Democratic Virginia Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe has appointed Lori Haas, the Virginia State Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, to his 54-member bipartisan transition team.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence opposes the "insurrectionist ideology" of the National Rifle Association and supports banning so-called "assault weapons," as well as rolling back concealed carry laws, according to its website.
During the Virginia gubernatorial election, McAuliffe said he supported Colorado’s gun-control measures that resulted in the recall of two state senators.
McAuliffe’s stances earned him an "F" rating from the NRA. The NRA spent more than $500,000 against McAuliffe in the election.
"Despite claiming support for the Second Amendment, Haas’s appointment to this position to help assemble his Administration sends a very clear message to gun owners and sportsmen in Virginia that their rights are already under attack in Richmond," the NRA’s policy arm said in a statement.
McAuliffe’s narrow victory was bankrolled in part by gun-control groups, such as Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which spent $1.1 million on the race.
McAuliffe’s other recent appointments have riled his opponents as well.
McAuliffe’s first cabinet appointment was Levar Stoney, his deputy campaign manager and a former executive of the scandal-tainted GreenTech Automotive.