Posted October 24, 2015 8:00 pm by Comments

By Robert Farago

Michael Bloomberg (courtesy telegraph.co.uk)

U.S. News titled an AP report on Everytown for Gun Safety Backed by activist moms and Bloomberg’s money, gun-safety group expands influence in states. The article attempts to validate Everytown’s spin on their progress (or lack thereof). Pay no attention to our resounding defeat on the national level or polls that show majority and growing support for gun rights or gun rights expanding in more than a dozen states. We’re kicking ass and taking names on the state and local level! I’ll spare you the anti-gunners’ bloody shirt-waving high-fives. To his credit . . .

AP writer Ryan J. Foley includes some choice NRA quotes pushing back against Everytown’s PR. Like this:

In its most recent tax filing, Everytown reported $36 million in spending in 2013, or about 10 times as much as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a prominent gun-control group that has little presence in states. The 5 million-member NRA spent $290 million that year, including $27 million on its lobbying arm.

The NRA remains a potent force in states. Gun rights supporters have successfully pushed for legislation to allow concealed weapons in more public places and to loosen permit and license requirements that they say …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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