Lawmaker Who Was ‘Life Member’ Of NRA Quits After San Bernardino Massacre

Lawmaker Who Was ‘Life Member’ Of NRA Quits After San Bernardino Massacre

by Alice Ollstein at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/04/3728239/nra-nevada-quitting/

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Former Nevada Assembly Speaker and candidate for Congress John Oceguera wrote to the National Rifle Association this week asking them to remove his name from their membership list.

Calling himself a “law-abiding gun owner” who grew up in a family of hunters, and “Life Member” of the NRA, the Democratic candidate for the House said Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California was the final straw for his relationship with the pro-gun lobby.

“Our country is facing a tragic gun violence epidemic, and we cannot ignore it,” he wrote. “Still, the NRA opposes any legislation that would help keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, criminals and the mentally ill, and spends millions to stop any action in Congress that could help prevent further violence. I cannot continue to be a member while the NRA
refuses to back closing these loopholes.”

The NRA opposes any legislation that would help keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, criminals and the mentally ill.

Criticism of the NRA’s political lobbying against gun control measures — which totals in the tens of millions annually — erupted on social media and in the press following the San Bernardino rampage that left 14 dead and more than a dozen wounded. The New York Daily News ran a cover page calling NRA leader Wayne LaPierre a terrorist, and blasting the organization’s “sick gun jihad against America in the name of profit.”




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