Friday, May 04, 2018

The NRA has no respect for USA sanctions.

Besides any Russian sanctions, there is also the issue of the "Small Arms Treaty" of the United Nations.

May 4, 2018

Dallas – As President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence (click here) prepare to address the NRA convention today, ABC News reports that a Russia-linked ammunition company, TulAmmo USA (click here), is an expected exhibitor at this year’s NRA convention.

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund has launched ads in Dallas calling for the NRA to come clean on Russian money and its ties to Russia as CNN reports the NRA is “setting aside years of documents related to its interactions with a Kremlin-linked banker” who is reportedly at the center of an FBI probe into “whether Russian money went to [the] NRA to help Trump” in 2016. The NRA has denied being contacted by the FBI about anything related to Russia.

Statement from Andrew Zucker, Federal Media Relations Director for "Everytown for Gun Safety."

“Talk about unbelievable. While the NRA dodges important questions about Russian money and its ties to Russia, we learn that the NRA is hosting a Russia-linked company with ties to Putin’s inner circle at this year’s NRA convention. Before the next shoe drops, the NRA should do itself a favor and come clean with the American people on all of its Russia ties.”...