
Liberal Gun Club (LGC) spokesperson Lara Smith says her group has witnessed an increase in inquiries and rising membership since Donald Trump won the presidency. She said the LGC focuses on education rather than politics and, because of this, offers an alternative to Democrats who may not support Republican positions related to the Second Amendment. Smith told NPR: The NRA has its political side. We are an organization strictly for education. We do not endorse candidates. And we’re a place – many of our members have joined NRA boards, other gun forums and found that they weren’t welcome there because they didn’t follow lockstep with the NRA’s support of nearly unanimously Republican and right-leaning candidates. She said the increased interest in LGC is coming from the same demographics that…