Little-Known Group's Gun Mailers Target Republican Candidates in Three Races

Bearing Arms, citing NBC News, reports that a little-known group called "Stand Your Ground" sent mailers in the closing days of the midterms faulting Republican candidates on gun rights, and says it is not known who is behind the group.

Key points

• Races: According to NBC News, the group is active in Florida's 14th Congressional District, South Carolina's 1st Congressional District and the Minnesota Senate race.
• South Carolina: Mailers say Republican nominee Jenny Costa Honeycutt "challenged our 2nd Amendment rights." Bearing Arms points to a debate in which Democrat Nancy Lacore, a retired Navy vice admiral, backed universal background checks and longer waiting periods.
• Minnesota: Flyers say Michelle Tafoya supports "red flag" laws. Bearing Arms says they leave out her Democratic opponent Peggy Flanagan's support for rifle and magazine bans, universal checks and red flag laws, and her endorsements from Everytown, Giffords and Brady.
• Registration: The group is not registered with the Federal Election Commission. A Delaware nonprofit with the same name was registered less than two months earlier, but it is unclear whether the two are the same.

Quick take

Bearing Arms views the mailers as an effort to weaken Republicans' support among gun owners and compares them to other tactics this cycle, including what it describes as Democrats recruiting a second Dan Sullivan for Alaska's Senate race against incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. The outlet urges gun owners to research candidates themselves.

Read the full story at Bearing Arms.