CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: NRA endorses Democrat Koster, not Republican, for Missouri governor.

The NRA’s political action committee cited Koster’s record as a state senator and attorney general, including his support of a sweeping bill to expand gun rights that Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed this year. The gun rights group also highlighted that Koster supported a concealed guns law in 2003 when he was a state senator, as well as a more recent constitutional amendment aimed at making gun-control restrictions subject to strict legal scrutiny.

“Chris Koster has never wavered from his Second Amendment beliefs. For over 17 years, he has fought to preserve the constitutional rights of law-abiding Missourians,” PAC chairman Chris W. Cox said in an email.

But his Republican opponent:

[Eric] Greitens is a former Democrat and first-time GOP candidate who’s touted his military service and gun rights support. In one of his most attention-grabbing campaign ads, he shoots a big gun and causes a fiery explosion.

Missourians are fortunate that no matter who wins in November, their next governor will be much stronger on the 2nd Amendment than Jay Nixon.