NRA Attacks ‘Stay-At-Home Mom’ Gun Activist For Working

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The National Rifle Association went after a gun activist in the September issue of its American’s First Freedom magazine with an odd account of her professional background.

The writer, Dave Kopel, is shocked that the head of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, Shannon Watts, describes herself as a stay-at-home mom but has worked in the past and runs a public relations firm from her home. The NRA piece is complete with an image of Watts surrounded by household items:

Kopel takes issue with Watts’ description of the group as a “grassroots” effort since she is an experienced public relations professional with former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg as a client. Moms Demand Action is now part of Bloomberg’s group of gun control organizations.

And Kopel is upset that Watts “purports to speak for all mothers” when she actually “speaks only for a relatively small group of highly gullible people, including some mothers.”

He points readers instead to gun rights activist Julie Globb, “captain of Team Smith & Wesson” and “mother of two.”

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  1. Logic isn’t the forte of the NRA.

  2. The Tea Party is a grass roots organization backed by the Koch Bros. What’s the difference?

  3. He points readers instead to gun rights activist Julie Globb

    …then accidentally shoots her.

  4. “She shouldn’t have made that jerky move!”

  5. I hope the NRA clearly identified Kopel as being affiliated with the Independence Institute, a “libertarian” policy shop with ties to ALEC.

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