The NRA Isn't a Terrorist Organization (Or Is Connecticut Governor Malloy Running for President?)

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has proclaimed the NRA a "terrorist organization":

They act quite frankly in some cases as a terrorist organization. You want to make safer guns? We will boycott your company. That's who they are. That's what they do.

The NRA today is a far cry from the NRA that in 1999 said that teachers shouldn't carry weapons in schools. Or in the 90’s said we should have universal background checks. They have in essence become a terrorist organization.

My first reaction to this statement is to ask if Malloy is planning to seek the Democratic Party's nomination for the White House in 2020.

If he is then Democrats would be wise to steer clear of him because he will guarantee President Trump a second term.

The last I checked organizing boycotts is a non-violent means of obtaining political ends as is the case with organizations who seek to boycott the NRA. Surely Malloy isn't calling those who organize boycotts against the NRA terrorists?

I would add that opposing universal background checks, supporting the arming of teachers or otherwise disagreeing with Dannel Malloy makes one a terrorist or a member or supporter of a terrorist organization.

Terrorist organizations advance a political agenda by planning, financing and carrying out violent acts against civilians. One might not share the NRA's political agenda, but they simply do not fit the definition of a terrorist organization.

With all the stupid and foolish things President Trump says and does, it is impossible for me to support his opposition if they insist on saying and doing equally stupid and foolish things.