NAN's 'No NRA in NYC Campaign' Event Cancelled

UPDATE (March 2 , 9 a.m. - EST) 

The press conference has been cancelled until further notice.

New York, NY –  Minister Kirsten John Foy, Northeast Regional Director of the National Action Network (NAN), along with elected officials, community leaders, and clergy across New York City, will announce NAN's “No NRA in NYC Campaign” on March 2, at 11 a.m., at Gargiulos Restaurant.

Queenie Huling, President of the South Brooklyn Chapter of NAN, and New York City Councilman Mark Treyger are also expected to attend.

The NRA plans on holding an annual event at the South Brooklyn restaurant in April and giving away “exclusive NRA guns, gear, décor and collectibles.” The National Action Network will confront the NRA and their New York City benefactor, the aforementioned restaurant, demanding that the upcoming event be permanently cancelled or the community will respond in kind with a permanent protest and boycott of the establishment.

According to the National Action Network and Minister Foy, they have been fighting the NRA and gun violence for years, nationwide, and will not allow the NRA to operate in a clandestine manor in New York City.

NAN officials have stated that any friend of the NRA is no friend of Brooklyn, New York City, or the country at large. 

Source: Mercury