Twitter Suspends Second Amendment Foundation On Eve Of Annual Conference

By Cam Edwards

The 34th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference is taking place in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend, but the event’s sponsor, the Washington State-based Second Amendment Foundation, found its Twitter account suspended without warning Wednesday evening.

I spoke with Alan Gottleib, the executive vice president and founder of the Second Amendment Foundation late Wednesday evening, and he told me that they have no idea why the account was suddenly suspended.

“The fact that it was done just before our record setting Gun Rights Policy Conference does not sit well with us. Coincidence? Hard to believe.”

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a gun rights organization de-platformed, even temporarily. It was just a few weeks ago that The Well Armed Woman had its Instagram page suddenly removed, with admins unable to access the page. At the time, Carrie Lightfoot, the founder of The Well Armed Woman complained:

“There was no warning and there has been no communication from Instagram at all. We don’t post ANYTHING even close to being inappropriate. My focus is totally on empowering and educating our followers. For them to take down a page focused on women taking responsibility for their own self-protection against violence is a …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms