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...combat with the N.R.A. was occasioned by The Guns of Autumn, a documentary that purported to describe hunting in America. In 90 minutes, Director-Writer Irv Drasnin, a journalist for 15 years but not a hunter, compiled carnage upon atrocity. Black bears were slaughtered at a Michigan garbage dump by tourists with rifles. A gang of rednecks with the latest electronic gear treed a bear, then watched hounds rip it apart. Explained the pack's leader: "We feel that they deserve a chew." A pert stewardess plunked down $500 to "harvest" her first buffalo; then she pointed...
False Rumors. To their subsequent regret, many gun groups and hunters helped Drasnin research the film when he started work last winter. As shooting progressed, however, they realized they were not Drasnin's subjects but his quarry. In early July, TV Guide reported that the program would describe hunting "50% from the animals' point of view," setting off a shiver of apprehension in N.R.A.'s Washington headquarters. A letter-writing campaign to CBS began. Harry L. Tennison, vice president of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Fort Worth, warned, "If we are paying...