Viewing the NRA as too soft on gun rights, 'no-compromise' gun groups have been pushing lawmakers in conservative states to loosen gun restrictions. And they've been making headway. One group has pushed Idaho to drop nearly all of its regulations.
Pruett posts regular updates each legislative session for supporters of his influential gun rights group.
Idaho Second Amendment Alliance President Greg Pruett , stands with Ammon Bundy , who has been part of two armed standoffs with federal agents, during a gun rights rally in Boise, Idaho in September 2018. Pruett and other state gun rights activists have been pushing some conservative legislatures to gut gun regulations.Heath Druzin/Boise State Public Radio
"My name is Charles Nielsen," the man said."This my granddaughter, Bailey. Bailey is 11 years old. Bailey is carrying a loaded AR-15." And this is happening as the trend is going in the opposite direction in much of the country. Idaho's neighbor, Nevada, enacted sweeping firearms regulations last year. In February, New Mexico lawmakers passed a red flag law, meaning courts can temporarily remove guns from at-risk people. And Colorado's new red flag law went into effect in January."I think the gun rights groups do have a larger strategy that explains things like what's happening in Idaho," he said.
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