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NRA is also suing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the same reasons. See also:
New York officials are "going out of their way to protect liquor stores and release criminals onto the streets, while ignoring the public's outcry over the suspension of Second Amendment rights," the suit says.The New York lawsuit follows similar action the NRA took in Northern California, where it sued several cities including San Jose for ordering gun stores to close. Earlier this week in New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy lifted a temporary ban on the sale of guns in the state after the NRA filed suit to block it, and Los Angeles County also backed off an earlier ban.
Gun shops around the country have reported surges in sales, and shares of gun and ammunition manufacturers have risen. The final week of February saw the third largest number of background checks since at least 1998, behind the weeks following the Sandy Hook and San Bernardino shootings, according to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, known as NICS.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, said before the lawsuit was filed that she'd defend the state's decision.
New York's take on what's essential is at odds with the Trump administration, according to the complaint. On March 28, the Department of Homeland Security issued a list of critical infrastructure, including: "Workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges," the NRA said. The gun-rights organization also says that law enforcement may not be sufficient to protect citizens during the crisis.
New Yorkers "have read about the release of thousands of prisoners by state officials, and they are concerned about the ability of police forces to maintain order when officers fear contact with Covid-19 or have fallen ill themselves," the complaint says.
"Government officials, including Governor Cuomo and Letitia James, are bound by the U.S. Constitution," William Brewer, counsel to the NRA, said in an email. "The NRA will aggressively defend the Second Amendment freedoms of its members and all New Yorkers."
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I was curious as to what kind of media coverage on this is going on outside of our small-town to medium-sized cities' newspapers, and I found lots of coverage in the right-wing gun world on this "Malevolent Michelle" Bullsh*t.
Read on, please, to learn how little actual journalism is going on here, beyond just publishing the entire NRA press release:
NRA Files Lawsuit Against Anti-Gun Governor Michelle Lujan
news.aroutfitting.com/2020/04/10/nra-files...
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