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The NRA Pledges Millions for Bush's Reelection Bid
From Associated Press
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/lananra14oct14,0,2191570.story
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Assn. endorsed President Bush for reelection Wednesday, promising millions of dollars for ads, phone banks and other efforts to get out the vote.
"The Supreme Court is going to be crucial to the future of the 2nd Amendment, and President Bush will appoint justices that respect the Bill of Rights," NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre told Associated Press in a phone interview before announcing the endorsement at a news conference in Duluth, Minn.
Bush supports legislation to protect the firearms industry from lawsuits and opposes centralizing files on gun owners, LaPierre said, calling the difference between Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry, his Democratic opponent, on guns "day and night."
LaPierre also planned news conferences in Flint, Mich.; Youngstown, Ohio, and Pittsburgh.
The group's political action committee has spent about $1 million on advertising opposing Kerry. The NRA plans to spend about $20 million total, focused on 10 to 15 states, with efforts including radio, television and newspaper ads, phone banks, door-to-door voter contacts, direct mail and election messages in magazines that go to the group's 4 million members.
Kerry's campaign has derided the NRA's leaders as tools of the Republican Party and has said they arewere out of touch with their membership.
White House communications director Dan Bartlett welcomed the NRA endorsement and said, "The NRA recognizes that President Bush understands that law-abiding citizens have a right to own firearms as well as to put the focus of our anticrime policies on those who commit crimes with guns."
From Associated Press
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/lananra14oct14,0,2191570.story
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Assn. endorsed President Bush for reelection Wednesday, promising millions of dollars for ads, phone banks and other efforts to get out the vote.
"The Supreme Court is going to be crucial to the future of the 2nd Amendment, and President Bush will appoint justices that respect the Bill of Rights," NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre told Associated Press in a phone interview before announcing the endorsement at a news conference in Duluth, Minn.
Bush supports legislation to protect the firearms industry from lawsuits and opposes centralizing files on gun owners, LaPierre said, calling the difference between Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry, his Democratic opponent, on guns "day and night."
LaPierre also planned news conferences in Flint, Mich.; Youngstown, Ohio, and Pittsburgh.
The group's political action committee has spent about $1 million on advertising opposing Kerry. The NRA plans to spend about $20 million total, focused on 10 to 15 states, with efforts including radio, television and newspaper ads, phone banks, door-to-door voter contacts, direct mail and election messages in magazines that go to the group's 4 million members.
Kerry's campaign has derided the NRA's leaders as tools of the Republican Party and has said they arewere out of touch with their membership.
White House communications director Dan Bartlett welcomed the NRA endorsement and said, "The NRA recognizes that President Bush understands that law-abiding citizens have a right to own firearms as well as to put the focus of our anticrime policies on those who commit crimes with guns."
