David Hardy has exposed yet another Joyce Foundation sock-puppet, “The Legal Community Against Guns Violence.”
As David says, “And, as might be expected, a search of Legal Comm. Against Violence’s own website reveals… not one mention of who are their officers, directors, or how many members they have. In fact, no names at all.”
Take a look at where Joyce Foundation money goes.
But I bet “The Legal Community Against Violence” produces opinions and op-eds using citations from sources such as the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, and Professor Saul Cornell among others, holding them up as paragons of impartiality.
See also the Geek with a .45’s discussion of the Joyce Foundation’s spreading tenticles.
Edited to add:
A little digging and here’s some things I found:
The Board President for LCAV is Owen J. Clements – Chief of Special Litigation for the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office! Doubtless he was one of the proponents of San Francisco’s ill-advised handgun ban.
The Executive Director is Robyn Thomas, whose previous position was director of the Tikkun Community in Berzerkely, so it’s probably safe to say that she is a raging socialist, at least. The previous Executive Director, Sue Ann Schiff, resigned in June – after San Francisco’s gun ban was overturned. Apparently Mrs. Schiff is also Jewish (I assume Ms. Thomas is, since Tikkun is a Jewish organization formed to oppose Israel’s policies with regard to Palestine.) I have a hard time understanding members of the Jewish faith who don’t grasp the concept of “never again.” What Mrs. Schiff, Ms. Thomas, and Mr. Clements all advocate is, essentially, surrender. Surrender to criminals, surrender to terrorists.
I do not grok.
Say Uncle has more, and a link to a “report” by the organization. As Uncle says, the Legal Community Against Violence, like the Violence Policy Center, is “apparently only against guns and not the violence.”