What's next, membership in the Communist Party? Doing business with Israel?
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the last hoorah
LA passes ordinance barring contractors from working for the city if they hold an NRA membership
The Los Angeles City Council voted yesterday to require companies who want to contract with the city to disclose their relationships with the National Rifle Association.
Prospective contractors now must disclose under affidavit any contracts or sponsorships they or their subsidiaries have with the NRA. The city has similar policies about companies involved in the construction of President Trump’s proposed border wall and over the historic investment in or profits from slavery.
The ordinance on the NRA was sought by Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, who cited several recent mass shootings in the U.S. At Tuesday’s meeting, he said the NRA has “been a road block to gun safety reform at every level of government now for several decades.”
A few years ago I’d have said this ordinance would be immediately struck down as unconstitutional on its face. These days, who knows? But advocates of laws like this should remember that majorities shift, and assaults on the First Amendment can come back to bite them.
