Texas Tribune by Alex Samuels April 23, 2019
Weeks after getting in a confrontation with Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen at a closed-door Republican dinner, gun rights activist Chris McNutt asked for an apology for what he said amounted to having his name “dragged through the mud.â€
“They’ve painted this narrative of this outraged gun activist,†McNutt told The Texas Tribune after a press conference he had Tuesday afternoon inside the JW Marriott hotel in downtown Austin. “It just makes me looks like a complete nut job.â€
During Tuesday’s news conference, McNutt accused Bonnen, R-Angleton, of lying when he told Lubbock radio host Chad Hasty that the gun rights activist “flashed his gun†when he visited lawmakers’ local district offices. McNutt said he was unarmed during such visits.
Rather than comment on claims McNutt made this afternoon, a spokeswoman for Bonnen said that “it appears someone has forgotten the law of holes.â€
“If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging,†Bonnen spokeswoman Cait Meisenheimer said in a statement to The Texas Tribune.
Bonnen previously accused the gun rights activist of using intimidation tactics to get a bill McNutt supports through the legislature. McNutt, the executive director of Texas Gun Rights, blames Bonnen for inaction on “constitutional carry†legislation that would allow Texans to carry guns without a permit.
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