Nine appalling gun laws backed by the right wing = ALEC [View all]
Monday, Dec 17, 2012 - http://www.salon.com/2012/12/17/9_appalling_gun_laws_backed_by_the_right_wing/singleton/
Nine appalling gun laws backed by the right wing
The corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council works hand-in-glove with the National Rifle Association
By Alex Kane, Alternet
... there’s another group working hand-in-glove with the NRA that deserves scrutiny: the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC, the Koch Brothers-backed group that is funded by big corporate interests, first attracted attention in the wake of the Trayvon Martin killing. The group, which brings together corporate interests, right-wing lobbyist groups and conservative politicians, passes model legislation that politicians take back ready-made to their state. The NRA has funded ALEC and co-chaired ALEC’s “Public Safety and Election Task Force,” which passes model bills on guns.
By way of the Center for Media and Democracy’s ALEC Exposed project, Digby’s Hullabaloo blog posted links to some of the model legislation on guns the group is pushing. Here are 9 of the awful gun bills ALEC wants to bring to a state near you.
1. Guns on Campus
Dubbed the “Campus Personal Protection Act,” this model legislation would allow handguns to be carried on campus. The ALEC bill would also “limit” regulations that the governing boards of colleges imposed on the carrying of guns on campus.
The bill is part of a wave of “concealed carry” gun laws that have passed around the nation–some with ALEC’s help ....
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