The National Foundation for Gun Rights (NFGR) has been forced to withdraw its lawsuit challenging Colorado’s 2013 magazine ban as the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) refused to give expert deposition.
Lawyers for NFGR approached the NSSF’s Director of Research requesting an expert declaration and a supporting deposition necessary to present the evidence in its lawsuit against Colorado.
In response, NSSF provided a declaration attesting there are literally hundreds of millions of magazines like those banned by Colorado in circulation.
NFGR’s lawyer submitted the declaration in the lawsuit and began the process of scheduling the necessary deposition as had been previously discussed.
Unfortunately, a month later NSSF informed NFGR’s lawyer that it would not allow its Director of Research (or anyone else) to provide the supporting deposition necessary to use the information in the case.
This came after critical legal deadlines for submitting evidence had already passed.
Dudley Brown, President of the National Association for Gun Rights had this to say of the situation:
“We were clear with the NSSF – if you don’t defend your study in court, it kills our case. All we wanted was for NSSF to testify to the facts they already published.”
Hannah Hill, Executive Director of the National Foundation for Gun Rights added:
“This is a setback in the fight to end the mag ban, but we aren’t giving up. We will keep fighting until this unconstitutional ban is off the books.”
NFGR intends to back a renewed challenge to the unconstitutional magazine ban shortly.
Read more at MyrtleBeachSC.com.
