Gun Owners of America Endorses Mike Cox for Governor
LIVONIA, MI—Mike Cox today became the only candidate for governor in Michigan to receive the endorsement of the Gun Owners of America (GOA PVF), a leading national pro-2nd Amendment organization.
“Pro gun voters in Michigan have a champion in Mike Cox,” said GOA PVF Vice Chairman Tim Macy. “Mike Cox earned gun owners respect and our endorsement by standing up time and again for gun owners rights before the United States Supreme Court and fighting to expand CCW reciprocity across the nation. Mike Cox is Michigan’s best choice to effectively defend our 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms and Gun Owners of America PVF is proud to endorse him in the race for governor.”
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a national non-profit organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue.
“As a Marine, prosecutor and Michigan’s Attorney General I swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America and I will continue to defend our gun rights as governor,” said Cox. “I am honored to stand side-by-side with Gun Owners of America, pro-2nd Amendment leaders, activists and voters in the fight to protect the right to keep and bear arms.”
Cox earlier this week also received the gubernatorial endorsement of the Michigan-based Shooters Alliance for Firearm Rights (SAFR-PAC). Cox has twice been endorsed by the National Rifle Association. While some of Cox’s opponents have opposed CCW reciprocity and supported the DC handgun ban, Cox has been a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment.
Mike Cox last month praised a ruling by the United States Supreme Court that agreed with an Amicus Brief filed by the Michigan Attorney General, upheld the Second Amendment to the Constitution and put an end to a local handgun ban in the city of Chicago.
Cox last year joined Attorneys General from 37 other states in filing an amicus brief to McDonald v. Chicago, and one in support of the NRA in a related case, National Rifle Association v. City of Chicago. The briefs urged the Court to strike down the controversial weapons ban.
“The Constitution protects the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms and government must not infringe on that right,” said Cox.
Cox is a leader in the fight to protect the 2nd Amendment, previously signing two amicus briefs supporting the right of citizens to keep and bear arms in District of Columbia v. Heller. On June 26, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia’s gun ordinance in that case. Cox’s efforts to protect gun rights also resulted in more states recognizing Michigan-issued concealed weapons (CCW) permits. When Cox took office in 2003, only eight states recognized Michigan-issued CCW permits. Today, 36 states recognize Michigan issued CCW permits.
Mike Cox is also the only candidate for governor endorsed by Right to Life of Michigan and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. For more information on Cox’s campaign for Governor please visit www.mikecox2010.com or call the campaign office today at (734) 525-5035.
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