{"id":32555,"date":"2022-10-17T15:39:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=32555"},"modified":"2022-10-17T15:42:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:42:24","slug":"follow-up-on-brady-lowy-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=32555","title":{"rendered":"Follow-up On Brady-Lowy Split"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2677,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.politico.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/17\\\/gun-control-agent-mexico-00061941&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260206070948\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.politico.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/17\\\/gun-control-agent-mexico-00061941&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 02:39:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 13:02:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 13:02:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2678,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/storage.courtlistener.com\\\/recap\\\/gov.uscourts.azd.1313169\\\/gov.uscourts.azd.1313169.1.0.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260416030614\\\/https:\\\/\\\/storage.courtlistener.com\\\/recap\\\/gov.uscourts.azd.1313169\\\/gov.uscourts.azd.1313169.1.0.pdf&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 23:00:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 02:30:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 13:02:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 13:02:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2679,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nationalreview.com\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/fast-furious-obama-first-scandal&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2680,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.govinfo.gov\\\/content\\\/pkg\\\/CHRG-112hhrg72802\\\/html\\\/CHRG-112hhrg72802.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251117102942\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.govinfo.gov\\\/content\\\/pkg\\\/CHRG-112hhrg72802\\\/html\\\/CHRG-112hhrg72802.htm&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 02:39:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 13:02:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 13:02:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1094,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/waronguns.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260410234042\\\/https:\\\/\\\/waronguns.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 12:38:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 12:47:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 03:28:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 13:02:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 17:01:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 17:01:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>This is a follow-up on the departure of Jonathan Lowy from Brady United for Global Action on Gun Violence <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2022\/10\/11\/brady-united-and-jonathan-lowy-parts-ways.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which I wrote about<\/a><\/strong> last week. As many have speculated, Brady United did not want to be viewed as a foreign agent according to a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/17\/gun-control-agent-mexico-00061941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">story in Politico<\/a><\/strong>. While I had asked Lowy himself many of these questions in an email, I never got a response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brady United COO Susan Lavington said they were reluctant to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/17\/gun-control-agent-mexico-00061941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politico<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Brady, for its part, was hesitant to dive into work that would fall under the foreign influence law, its Chief Operating Officer Susan Lavington said. Lavington added that the group would remain \u201claser focused on America\u2019s gun violence,\u201d and did not plan to collaborate with or provide any funding for Lowy\u2019s group.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Lowy, by contrast, wanted to go international in the fight for more gun control including lobbying for new laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In an interview, Lowy emphasized that he departed from the legacy nonprofit \u201camicably.\u201d He said he views gun control as a means to address issues with cross-border drug trafficking and migration and plans to work with countries or others \u201caffected by U.S. gun industry practices.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThe guns that are trafficked across the border, is like the venom in the cartel,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is the venom that makes them dangerous.\u201d&#8230;<\/p><p>Lowy explained that the goal was to go beyond litigation, suggesting that the group would lobby around legislation and regulation of gun companies on behalf of foreign governments or people outside the U.S.<\/p><p>He declined to provide details about the group\u2019s funding or its advisory committee at this point. But according to a filing with the Department of Justice, its board will include Dennis Henigan, another lawyer and Brady alum, and Malcolm Ruby, a lawyer who has worked with Brady on a lawsuit against the firearm manufacturer Smith &amp; Wesson on behalf of victims of a Toronto shooting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Forgive me for being skeptical about Lowy&#8217;s contention that more gun control, whether in the US or other places in the world, will stop either drug trafficking or illegal border crossing. It will not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for his <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.azd.1313169\/gov.uscourts.azd.1313169.1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">latest lawsuit<\/a><\/strong> on behalf of the Mexican government against Arizona gun dealers, I seem to remember a little episode in the not too distant past. You may remember it. It was run by BATFE and DOJ during the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2016\/01\/fast-furious-obama-first-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obama Administration<\/a><\/strong>. It was called<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CHRG-112hhrg72802\/html\/CHRG-112hhrg72802.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Operation Fast and Furious<\/a><\/strong>. Or, as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/waronguns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Codrea<\/a><\/strong> and others have called it, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111203221748\/http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/gun-rights-in-national\/a-journalist-s-guide-to-project-gunwalker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Project Gunwalker<\/a><\/strong> where the BATFE &#8220;encouraged&#8221; Arizona dealers to sell to known straw purchasers so that the weapons would cross the border. Their goal was use that as the pretext for more gun control when traced back to the US from crime scenes. So sorry about the two Federal law enforcement officers killed along with untold numbers of innocent Mexican nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Lowy is interested in suing anyone on behalf of Mexico, perhaps he should start with former BATFE officials and former Attorney General Eric Holder. Since we don&#8217;t know who is funding Lowy&#8217;s new organization &#8211; though we can make some educated guesses &#8211; it is impossible to say how his financial backers might respond to that. More than likely, very negatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H\/T: Rob R.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a follow-up on the departure of Jonathan Lowy from Brady United for Global Action on Gun Violence&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5389,6194,6193,45,440,1982,543,544],"class_list":["post-32555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brady-united","tag-fara","tag-global-action-on-gun-violence","tag-gun-control","tag-jonathan-lowy","tag-mexico","tag-operation-fast-and-furious","tag-project-gunwalker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32555"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32558,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32555\/revisions\/32558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}