HTTP/2 200 date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:32:09 GMT content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 vary: Accept-Encoding vary: Accept-Encoding vary: Accept-Encoding,Cookie set-cookie: __wpdm_client=c5c600b0376d5ba4184cbf13de3f1ec8; secure; HttpOnly link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" link: ; rel="alternate"; type="application/json" link: ; rel=shortlink x-powered-by: WP Engine x-cacheable: SHORT cache-control: max-age=600, must-revalidate x-cache: HIT: 7 x-cache-group: normal cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC expect-ct: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct" server: cloudflare cf-ray: 72ccf47d38c15a7c-IAD alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400, h3-29=":443"; ma=86400 NSSF Fires Back at Gun Control’s Attempts to Chill First Amendment Rights • NSSF
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NEWTOWN, Conn. — NSSF®, the firearm industry trade association, defended the First Amendment rights of firearm manufacturers in a letter[3] to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Samuel Levine. The letter was in response to several complaints by special-interest gun control groups falsely accusing NSSF members of violating the Federal Trade Commission Act. These attacks are nothing short of well-financed, special-interest gun control groups attempting to limit the First Amendment rights of firearm manufacturers to advertise lawful products. Letters[4] have been sent the FTC by gun control groups Everytown for Gun Safety, The Brady Campaign, Giffords Law Center and similar special-interest groups. “These gun control groups are not content in attacking and denying one Constitutional right. They are now bent on attacking another,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel. “These groups are attempting to abuse the levers of government to deny the right to advertise a lawful product even as they use those same complaints as fundraising tools. This is a disgusting attempt to twist the role of a federal agency as a neutral arbiter to one that uses the weight of federal authority to deny not one, but two Constitutionally-protected rights. “The NSSF is compelled by our duty to our members and our respect for the
