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Ted Cruz's Favorite Gun Lobbyist Warns US Government
47 minutes ago
MEDIA MATTERS STAFF
Larry Pratt, the head of extremist gun group Gun Owners of America (GOA), warned the U.S. federal government that "we'll point our guns at you if you try to act tyrannically" during an appearance on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' radio show.
GOA, which opposes any background checks on gun sales, recently endorsed Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), who has has called GOA's support "critical" to his 2012 election to the U.S. Senate and praised GOA's hardline stance on guns in remarks to the group's supporters ...
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/09/16/ted-cruzs-favorite-gun-lobbyist-warns-us-govern/205596