Grass Roots North Carolina / Forum for Firearms Education
Post Office Box 10665, Raleigh, NC 27605
877.282.0939 (Phone) 919.573.0354 (Fax) www.GRNC.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release date: May 7, 2025
Press release link: https://www.grnc.org/defend-your-rights/press-releases
GUN GROUP TARGETS TILLIS
Grass Roots North Carolina pressures Sen. Thom Tillis over his opposition to Ed Martin for US Attorney for D.C.
GOP Senator Thom Tillis has gone on record as saying he opposes the appointment of pro-Second Amendment nominee Ed Martin for US Attorney for the District of Columbia, potentially killing the appointment and clearing the way for other, less pro-2A appointees.
Tillis has a long history of backstabbing the conservatives who elected him, and particularly Second Amendment supporters. In 2022, he engineered passage of the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,” which the Biden administration later used to criminalize most, if not all, private gun sales. Later, he expressed support for “red flag” gun confiscation schemes until pressure from gun rights supporters forced him to back off.
Tillis’ claimed reason for opposing the nomination is that Martin facilitated President Trump’s pardons for January 6 protestors who were ruthlessly prosecuted for even minor crimes by the Biden administration.
Said GRNC president Paul Valone:
“If Senator Tillis once again stabs gun voters in the back by opposing the nomination of Ed Martin for US Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Grass Roots North Carolina Political Victory Fund will work with any and all candidates and political groups to ensure Tillis is targeted with a primary election challenge in his next re-election bid.
“Worst of all, his claimed objection rests upon Martin’s role in pardoning January 6 protestors whom the Biden administration ruthlessly prosecuted and sentenced to draconian prison sentences for even minor transgressions. Even with pardons, the protestors have served an average of 42 months in prison for what should, in many cases, have been misdemeanors.
“After backstabbing Second Amendment supporters with the misnamed “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” and trying to saddle citizens with “red flag” gun confiscation without due process, no further betrayals will be tolerated. Sen. Tillis needs to immediately support the Martin nomination.”
Founded in 1994, Grass Roots North Carolina is an all-volunteer 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to preserving individual liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights with emphasis on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
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