It really, really, really p!$$ed me off when the NRA endorsed Harry Reid. It has been extraordinarily hard for me to forgive them for that.
—could you update me on when Reid was endorsed by the NRA?
According to the New American, “...In the mid-1990s the relationship was much cozier: Reid voted for NRA priorities, and the NRA endorsed him, blessing him with funds and high ratings. In 1993, and then again in 2004, Reid voted against the ban on “assault rifles” even though most Senate Democrats supported it. In 2005, he voted for a measure that insulated gun manufacturers and dealers against lawsuits from victims of gun violence seeking deep pockets. For this the NRA rated him a “B” legislator and supported him financially in his reelection campaign.
In turn the senator bent over backward to obtain the land and the funding for the Clark County Shooting Park located not far from downtown Las Vegas...