Best replacement for Charlton Heston?

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I just want someone who will raise an AR over their head instead of a musket when crying "From my cold dead hands!
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That would have to be Jesse 'The Brain' Ventura... ex-Navy SEAL, ex-mayor, ex-Governor, and prefers to use a rifle patterned after the weapon he used in the Navy... the AR-15.
 
Sean Smith : you gave the reason I have for a WOMAN.

Can you imagine the blank stares of the blissninnies If Susan Howard was televised with the Nun whom deer hunts (another thread)...blow some misconceptions for sure !
 
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I just want someone who will raise an AR over their head instead of a musket when crying "From my cold dead hands!"
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You know, Heston's so GOOD that some people don't even see all they should see: the musket symbolizes the American Revolution: our freedom comes from that event.
 
Hmm

I hadn't thought of Dr. Keyes before now. I do believe that he'd be my first choice. I wonder if he'd be interested???

How about Zel Miller as a second choice?
 
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BUFFY?

OK, I'm admittedly not that hip to gun politics, but I can't believe this one slipped by...

SMG is pro-gun? Any info you guys can relate for me here? It seems so bizarre; no one on her show ever uses firearms unless they are evil. :confused:

Thanks...
 
Rick Schroeder...young, handsome, talented, well spoken and very 2A oriented. Could get him blackballed in Hollywood, though.
 
Eastwood professes to have libertarian political sentiments, but he's also stated flatly that he's anti-hunting. Not a good choice for the leader of the NRA.

Selleck would be good, but I suspect he's young enough that he probably wouldn't want to endure the career damage that would ensue.

James Earl Jones would be my first choice.
 
Take a close look at Hank Williams jr. He is as progun as they get, He can argue a fence post into the ground, & he is a big name. What most people don't know about him is that he is also an extremly knowlegeable historian and 2nd amendment afficanado. :D
 
Hmmm, never knew that James Earl Jones was pro-RKBA. But he would have alot of potential, barring any unknown skeletons in his closet. He speaks well, has great presence, and is still fairly famous. Also, being African-American he could give the liberal media fits as they will not be able to easily tar him with the white/male/gunnut label. He could also effectively make the point that the RKBA is a civil rights matter.

Tom Selleck would still be a good choice as he has greater star power and appeals to women. Hope that web-site is right about him being willing to serve as NRA president.

Unfortunately it looks like the powers that be at the NRA have decided to give the office to Kane Robinson - who may be a great guy - but who does not have the media presence of a Heston, Selleck, Jones, or Keyes.

I too would like to see Keyes as NRA president, but I don't think he would do it and I don't think he would play well with the rest of the organization, he can be a bit of a loose cannon, and I don't think he would allow himself to be held back from expressing his views on many other issues other than the RKBA. I think the NRA would find itself responding to Keyes strong views on many hot button social and political issues, like abortion. Therefore as much as I love Keyes, I don't believe he would make a good NRA president. (But if you ever get the chance, watch his debate with Dershowitz on the role of religion on C-span, he positively mops the floor with him, it is worth the price of the tape too).
 
Ann Coulter is too in-your-face, she'd never have the patience for the politics. There's been some good suggestions here, and here's another: The Mandrell Sisters as co-Presidents. They all shoot, and Irlene is spokesperson for the Glock Shooting Sports Foundation.

Of course, we've mentioned quite a few musicians, so why not organize a 2nd Amendment concert? Sort of like Live Aid for Gun Rights! Charlie Daniels could sing "In America", and Hank Jr. could holler, "Are you ready for some SHOOTING?" Each performer could write one new song on the RKBA theme, and sales of the CD would fund NRA legislative actions.
 
and Kurt Cobain someone needs to take a reality pill

johnhurd

Well obviously Cobain was pro gun. Could have used a little brushing up on his gun safety instruction though................;)
 
If a celeb is required, James Earl Jones is the only one I've heard so far that I could get behind (if he's ideologically sound, of course). At first glance, he fits my idea of a choice figurehead: he's stately, intelligent and well-spoken, respectable, recognizable and (as far as I can see) unassailable. He has a famous voice that can be both soothing and menacing.

The NRA needs to continue to try to shake the 'old-boy's club' redneck image. The truth needs to come out: NRA is a vitally important American civil-rights org, and the foremost firearm safety and education org in the world as well. People need to know that. We need concerted, well-run media campaigns to secure the 2nd in the minds of the sheep as a civil-rights issue, and the NRA as their voice. We need to do less preaching to the choir and be more pro-active and think long-range. If a celeb as figurehead helps that effort, then that's great.

As much as I like the Nuge, that's the wrong direction. He's a great board member, and a fantastic ally. I just don't see him as the big cheese.

- Gabe
 
‘‘The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose.’’

— James Earl Jones, Actor
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Sounds like a Good Guyâ„¢ to me :)
 
Is Condi Rice a shooter?

I realize she's a little busy with the whole National Security Advisor thing, but can you imagine having an articulate, confident, strong young SISTAH as pres of the NRA? :cool:
 
People who top my lists in no particular order

If it is star, ex-politico, or celebrity power you're looking for our RKBA figurehead, how 'bout:

Male: James Earl Jones
Tom Selleck
Alan Keyes
Fred Dalton Thomson
Mel Gibson
Hank Williams Jr.
Gerald MacRaney

Female: Condi Rice
Susanne Gratia-Hupp
Paxton Quigley
Susan Howard
Leslie Easterbrook
Louise Mandrell
 
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