At the May 5, meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) Criminal Justice Task Force, the task force unanimously adopted the "Defense of Free Market and Public Safety" resolution, which states the organization's opposition to HUD's efforts to get local officials to sign on to their so-called Communities for Safer Guns Coalition. ALEC is the nation's largest bipartisan, individual membership association of state legislators, with nearly 2,400 members across America. The resolution states that giving firearms contract preferences to gun companies that adhere to a particular political philosophy threatens public safety, and illustrates a deliberate attempt to circumvent both open bid laws and the legislative process. The resolution concludes "that the American Legislative Exchange Council hereby opposes the efforts of those federal, state, and local elected and appointed officials who are openly encouraging a circumvention of the legislative process to establish further controls on firearms; opposes any attempts to violate state firearms preemption laws and the competitive bidding process; and strongly opposes any effort that compromises law enforcement officer safety or the public's safety." The resolution will become official ALEC policy in 30 days if there are no objections from ALEC's executive board.
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