I spoke with Alan Gottleib, the executive vice president and founder of the Second Amendment Foundation late Wednesday evening, and he told me that they have no idea why the account was suddenly suspended.
“The fact that it was done just before our record setting Gun Rights Policy Conference does not sit well with us. Coincidence? Hard to believe.”
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a gun rights organization de-platformed, even temporarily. It was just a few weeks ago that The Well Armed Woman had its Instagram page suddenly removed, with admins unable to access the page. At the time, Carrie Lightfoot, the founder of The Well Armed Woman complained: