Bobby Jindal Likens Gun Rights to Religious Liberty
1:07 pm ET
Apr 10, 2015
By Patrick O'Connor
NASHVILLE — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal sounds more and more like a candidate eager to re-ignite the culture wars that divide Red America from its more urban alternative, as he gears up for a likely White House bid later this year.
In a speech to the National Rifle Association later today, the Louisiana governor is expected to link efforts to fight so-called religious freedom measures in Indiana and Arkansas with other, unrelated attempts to restrict gun ownership in the U.S.
“If these large forces can conspire to crush the First Amendment, it won’t be long before they come after the Second Amendment,” Mr. Jindal is expected to tell a group of NRA members here in Nashville this afternoon, according to early excerpts of his remarks.
Indiana and Arkansas recently passed legislation that critics said would have offered legal protection to business owners who refused services to same-sex couples. Amid widespread criticism, including from executives at companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.and Apple Inc., the two states’ Republican governors signed revised bills that weakened such protection.
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