NRA slam on gun-control advocate Shannon Watts backfires [View all]

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It's hard to imagine what the National Rifle Association thought they'd gain by turning Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts into a paper doll with a feather duster.

"They seem to think real moms and real women just cook, clean and use rotary telephones," Watts, who lives in Indianapolis, told me Monday evening. "I can only imagine it's because real women aren't making their marketing materials."

The September issue of NRA's magazine, America's 1st Freedom, contains an article headlined "Not Watts She Seems," which calls Watts' self-described stay-at-home mom badge into question, noting that she has a long and impressive history of public relations and activist work.

The article alone may not have raised many eyebrows. NRA leadership is no fan of Watts, who founded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America shortly after the December 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School to push for stronger gun control laws, including mandatory background checks for all gun purchases. And even the U.S. Census Bureau has a hard time deciding what counts as a stay-at-home parent. (Particularly when it comes to dads.)

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