NRA Draws Line In Sand Over New Gun Laws

Unanimously adopts WND columnist’s resolution at annual meeting

At its annual meeting in Houston, Texas, Saturday, the National Rifle Association unanimously adopted a WND columnist’s resolution to stand “steadfast in opposition to any and all expansion of firearms laws” in the United States.

Jeff Knox is head of the Firearms Coalition and author of the weekly “Knox Gun-Rights Report” column on WND.

Knox’s resolution commended the staff and leadership of the NRA for standing against further gun-control laws and insisted the media had engaged in a campaign of “lies and distortions” to paint even the NRA as favoring more restrictive legislation.

The heart of the resolution, however, was a proclamation of resistance to gun control.

“Be it resolved, that we members,” the resolution states, “continue to remain steadfast in opposition to any and all expansion of firearms laws that would or could put honest Americans at increased risk of prosecution or which would or could in any way infringe on the constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms.”

Knox also pushed for the resolution to be published in the NRA’s official journal, but the resolution was amended on the floor to forgo that step for primarily financial reasons.

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Knox was present at the meeting to explain the reason for his resolution: “[NRA] members at large need to know that the members here gathered soundly and solidly oppose any and all restrictions on our Second Amendment rights.”

“I want to remind everyone,” said John Fafoutakis of Sheraton, Wyoming, a supporting speaker from the floor, “none of our rights, including our God-given right to self-defense, [is] subject to popular or democratic vote.”
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