Brady Sets Its Sights on NSSF
BY Herschel Smith
7 months, 3 weeks ago
“Luckily, we at Brady know how to fight the NSSF because we’ve been fighting the NRA for years, and we’re seeing the disgraceful end of their organization play out because of our dedicated work,“ the email, written under the name Kris Brown, president of Brady, reads. ”We may know their tricks, but we’re going to need all the support we can get if we’re going to overcome another extremist gun lobby group, and that’s why I’m reaching out today.”
The email doesn’t specify how Brady assisted New York Attorney General Letitia James. But it does provide a list of its complaints against the NSSF.
According to the email, the NSSF spends millions of dollars lobbying on behalf of the gun industry. The email says the NSSF opposes universal background checks and state laws to allow lawsuits against gunmakers whose products are used in the commission of a crime and has branded President Joe Biden as “waging war on the Second Amendment.”
Mr. Oliva said the email contains tiny bits of truth while leaving out significant facts.
When it comes to background checks, he said groups such as Brady are late to the party.
“I think it’s important for everyone to understand that the firearms industry was actually the progenitor. We came up with the point-of-sale background check system,” Mr. Oliva said.
According to Mr. Oliva, this resulted in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
He added that NSSF came up with the Fix-NICS plan after it was clear that not all states were sending relevant records to the FBI for NICS. This resulted in federal legislation to make the background check system truly keep guns out of the wrong hands, he said.
“Brady had nothing to do with that,” Mr. Oliva said.
Yeah, I’d rather NSSF focus their efforts on ending the background check at all rather than make it better or help codify it.
NSSF is an industry advocacy group, not a gun owners advocacy group. To the extent we can cooperate with them on important things, I’m okay with that. But we may find ourselves in different ends of the spectrum on certain issues, and when we do, I will see them as my enemy.
As long as Brady focuses on NSSF, they ignore GOA and FPC. That’s fine with me. GOA and FPC is where the action is.
On March 18, 2024 at 6:03 am, PGF said:
Bullies always go after the weak.
On March 18, 2024 at 7:32 am, June J said:
Bullies also lie about the success of their bullying. Brady didn’t have anything to do with the impending collapse of the NRA. That is due to the internal corruption within the leadership, board of directors and complicit staff.
On March 18, 2024 at 5:45 pm, Dan said:
The Brady Bunch needs to be attacked, sued and put out of existence with it’s leaders imprisoned for conspiracy to violate Constitutional Rights. They exist SOLELY to attack and infringe on a specific enumerated constitutionally protected right. Conspiring to deprive citizens of their Rights is a crime. They need to be imprisoned for that criminal conduct.