Nevada: Brave Fight, Heartbreaking loss, Gun Control Proposition Passes

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-In 2016, Nevada was one of four states facing Michael Bloomberg funded attacks on Second Amendment rights. As with most such attacks, deceit and misdirection were the focus. Outright lies were repeated endlessly. Much was made of bogus “studies” that were carried out by activists behind the flimsiest of academic cover. Second Amendment defenders in Nevada were outspent 3 to 1 in cash outlays, 19.7 million dollars to 6.6 million from Second Amendment supporters, primarily the NRA.

The key to the proposition was what it was being marketed as doing, compared to what it would really do.

On that question, cash was merely the tip of the iceberg. The direct media support for the Bloomberg measure was immense. Never has the media been so overtly partisan as in 2016. That was reflected in the broadcast media in Nevada, which showed itself to be focused in favor of the gun control proposition. The media situation was similar to the media situation in Washington State in 2014, where a similar measure was passed with Bloomberg money.

Proponents claimed that the measure would only require “background checks” …Read the Rest

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