Ryan Moore @RyanMooreRyan Moore is a writer, songwriter, and actor.

We do not need an AR to hunt. Let’s all give up any weapon more powerful and effective than Fred Bear’s recurve bow. We do not need a semi-automatic to defend the house. We do not need forks to eat or soap to bathe. According to one small group of self-important outdoor writers, we can simply live off love and “prana,” the Hindu life force that permeates all existence. We the sheep should lie down with Big Brother’s wolves. Too bad ISIS and MS-13 don’t feel the same way.

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In Targeting NRA, Andrew Cuomo Focuses on Political Nemesis, Not Public Safety

Jarrett Stepman / @JarrettStepman / August 06, 2018 / 101 Comments

New York’s governor has made it clear that he’s on a witch hunt to put a private organization out of business.Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has been in a protracted battle with the National Rifle Association. Now he’s using a state agency to hound the pro-Second Amendment organization with costly regulatory threats, as well as to convince financial institutions not to do business with the NRA.The NRA filed a lawsuit against Cuomo and the New York State Department of Financial Services, saying, according to NPR, that the state officials are trying to “deprive the NRA and its constituents of their First Amendment rights to speak freely about gun-related issues and defend the Second Amendment.”The financial services agency specifically targeted an NRA insurance program. Called Carry Guard, it was created to help gun owners and concealed-carry permit holders pay legal bills if they use their firearms in self-defense.

In a letter Monday, Cuomo wrote:We discovered that the NRA was marketing insurance products for gun owners that violated numerous state laws. Insurers such as Chubb Ltd. and a broker Lockton Affinity LLC were providing illegal insurance coverage to gun owners for intentional criminal conduct resulting in bodily harm through the NRA’s Carry Guard program.“From the outset, it was clear that the investigation was meant to advance Cuomo’s political agenda by stifling the NRA’s speech and retaliating against the NRA based on its viewpoint on gun control issues,” the NRA said in a complaint, according to The New York Times. “If I could have put the NRA out of business, I would have done it 20 years ago,” Cuomo responded in a statement Friday.

Cuomo urged other states to follow New York’s example.

The fact is that some of the attacks on the gun rights organization have been downright hysterical.



The NRA frequently has been called a terrorist organization by many on the left, and has come under attack from celebrities and other politicians.

However, no known NRA members have been accused of committing mass shootings, and most gun owners are law-abiding citizens.

A 2016 study by the Crime Prevention Research Center, a nonprofit devoted to conducting research on gun ownership, showed that concealed-carry permit holders are among the Americans least likely to commit a crime. In fact, according to the study, they are less likely to commit crimes than police officers are.

It is also worth noting that the insurance program in New York state’s crosshairs is for gun owners who use firearms for self-defense, yet the left claims the program is for those who “murder.” This does in some ways get to the heart of the gun debate.

While Second Amendment advocates see firearm ownership as a critical element of the right of self-defense, the left would rather see every American simply disarmed—whether criminal mass murderers or law-abiding gun owners—in their belief that this somehow would prevent all violence. The logical end of “commonsense” gun control being mass disarmament, where only the government owns and controls weapons.

It’s better to leave some people defenseless in the hope that bad people won’t be able to commit murders, this line of reasoning goes. But as we’ve seen time and again, gun laws have failed to stop criminals or mass violence, leading many to believe that in a fallen world the defense against evil is citizens empowered to protect themselves and their neighbors.



As The Heritage Foundation’s Amy Swearer showed by analyzing a single month of statistics on gun use, firearms have been a particularly effective tool for citizens to prevent themselves from becoming victims.This is why so many Americans support organizations such as the NRA, despite the incessant attacks by Cuomo and others on the left.

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Gun owners, especially those of us who carry firearms for self-defense, can take some comfort in the confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice who appears to be a staunch believer in the actual meaning of the Constitution. But we can also learn some important lessons from the recent Supreme Court battle.

First and foremost, it should be noted that the most vicious critics of Justice Brett Kavanaugh are the very same people we run into when battling for our Second Amendment rights. This should not be a surprise, given that those who view the Constitution as a piece of Silly Putty would naturally be opposed to anyone who believes that it means what it says.Beyond the legal and philosophical arguments, we should also be concerned about the tactics used in the Left’s attempt to destroy Kavanaugh. Every one of us could just as easily find ourselves in the same position. Today, merely expressing our views on social media has the potential to be used against us by anti-Second-Amendment radicals.

Look at what has happened to Dana Loesch, NRA spokesperson and tireless activist for our rights. As a result of her stances on guns and self-defense, she has received numerous threats of rape and death from gun-control advocates:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/dana-loes...trol-advocatesPerhaps the most glaring threat, at least to many of my attorney friends, is the unprecedented attack on a fundamental tenet of American justice: that one is always presumed innocent until proven guilty by the weight of evidence. For if mere accusations are the standard, then none of us are safe.

After all, we have already seen the phenomenon of “swatting” — where an anti-gun neighbor can call police and claim, however falsely, that he or she heard or saw you behaving in a “reckless or threatening” manner. Even if you are lucky enough to avoid having your door kicked in (or being shot) and are ultimately not prosecuted, police reports will be retained on file, potentially being resurrected if and when you do have to use your firearm.

Another troubling aspect of the Kavanaugh hearings is the depths to which his attackers were willing to go to destroy him — from trying to find something sinister in his high school yearbook to apparently attempting to “recruit” accusers to testify against him. We’ve all seen in other cases how text messages, “tweets” and even Instagram and Facebook posts can be devastating.

Should you find yourself in a lethal-force encounter, there is nothing keeping anti-gun zealots from using these newfound tactics on you. It doesn’t take much imagination to envision some prosecutor showing a jury all of your social media postings, “proving” what a violent and bigoted person you are. So be warned: Everything you post on social media can come back to haunt you.Also, you could be involved in what you saw as a clean shoot, but then “witnesses” could suddenly appear, giving testimony that is completely at odds with what actually happened. Think that’s unlikely? Remember, our opponents have a motto — “By any means necessary” — and I would not want to bet my life or my freedom on the hope that they won’t apply this tactic to me or anyone.

As always, awareness, common sense and being on our best behavior (including online) go a long way in protecting ourselves — physically and legally. Be aware. Be smart. And stay safe.

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