The National Rifle Association is taking steps to defend law-abiding gun owners. Crazy, right? Given that it’s their raison d’être and all.
Well, CAP Action deputy director Igor Volsky, who is also the director of anti-gun org Guns Down, has a big problem with that. So now that the NRA is offering insurance to protect gun owners, Volsky’s feeling extra put-out. So he’s taking a bold stand and speaking out against “murder insurance”:
'Murder Insurance' or Protection in Self-Defense Cases? https://t.co/Cqorjl7YCK
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 19, 2017
Join me in urging Chubb and Lockton — two large insurance companies — to stop selling murder insurance for @NRA! https://t.co/bvQfqpxn3Q https://t.co/wtIbuW2Jf3
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 19, 2017
1. Today, @gunsdownamerica is launching a campaign against @NRA's #MurderInsurance https://t.co/6r17zVCEco
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 19, 2017
2. Two insurance companies have partnered w/ @NRA to provide NRA Carry Guard insurance to gun owners who shoot someone &claim “self defense”
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 19, 2017
3. This is designed to protect “Stand Your Ground” murderers like George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin’s killer: https://t.co/FBFWm91qav
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 19, 2017
4. @NRA provides coverage 4:
-criminal legal defense
-firearm replacement
-clean up costs
-payouts to bail companies https://t.co/6r17zVCEco— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 19, 2017
5. @Guns Down & @ColorOfChange are speaking out against the insurers offering this @NRA coverage
ADD YOUR NAME: https://t.co/6r17zVCEco
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 19, 2017
We’re sure this will come as a huge surprise to you, but Volsky is insisting that “murder insurance” is just the latest piece of evidence that the NRA is racist:
Some are calling it “murder insurance,” and say that rather than promoting personal responsibility and protection, it encourages gun owners to take action and not worry about the consequences. And, they say, it’s being marketed in a way that feeds on the nation’s racial divisions.
Guns Down, a gun-control group formed last year, is running an ad campaign to criticize the NRA’s new insurance. It’s just the latest group to take aim at the NRA’s offering.
“The reason I call it murder insurance is because if you look at the way this is marketed, it’s really sold in the context of ‘There’s a threat around every corner, dear mostly-white NRA member,’ and that threat is either a black man or a brown man or some other kind of person of color,” said Guns Down director Igor Volsky.
Never mind that the NRA has been fighting for the rights of gun owners of every color since its inception.
.@NRA always engages in culture war.
White men w/ guns are under threat by a changing world that doesnt understand how important they are
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 19, 2017
In other words, the NRA is a haven for knuckle-dragging white men who can’t handle people who look different from them. Do we have this right?
RIP my mentions after this tweet. Seems to have hit a nerve. https://t.co/VddP7Z10bL
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 19, 2017
Well, yeah. Because your tweet was stupid, Igor.
Oh really? Then why is @DLoesch, a woman of Native-American descent, the spokeswoman? Sexist argument is old and tiresome https://t.co/wDVG4WF1ng
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 19, 2017
And btw, the Second Amendment and self-defense also apply to women of all races https://t.co/wDVG4WF1ng
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/BasedKielbasa/status/921052815476142080
https://twitter.com/coronadorukus/status/921053321212907521
Right: https://t.co/h6fR09961c
— Fred Kirkey Minister of Ethics Violations (@FredKirkey1) October 19, 2017
Are you removing the agency of women of colour to choose whether they want to be able to protect themselves from all the evil white men?
— Molly (@commondecencyyo) October 19, 2017
Ooo, snap!
Make it about color, it’s the cool thing to do.
— AJ Dahlgren (@ajdahlgren) October 19, 2017
Leave it to the left to see everyone in color, instead of just seeing people.
— Tony Huneycutt (@tonyhuneyc) October 19, 2017
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