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Unfortunately, action in Congress still seems unlikely, mostly due to the efforts of the NRA. For years the NRA has successfully stalled gun control legislation in Congress through its well known tactics of political and financial intimidation. Senators and Representatives who might ordinarily favor gun control are effectively dissuaded from doing so by the spectre of large NRA contributions to an opponent's campaign and the mobilization of the "gun nut" vote...
...idea that anti-abortionists have taken single-issue politics to a new extreme is ludicrous. Many other groups have already pushed that extreme to the point where it is inconceivable that it could be pushed farther. Witness the NRA--for years, all it has had to do is wave its mailing lists under Congressmen's noses and support for every gun-control bill has mysteriously dried up. Labor union groups have generated support ton the most idiotic measures--witness the projectionist domestic-content bill, which even The Crimson opposes, and yet is supported by nearly every major Democratic Presidential candidate...
Before the Phoenix audience, Reagan, himself a lifelong NRA member, declared that "those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun-control laws." Then he added, referring to his own 1981 shooting: "I happen to know this from personal experience." Earlier in the day, Reagan visited a gathering of some 300 elderly volunteer sheriffs posse members, where he took credit for reducing inflation, fighting crime and saving the Social Security system...
...vast majority of the crowd expressed opposition to the legislation aiming to stifle gun sales. Many lifetime members of the National Rifle Association (NRA)--the leading national organization opposing gun control--spoke before the legislative panel, which will formulate a recommendation later this week. The hearings were publicized in the NRA monthly newsletter...
Although yesterday's hearing marked the first time a member of HCHC had testified publicly, for most the hearing was not a new experience. The NRA has for nearly a decade annually opposed and successfully squelched gun control legislation with large turnouts at hearings...