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Originally posted by Strange Famous
" Ten days after Columbine, Charlton Heston held an NRA pro-gun rally in Denver. During the rally he stated, “I have a message from the mayor, Mr. Wellington Web, the mayor of Denver. He sent me this, and it says don’t come here. We don’t want you here. I say to the mayor, this is our country. As Americans we are free to travel wherever we want in our broad land. Don’t come here? We’re already here!”
http://www.utm.edu/research/philfilms/1/bowling.htm
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And if you did some research, you would learn:
-The Denver NRA convention was planned YEARS ahead of Columbine and thousands of people had made reservations to attend, yet the NRA CANCELLED the convention and ALL EVENTS except the annual shareholders meeting, (which they were obligated to have by NRA byrules).
-Moore EDITED the speech you quote, for maximum shock value. In context, Heston was saying correctly that the NRA was ALREADY in Denver, as our members live there as well and were grieving as well as everyone else. Unfortunately, NRA members were somehow supposed to feel responsible for the insane actions of two young men. (I wonder, were the manufacturers of black trench coats also somehow responsible?).