Right Wing Gun Group Supports Leatherwood Over Blackburn

By Kleinheider Posted on July 18, 2008 at 7:22 am

Gun Owners of America, the gun rights group that makes the NRA look like a bunch of nanny state gun grabbers, has endorsed a Republican insurgent against his incumbent opponent:

Gun Owners of America, one of the nation’s leading advocates for the Second Amendment, has endorsed Tom Leatherwood in the race for the 7^th District congressional nomination. 

The group cited Leatherwood’s lengthy record of support for gun owners’ rights, and praised his commitment to protecting the 2^nd Amendment rights of veterans. 

GOA Executive Director Larry Pratt said Leatherwood’s opponent, incumbent Marsha Blackburn, “supported a bill that allows the government to ban certain veterans from purchasing firearms without judicial oversight.  Leatherwood, on the other hand, will support the ‘Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act,’ a bill that protects veterans’ rights.”

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