New York State Rifle and Pistol President, and NRA Board member Tom King sets the record straight on 80% lower claim.
New York – Ladies and Gentlemen,
There’s been an article written chastising me for supposedly agreeing with NYS Legislators in their bid to ban 80% lower receivers.
That article is wrong. To be clear: I do not support the banning of 80% lowers or any other firearm. Never have. Never will.
The quotes in question came from a thirty-minute Newsday interview that I conducted more than a month ago. Of course, only a couple of sentences were used from that 30 minute conversation.
I referenced a case in New York State where someone was illegally manufacturing, assembling and selling firearms –including full autos. As you know, those are illegal acts. I do not condone anyone intentionally breaking the law as I believe that only helps our opposition.
So, let me set the record straight. I oppose all registration and believe all lawful gun owners have the right to own the firearm of his or her choice whenever and where ever they choose. I believe ours is a country based on common law and the way to challenge laws we consider unconstitutional is in the voting booths and the courts, as we are doing in our U.S. Supreme Court case NYSRPA v. NYC and our Second Circuit Court of Appeals Case NYSRPA v. Beach, Cuomo et.al. We will win the battle!
In closing I would like to thank those who gave me the benefit of the doubt and called me for an explanation. I’ve spent twenty years fighting for your rights and I’m not going to throw those years away by kicking the Second Amendment under the bus at this late date.
Thank you for taking the time to read this missive.
Tom King
NYSRPA
“I’m not going to throw those years away by kicking the Second Amendment under the bus ”
Why not? Most of the other NRA board members and people in authority there have. What makes you so much different?
Ohhhh. You say you didn’t! Wow. I’ve never heard that from a guilty party before, Ever. Up until now I thought everybody always told the truth. Welcome to “The Invention of Lying”. Perhaps Ricky Gervais might have a copyright claim though…
David Codrea had a comment – which he UPDATED:
* https://waronguns.blogspot.com/2019/10/and-with-friends-like-these.html
Here is my question, Tom: Did you record the conversation?
If yes, visibly, or in secret? New York is a One-Party Consent state.
If you can prove what you write here, then please do so.
Wayne LaPierre and his cronies on the BOD see the NRA as “their” thing, not the “members” thing. They’d rather let the whole thing crash and burn than step aside for new leadership.
I don’t believe a single word of any fudd cut from the same cloth as Whiny LaPee-yew, who compromises away our 2A rights while raking in big money. Maybe not nearly as much as WLP, but $100k annually is still a hefty chunk of change for a state 2A organization!! And look at how NY is becoming like Commiefornia, especially where gun laws are concerned.
I can’t help but wonder if this King is related to Congressman King who is anti-2A?
For more info on Tom King go to this link to an Ammoland article in January of this year. And read the comments as he answers some questions I had there.
https://www.ammoland.com/2019/01/interview-nra-board-member-nysrpa-executive-director-tom-king/#axzz63HZep2Uw
I would like to believe you,Tom, but you’re still an NRA board member. When you condemn Wayne and resign from B o D and then apologize to us for not insisting on a clean sweep of the N R A, then we, the folks who pay your lucrative salary and benefits, will believe you. PM