{"id":96062,"date":"2018-03-07T20:56:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T00:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=96062"},"modified":"2018-03-07T20:57:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T00:57:40","slug":"connecticut-governor-who-covered-up-state-sponsored-terror-attack-on-sandy-hook-calls-nra-a-terrorist-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=96062","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Governor who covered up state-sponsored terror attack on Sandy Hook calls NRA a &#8216;terrorist organization&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Connecticut Governor: NRA Is A &#8220;Terrorist Organization&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut\u2019s governor called the National Rifle Association (NRA) a terrorist organization in an interview Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_96063\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Connecticut-Governor-Dannel-Malloy-sits-during-the-dedication-ceremony-of-the-new-DUI-unit-of-the-Cybulski-Community-Reintegration-Center-on-April-1-2016-in-Enfield-Connecticut-e1520433354857.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96063\" class=\"wp-image-96063 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Connecticut-Governor-Dannel-Malloy-sits-during-the-dedication-ceremony-of-the-new-DUI-unit-of-the-Cybulski-Community-Reintegration-Center-on-April-1-2016-in-Enfield-Connecticut-e1520433354857.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Connecticut-Governor-Dannel-Malloy-sits-during-the-dedication-ceremony-of-the-new-DUI-unit-of-the-Cybulski-Community-Reintegration-Center-on-April-1-2016-in-Enfield-Connecticut-e1520433354857.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Connecticut-Governor-Dannel-Malloy-sits-during-the-dedication-ceremony-of-the-new-DUI-unit-of-the-Cybulski-Community-Reintegration-Center-on-April-1-2016-in-Enfield-Connecticut-e1520433354857-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-96063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/03\/07\/dannel-malley-nra-terrorist-organization\/\">As The Daily Caller&#8217;s Henry Rodgers reports,\u00a0<\/a>Gov.\u00a0Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, also<strong>\u00a0said his state would \u201cboycott\u201d the NRA and said the organization has been acting like a \u201cterrorist organization,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0in an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fox61.com\/2018\/03\/06\/gov-malloy-nra-has-become-a-terrorist-organization\/\">Fox61<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn2.trb.tv\/iframe.html?ec=Y2a3BsZTE6Fa0VZbuwWWkpwQ0EaqOMAr&amp;pbid=3c1df42a0ea4920b9489cfaaf8aec88&amp;pcode=U1YjUyOne3j1WfsytePVfLsfvesn\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He also believes the NRA has changed throughout the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThey act, quite frankly, in some cases as a terrorist organization,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Malloy said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u201cYou want to make safer guns? We will boycott your company. That\u2019s who they are. That\u2019s what they do.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The comments directed at the NRA come weeks after the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 people dead. The NRA has continued to receive criticism after the shooting, causing massive companies such as\u00a0FedEx, Delta and United and many others to cut ties with the association.<\/p>\n<p>The NRA has completely changed since the 1990s, the governor also said, noting the group previously opposed teachers carrying firearms in schools and that they had been in favor of\u00a0universal background checks.\u00a0<strong>Malloy believes changes to their beliefs have transformed the organization into a \u201cterrorist organization.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malloy\u2019s criticism also comes after reports surfaced of a billboard, located in Pensacola, Fla., calling the NRA a \u201cterrorist organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-07_10-01-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96065\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-07_10-01-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-07_10-01-25.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-07_10-01-25-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-03-07_10-01-25.jpg?itok=EQRPE772\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-03-07_10-01-25.jpg?itok=EQRPE772\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-03-07_10-01-25.jpg\" srcset=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2018-03-07_10-01-25.jpg?itok=EQRPE772 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"506\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f2d47468-3d66-4f15-ab7e-a72a30b5e5ed\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a>The billboard was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/376603-florida-billboard-calls-nra-a-terrorist-organization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded<\/a>\u00a0by Mad Dog PAC, which\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/billboards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0funds billboards across the U.S. in opposition to President Donald Trump and other Republicans running for office.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-03-07\/connecticut-governor-nra-terrorist-organization\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-03-07\/connecticut-governor-nra-terrorist-organization<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut Governor: NRA Is A &#8220;Terrorist Organization&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}