NRA sues San Francisco after leaders brand it a ‘terrorist’ outfit

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The National Rifle Association alleges the city of San Francisco defamed it when local leaders branded the gun rights group a “domestic terrorist organization” in a resolution earlier this month.

The city is violating the NRA’s First Amendment speech rights and has effectively moved to “blacklist anyone linked to the N.R.A,” it said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, according to the New York Times.

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