NRA slapping Cuomo with lawsuit over blacklisting campaign, violating First Amendment rights
The NRA on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against Cuomo and the state
"This case is necessitated by an overt viewpoint-based discrimination campaign against the NRA and the millions of law-abiding gun owners that it represents," says the suit. Which was filed in
"Directed by Governor
The suit comes a month after Department of Financial Services Superintendent
The letter does not threaten sanctions on those that continue their ties with the gun industry.
But the suit notes that several weeks after the DFS letter was sent, at least two companies were fined by the agency for underwriting NRA-endorsed insurance policies in violation of
"As a direct result of this coercion, multiple firms have succumbed to (the state's) demands and entered into consent orders with DFS that compel them to terminate longstanding, beneficial business relationships with the NRA, both in
The lawsuit also has a section titled "Cuomo's political vendetta against the NRA" that accuses the governor of being for decades a "political opportunist who has consistently sought to gain political capital by attacking the NRA."
William Brewer III, the lawyer representing the NRA in the lawsuit, said that "political differences aside, our client believes the tactics employed by these public officials are aimed to deprive the NRA of its First Amendment right to speak freely about gun-related issues and in defense of the Second Amendment.
"We believe these actions are outside the authority of DFS and fail to honor the principles which require public officials to protect the constitutional rights of all citizens," he said.
Cuomo ripped the
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Vullo called it incumbent upon her agency to "supervise and guide regulated entities to mitigate the risks to their safety and soundness that may derive from a variety of sources, including reputational risk."
"It is equally as important that DFS enforce
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