NRA Board Member Wants No Part Of What 'May Happen' At Big NY Gun Rally (Click here to read more)
Eric
Lach
March 31, 2014
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The
head of New York state's largest firearms advocacy organization won't
attend yet another planned anti-gun control rally in Albany on
Tuesday. Thomas King told The New York Daily News that he worries
about the rhetoric at these events is becoming more "contentious
and threatening."
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"Let
all these other groups go out and do what they want to do, because
they don't want to listen anyway," King told the newspaper. "I
just don't want to be a party to anything that may happen."
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Numerous
large rallies have been held over the past year to voice opposition
to the SAFE Act, the package of strict new gun regulations that Gov.
Andrew Cuomo (D) signed in 2013. King is president of the New York
State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA), as well as a national
NRA board member. The NYSRPA, which bill's itself as the nation's
oldest firearms advocacy organization, is also the official
NRA-affiliated state association in New York.
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In
the past, the group has been a key organizer of the events in Albany.
According to the Daily News, the rally on Tuesday is scheduled to
feature Donald Trump, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino,
and Carl Paladino -- the Republican who lost to Cuomo in 2010.
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