New York lawmaker wants to punish NRA for successfully challenging gun law

I’m sure there’s more than one legislator in the Empire State who’d like to apply the screws to the NRA for its support of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association’s challenge to the state’s “may issue” concealed carry laws, but so far only one of them is willing to go on the record stating that his proposed legislation is meant to be punishment for the group daring to defend the constitutionally-protected right to bear arms in self-defense.
 

Senate Bill 9601 would remove the National Rifle Association from the list of organizations authorized to grant certificates as “instructors in small arms practice.” In other words, NRA-certified firearms instructors wouldn’t be certified at all, at least as far as the state of New York is concerned. That would impact almost every firearms instructor in the state, and the bill’s sponsor isn’t shy about the intent behind the move.