California-based gun-rights group Firearms Policy Coalition said "$500,000 is a lot of money that will go a long way in promoting their cause" and encouraged their membership to donate $49 to fight against the team's efforts.

"If the 49ers, who haven't won a single game in the NFL this season, are any indication, attacking the Second Amendment should be a losing issue," Richard Thomson, a spokesman for the group, said in a message to supporters. "But as we've seen, time and time again, the anti-gunners are only more emboldened with every passing day."

via the Washington Free Beacon:

Gun-rights groups criticized the San Francisco 49ers this week for donating half-a-million dollars to a new gun-control effort.

California-based gun-rights group Firearms Policy Coalition said "$500,000 is a lot of money that will go a long way in promoting their cause" and encouraged their membership to donate $49 to fight against the team's efforts.

"If the 49ers, who haven't won a single game in the NFL this season, are any indication, attacking the Second Amendment should be a losing issue," Richard Thomson, a spokesman for the group, said in a message to supporters. "But as we've seen, time and time again, the anti-gunners are only more emboldened with every passing day."

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