Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-CT) is coming out strongly against the NRA.

The Nutmeg State governor — who has served in that post since 2011 — ripped the NRA during a press conference on Wednesday.

“They act — quite frankly, in some cases — as a terrorist organization,” Malloy said (via Hartford, CT Fox affiliate WTIC). “You want to make safer guns? We will boycott your company. That’s who they are. That’s what they do.”

The governor added, “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 ’90s said we should have universal background checks. They have in essence become a terrorist organization.”

In a statement released by spokesperson Jennifer Baker, the NRA condemned the governor’s remarks.

“The NRA is comprised of over five million law-abiding citizens many of whom are teachers, doctors, policeman, farmers, moms and dads residing in Connecticut,” Baker said. “So let’s be clear Governor Malloy just called tens of thousands of his constituents terrorists.”

Watch above, via WTIC.

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