Tehran 29 March_The powerful US pro-gun lobby group, National Rifle Association (NRA), and other like-minded groups have filed a lawsuit against California after the west coast state forced the shutdown of gun shops under Governor Gavin Newsom’s shelter-in-place order in face of the coronavirus pandemic.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_The legal action was filed on Friday with the US District Court for the Central District of California, demanding that gun stores in the state – which were deemed nonessential under the official order -- should be considered essential businesses and reopened.
“Municipalities who target lawful gun stores for closure aren’t promoting safety—by weaponizing their politics to disarm you and your loved ones, these shameless partisans are recklessly promoting a gun-control agenda that suffocates your self-defense rights when you need them most," said a statement issued by executive director of NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, Jason Ouimet.
The statement by the traditionally right-wing group further emphasized, "NRA members recognize these unlawful power-grabs for what they are, and the National Rifle Association is proud to stand and fight alongside fellow Second Amendment groups who recognize it, as well."
However, one of the leading gun violence prevention groups in the country, Brady, described the lawsuit by the pro-gun lobby groups as off-base.
"In this time when we all need to sacrifice to flatten the curve and stop this pandemic, it is disturbing that the NRA won't budge from its overriding purpose -- to increase gun industry profits at any cost," said Brady's president, Kris Brown, during an interview with CNN.
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