ProPublica’s Falsehoods Exposed: How Anti-Gun Bias Distorts the Truth About Lawful Gun Owner Data - Ammoland.com

 In an article titled “Without Knowledge or Consent,” Corey G. Johnson at ProPublica claims to expose a “secret” effort by the gun industry to create a vast, clandestine database of gun owners. But the reality is far less sensational—and far more ethical—than what ProPublica wants you to believe.

In a statement released to AmmoLand News by the Managing Director for Public Affairs of the NSSF, Mark Oliva, he responded:

“NSSF does not maintain a database of gun owners. This was specifically told to ProPublica [directly to Corey G. Johnson] on several occasions.”

Despite this, the reporter chose to accept misrepresentations of the truth as fact. NSSF used information to reach gun owners for the #GUNVOTE voter education program that was supplied by a very limited number of firearm manufacturers. That information was purged after those elections were complete. NSSF uses commercially-available data to reach voters for #GUNVOTE program to educate voters on how to vote, where to register, and where to vote on Election Day.”

ProPublica’s report was based on decades-old information to arrive at a pre-ordained narrative just days before the election. These allegations were previously raised by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in an attempt to discredit The Firearm Industry Trade Association. The allegations were not true then and are not true today.

“NSSF maintains that gun owner privacy is paramount to ensuring the free exercise of Second Amendment rights. That is why NSSF has been the leading voice to pass laws Second Amendment Privacy Acts in 17 states to bar financial institutions from collecting data related to firearm and ammunition purchases that would create a back-door gun registry. NSSF also supports the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and companion legislation by U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee) in the U.S. Senate that would make this a federal law.

No American should be ever placed on a government watchlist for exercising their Constitutionally-protected rights.”

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