Posted on 06/08/2004 7:48:37 PM PDT by wagglebee
"We will never disarm any American who seeks to protect his or her family from fear and harm." -- President Ronald Reagan
The heartfelt convictions behind those words demonstrate why, in 1980, for the first time in its long history NRA formally endorsed a candidate for President of the United States.
In its endorsement, NRA left no doubt as to where the Association stood on Ronald Reagan: "Very clearly, Governor Reagan -- a long-time member of NRA -- shares our fervent belief in the absolute meaning of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: that the Right to Keep and Bear Arms applies to the individual citizen and that it is a right inviolate, which cannot be abridged."
As NRA members mourn the loss of this great champion of freedom, we look back with respect at the forceful speech President Reagan delivered at the NRA Annual Meetings in Phoenix, Ariz., in 1983.
President Reagan received the Association's highest honor, Honorary Life Member, in that year for his leadership in defense of America's unique liberties.
Reagan understood the whole Bill of Rights, including the part the 'Rats pretend isn't really in there.
I understand that Charles Heston was one of the first calls Mrs. Reagan recieved on the passing of the President.
Thanks for pointing out what had needed to be pointed out.
Let's also not forget that RR signed off the McClure-Volkmer "Firearms Owners Destruction Act" which legitimized the concept that Congress could prohibit the sale to citizens of previously legal firearms in exchange for a crappy elimination in record keeping for ammunition.
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