board of Supervisors is an effort to distract from the real problems facing San Francisco, such as rampant homelessness, drug abuse and skyrocketing petty crime, to name a few. The NRA will continue working to protect the constitutional rights of all freedom-loving Americans.&#8221;

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OFF THE CLIFF: San Francisco Board Of Supervisors Names NRA A Terrorist Organization

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, eager to join far-leftists around the country who harbor a virulent hatred for the National Rifle Association,

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Presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) revealed on Wednesday she believes that instituting both a mandatory gun buyback program as well as criminally prosecuting American’s who refuse to hand those firearms over to the government are both “strong” ideas.
“On the assault weapons issue, you have talked openly about being in favor of an assault weapons ban. I’m interested if you are supportive of a mandatory buyback program for assault weapons,” CNN’s Poppy Harlow asked Gillibrand, noting that the proposal was also suggested by her primary challengers Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
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“Some have gone as far as to say not only should it be a mandatory buyback of assault rifles, but there should be criminal prosecution for those who don’t sell them back,” Harlow continued. “Is that something you support?”
“I think we should ban assault weapons as well as large magazines, and as part of passing that ban, do a buyback program across the country so that those who own them can be compensated for their money that they spent,” Gillibrand replied. “But I think both of those ideas are strong.”
The New York senator contended that an assault weapons ban would also require Americans to turn over certain firearms to the government so that so-called “assault weapons” would not be accessible to any people.
“You don’t want people to retain them because if you make them illegal, you don’t want to grandfather in all the assault weapons that are all across America,” Gillibrand said. “You would like people to sell them back to the government so that you can make sure that people who shouldn’t have access to these weapons couldn’t have them.”
“The point is, you don’t want people using assault weapons, and so the point is if you are arrested for using an assault weapon, you’re going to have an aggravated felony,” she continued. “I mean, the whole point is when you make it a crime to own an assault weapon, then if you are found using it, that would be the issue.”
Gillibrand quickly shifted her focus onto the National Rifle Association (NRA), criticizing the famed gun-rights organization for their opposition to banning firearm suppressors.
“It would just be part of your law enforcement in terms of what you have access to in the same way that you need to have a certain certification, a certain approval to have a suppresser on your weapon,” she said. “That’s why the NRA is desperate to make it easier to get suppressors where you don’t actually have to get a specific license or certification to have that suppressor.”
The Democratic presidential hopeful has been a frequent, yet relatively recent, critic of the NRA. While she often touts her F rating from the organization, the NRA notably rated Gillibrand an A up until the year she moved to the Senate from New York’s 20th Congressional District and flipped on her Second Amendment positions.
“[The NRA] just care[s] about gun sales, they care about money,” Gillibrand said. “They are funded by a lot of people including gun manufacturers and gun manufacturers care more about gun sales than the safety of families.”

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WATCH: Gillibrand Is Open To Criminally Prosecuting Gun Owners Who Don’t Hand Over Their ‘Assault Weapons’ To The Government

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Presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) revealed on Wednesday she believes that instituting both a mandatory gun buyback program as well as

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On Tuesday night, CBS&#8217; &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8221; mocked National Rifle Association (NRA) spokeswoman Dana Loesch in a controversial sketch which ends with the sound of a gun shooting off multiple times and the activist yelling.
While it&#8217;s unclear from watching the sketch if Loesch is &#8220;shot&#8221; herself, the description of the video from the show&#8217;s YouTube channel certainly suggests she is: &#8220;As the nation&#8217;s prominent advocate for gun rights, you&#8217;d think the NRA would be better at defending itself,&#8221; the caption reads.
Introducing the NRA&#8217;s &#8220;newest charity initiative,&#8221; the actress playing Loesch says the organization is now &#8220;arming stray cats that live on the mean streets.&#8221; The cat has a gun strapped to its back.
&#8220;Now run along, you&#8217;re safe now,&#8221; says the actress. When the cat is put down, gun shots immediately ring out and the fake Loesch screams, &#8220;Oh, God! Oh my God!&#8221;
Loesch has been a prime target for anti-gun extremists. The activist, who is routinely threatened online, was booed and maligned during a CNN town hall event in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, for example.
&#8220;After the broadcast ended, one of my detail had to stop a woman who rushed the stage to tackle me from behind. That is when [Jake] Tapper asked me if I had an escort out. I am positive that CNN&#8217;s cameras, still operational, observed this and would like for them to release the footage,&#8221; Loesch recalled last month. The spokeswoman made the remark after it was amazingly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/44857/cnn-brags-about-winning-award-much-maligned-hank-berrien">announced</a> that CNN won the Walter Cronkite Award for the mob-like event.
As <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2018/02/21/insanity-cnn-town-hall-student-questions-loeschs-motherhood">reported</a> by NewsBusters, Loesch was also maligned with shouts of &#8220;murderer&#8221; at the event and had her fitness as a mother questioned by Stoneman Douglas student activist Emma Gonzalez.
&#8220;Alright. Dana Loesch, I want to know that we will support your two children in the way that we will not &#8212; you will not,&#8221; said Gonzalez.
The high schooler went on to ask about gun modifications, such as bump stocks &#8212; which have now been <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/politics/bump-stocks-ban/index.html">outlawed</a> by the Trump administration.
As Loesch was answering Gonzalez&#8217;s question, at least three hecklers interrupted, screaming &#8220;Murderer!&#8221; and &#8220;You&#8217;re a murderer!&#8221;
Moreover, when the political commentator left the CNN stage, attendees chanted &#8220;Shame on you!&#8221; and yelled &#8220;Burn her!&#8221;
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Here is some footage where people were yelling to burn me at CNN&#8217;s award-winning townhall where they &#8220;advanced the conversation on gun control.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/EYWWj8KcxN">pic.twitter.com/EYWWj8KcxN</a>
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In 2017, Loesch revealed that she and her family had to flee her home after receiving credible rape and death threats from gun control zealots. In a series of tweets, Loesch <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/22291/second-amendment-champion-dana-loesch-reveals-hank-berrien">explained</a>:
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Spent my weekend preparing to move due to repeated threats from gun control advocates. 
One guy hunted down my private cell phone number, called when police were here, threatened to shoot me in my front yard.
Another guy created a string of social media accounts, posted photos of my house, threatened to rape me to death.
Another gun control advocate, after threatening to hunt me down and assault me, dragged my kids into it.
I&#8217;m grateful that my kids&#8217; school worked with law enforcement and private security to ensure campus safety, and work with me. 
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Colbert has increasingly spouted hyperpartisan rhetoric since the election of President Donald Trump. The comedian was called out for &#8220;<a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/5/2/15515066/stephen-colbert-trump-putin-homophobia-late-show">homophobia</a>&#8221; by Vox and other left-wing media outlets after he attempted to mock the president.
&#8220;In a string of insults against President Donald Trump last night, comedian Stephen Colbert lined up what he surely thought was a great, hilarious diss. Instead, he blurted out some homophobia,&#8221; Vox <a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/5/2/15515066/stephen-colbert-trump-putin-homophobia-late-show">reported</a> at the time. &#8220;Colbert was in the middle of a monologue launching various insults at Trump, including some fat shaming, &#8216;presidunce,&#8217; and &#8216;pricktator.&#8217; In the course of this, he said, &#8216;The only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin&#8217;s cock holster.'&#8221;
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WATCH: ‘Colbert’ Targets The NRA’s Dana Loesch In Controversial Gun Sketch

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On Tuesday night, CBS’ &quot;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&quot; mocked National Rifle Association (NRA) spokeswoman Dana Loesch in a controversial

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