Mr. Heston I concur! Saturday May 20 10:55 PM ET NRA's Heston Lashes Out at Gore AP Photo By PAUL NOWELL, Associated Press Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - 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 (news - web sites)'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.'' Speak your mind Discuss this story with other people. [Start a Conversation] (Requires Yahoo! Messenger) 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. As Heston concluded his speech, he was handed a vintage musket, then gave an encore of his performance at his first NRA convention in 1990 in St. Louis, when he intoned the Second Amendment. ``So as we set out this year to defeat the divisive forces that would take our freedom away, I want to say those words again for everyone within the sound of my voice to hear and to heed, and especially for you, Mr. Gore.'' Lifting the musket over his head, Heston grumbled: ``From my cold dead hands!'' Before Heston's speech, gun advocates marched through the streets of downtown Charlotte to show solidarity. About 400 marchers, many in T-shirts reading ``Guns Save Lives,'' followed a bagpiper about six blocks to the center where the NRA convention is being held. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
