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Sunday, May 21, 2000
Heston wants a third term as NRA leader
He tells members he wants to make sure Al Gore doesn't win the presidency in November
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlton Heston told more than 5,000 National Rifle Association members Saturday that he wants to serve an unprecedented third term as their president to complete a mission: ensuring Al Gore's defeat in November.
"George Washington hung around until the Revolutionary War was won," he said. "Roosevelt hung around until the world war was won. Reagan hung around until the Cold War was won. If you want, I'll hang around until we win this one, too."
Heston said the nation's gun owners are at grave risk of losing their Second Amendment right to bear arms if Gore wins the presidency.
He and other speakers accused the Clinton administration of plotting to confiscate guns from law-abiding citizens, then ban them, beginning with licensing and registration.
"If Gore is elected, the Second Amendment will face 16 cumulative years of Clinton-Gore attacks," said Kayne Robinson, the NRA's first vice president. "It cannot survive."
Heston said the NRA has done everything he has asked during his two terms as president, including increasing its fund raising and membership. "That leaves me with one mission undone - winning in November," he said.
His offer was greeted with a rousing ovation. He is expected to be re-elected Monday.
Heston and other speakers never mentioned presumptive Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush, but they repeatedly brought up Gore and Clinton.
Gore's campaign said Saturday that the presumptive Democratic nominee would continue to push for stricter gun control. Gore has criticized Bush for signing a bill allowing Texans to carry concealed handguns.
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