July 30, 2014 In the News
The Spokesman-Review: Jewish federation calls for NRA lobbyist to resign over remarks
The Spokesman-Review reports:
A suggestion by a National Rifle Association spokesman that Jews should oppose gun control because of what happened in Nazi Germany has added new ammunition to the debate over two competing measures on the November ballot.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle on Tuesday called for the resignation of NRA state lobbyist Brian Judy, who was recorded at a recent meeting saying he couldn’t understand why Jews would support gun control, a policy instituted by the Nazis.
Judy reportedly was telling a group of gun rights advocates he couldn’t understand the support for Initiative 594 by a major donor whose family he said was “run out of Germany by the Nazis.”