Legal Niches

Gun Owners of America Exits Save The Internet Coalition

By james_fudge

According to a report in The Hill, the Gun Owners of America has severed ties with net-neutrality coalition Save the Internet after questions about associations with ACORN and the ACLU were brought to light by the right-wing political blog RedState. The GOA, a charter member of Save the Internet, is stepping away from the group because, says Erich Pratt - communications director, "times have changed."

Pratt went on to say that it backed the group in 2006 because it was concerned that 'AOL and others might continue to block pro-second amendment issues." But Pratt says that the fight has shifted, and now the group that represents gun owners is far more concerned with "government control of the Internet." That, Pratt says, is an issue that his organization is "100 percent opposed to." Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 23, 2010 (boomark / email).