Gianforte Invites NRA to Relocate to Montana

Statement

Congressman Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) today invited the National Rifle Association to relocate to Montana, following efforts of attorneys general in New York and Washington, D.C. to dissolve the organization.

"As a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), I was frustrated to see far-left activists and elected officials in New York, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. attack the NRA and law-abiding gun owners across America who value our Second Amendment rights. While these progressive politicians seek to trample on our constitutional rights and posture to shut down our nation's largest, longest-standing defender of our Second Amendment rights, I invite the NRA to relocate to Montana," Gianforte wrote in a letter to Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's executive vice president and CEO.

Gianforte reminded LaPierre of Montana's rich heritage of gun ownership and observed how Montana has the highest per capita gun ownership and gun manufacturers in the United States.

"While I realize moving across the country is a big step that would require much consideration, I know Montana would welcome the National Rifle Association with our well-known warm hospitality -- certainly more than it has found with far-left politicians in New York, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.," Gianforte concluded.

On August 6, the attorneys general of New York and Washington, D.C. filed suit to dissolve the NRA.

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