More on Corker’s NRA endorsement
The National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund has endorsed Republican Bob Corker for U.S. Senate.
“I am pleased that NRA members and gun owners in Tennessee really have a high-caliber candidate on Nov. 7,” Chris W. Cox, chairman of the NRA’s victory fund, said today during a conference call.
Mr. Corker, who faces Democratic U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., in the election, praised the group’s backing during the conference call.
“I’ll be a consistent voice for the Second Amendment and against any attempt to weaken our rights,” he said.
We’ll see.
Update: The Tennessean has more:
The National Rifle Association endorsed former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, while opponent Harold Ford Jr. claimed he had a better record on guns.
Corker, a Republican, said Ford has received two NRA “F” ratings and asserted that as a U.S. House member Ford once proposed a bill to encourage trial lawyers to sue gun manufacturers for damages on behalf of criminals.
Ford, D-Memphis, said he has a “B” rating from the NRA for votes last year. “I support the Second Amendment, and the NRA knows that.”
Ford said he supported the two most important votes to gun owners in recent years: lifting a ban on gun purchases by District of Columbia residents and granting immunity to gun makers from lawsuits.
As to why Corker got the nod:
Chris W. Cox, chairman of NRA’s political-action committee, said Corker’s record of halving Chattanooga’s crime rate over three years, aggressive prosecution of criminals and hunting background earned him the endorsement.
Alrighty, then.
