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Newt on (fill in the blank), a mixed record.

Ill vote for whoever our guy is..Mitt or Newt...better than Obama but witnessing the hypocrisy and mental voodoo some are using on here to try and act like Newt's stuff dont stink as bad as Romney's and that Newt wont stick a knife in us as fast as Mitt if not faster is breathtaking

How did Newt vote as speaker? facts are facts. Donations by the NRA to Newt? also facts...NRA Direct Contributions to Newt Gingrich
Source: Newtwatch

NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, G, Dir, 10/19/80, $1,000
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, G, Dir, 9/15/82, $1,000
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, G, Dir, 9/15/82, $1,000
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 6/11/84, $250
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 8/11/86, $500
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 10/14/87, $500
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, G, Dir, 10/31/88, $1,000
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 9/19/89, $500
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 3/20/90, $2,500
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 4/26/90, $1,000
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, G, Dir, 10/12/90, $2,757
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 3/18/92, $4,950
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, G, Dir, 10/12/92, $4,950
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 6/30/93, $1,000
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 5/26/94, $500
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND, P, Dir, 6/30/94, $3,450

And here is Mr. Gingrich’s letter to the NRA, quietly sent a while ago. The NRA bragged about it on their Web pages immediately, but the press somehow only discovered it months later:

January 27, 1995

Ms. Tanya Metaksa
National Rifle Association
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22030

Dear Tanya,

There were several articles in the paper regarding discussions that we have been having with the NRA and other fire-arms freedom groups regarding repealing the gun ban and other issues affecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. Let me say that this is both a discussion among friends but more importantly among like-minded individuals. As long as I am Speakerof this House, no gun control legislation is going to move in committee or on the floor of this House and there will be no further erosion of their rights. What we are going to have is a partnership of strengthening laws against the criminal misuse of firearms, which everyone agrees is the real problem issue, and eliminating harassment of law abiding gun owners who are not the problem. Republicans want to demonstrate the Second Amendment is more about the fundamental rights of the people in a government of and by thepeople. Our purpose is to remove ill-conceived and unnecessary government interference in those rights. I look forward to working with you.

Your friend,
Newt Gingrich

Mr. Gingrich voted against the modest five day waiting period in the Brady bill, the last piece of significant gun-related legislation to come up in Congress. And, if he and the radical organization backing him have their way, there won’t be any more.