NRA sues city of L.A. over its new contract disclosure law

[Calista241]

Source: LA Times

The National Rifle Assn. filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new Los Angeles law requiring companies that seek contracts with the city to disclose whether they have ties to the gun rights group.

The suit was filed in federal court on behalf of the NRA, including a John Doe, who is described in court documents as an NRA member and business operator with several L.A. city contracts.

“Plaintiff Doe participates in this action as a Doe participant because he reasonably fears retribution from the city and the potential loss of lucrative contracts should Doe’s identity be known,” the lawsuit says.

City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell championed the new law, arguing in a motion he presented last year that city residents and stakeholders “deserve to know” whether taxpayer funds are being spent on contractors with ties to the NRA.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nra-sues-los-angeles-disclosure-law-20190424-story.html

[PoliticAverse]

1. Do they "deserve to know" whether taxpayer funds are being spent on contractors "with ties"...

to the ACLU? How about planned parenthood? How far does the "deserve to know" go?

[friendly_iconoclast]

3. Exactly. If this can be applied to people we don't like (and I surely don't), what's...

...stopping someplace from doing the same to stuff *we* support?

This is a bad precedent the City of LA is trying to set..

[cstanleytech]

4. On the other hand the GOP kind of does go after groups it does not like with legislation

like Planned Parenthood.

[friendly_iconoclast]

5. They do- and we should be smarter than to give them top cover like this.

[ripcord]

9. I have to agree with this

Aside from just being wrong it is a road we really don't want to go down. It may be something republicans would do but honestly aren't we proud we arent them?

[friendly_iconoclast]

2. Good. While I loathe the NRA, this is in no wise different from anti-BDS laws

Once you get started down this route, what's to stop some benighted locale from trying to prevent someone
whose politics Dems like from getting municipal contracts?

[Demonaut]

10. it's almost trumpian

[dlk]

6. Sunshine Laws are Usually a Good Idea

[Haggis for Breakfast]

7. The NRA needs to get it through their effing skulls

that their unfounded, unsupported pseudo-fears and scare tactics do NOT over-ride the concerns of government (and taxpayers right to know where their money is being spent).

[friendly_iconoclast]

8. I suggest you read reply #1 as regards the "concerns of government"

[Aristus]

11. L.A., feel free to try and run out the clock on this one.

I have doubts as to the long-term health of the NRA...