[snowsislander]

A spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association said her organization, which opposes many gun-control laws, would not comment on specifics in the Brady report.

"It is a politically motivated study, and it's not based on facts," NRA spokeswoman Rachel Parsons said.

Well, actually, the NRA ILA did indeed comment on this Brady Center study on February 1st. I wonder if Ms. Parsons was simply unaware of this (perhaps her statement was made prior to February 1st?), or if the reporter, Mr. Johnson, made a misstatement?

In point of fact, I posted the text of the NRA ILA statement on Free Republic at:

  Brady Rankings: More Gun Laws, More Violent Crime

It wouldn't surprise me if it is the former case; the NRA has been hiring some pretty poor representatives in my opinion in the last few years, who have made a few comments to reporters that have not served the organization well. This could well be yet another case of an NRA representative fumbling the ball, or it could be another case where the reporter did not correctly report what the representative said.

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link.

It wouldn't surprise me if it is the former case; the NRA has been hiring some pretty poor representatives in my opinion in the last few years, who have made a few comments to reporters that have not served the organization well. This could well be yet another case of an NRA representative fumbling the ball, or it could be another case where the reporter did not correctly report what the representative said.

I wonder if maybe the NRA is too big, and maybe that the NRA didn't know what the NRA - ILA had done?