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Full Coverage In-depth coverage about Gun Control Debate Related News Stories · Heston Re-Elected NRA President - AP (May 21, 2001) · With shooting accidents on the rise, summer is the time to review safety - Detroit Free Press (May 21, 2001) · Bush Cabinet Official Thanks NRA for Election Aid - Reuters (May 20, 2001) · Heston Predicts Re-Election to NRA - AP (May 20, 2001) · NRA Meeting Gets Under Way, Celebrating Successes - Reuters (May 18, 2001) More... Opinion & Editorials · More guns means more guns - Reason (May 21, 2001) · Concealed weapons vote would benefit Democrats - Detroit Free Press (May 21, 2001) · History re-written to undermine gun rights? - World Net Daily (May 20, 2001) More... Related Web Sites · Gun Laws in the U.S. - state-by-state interactive map that summarizes gun laws across the U.S. From CNN. · National Rifle Association (NRA) - incorporated in 1871 to provide firearms training and encourage interest in the shooting sports. Provides news, legislative updates, and information on the NRA's services and safety education. · Editorial Cartoons: The National Rifle Association - representing views from around the world, updated daily. From Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists' Index. · Gun Laws, Gun Control and Gun Rights - academic site covering the many legal issues involved in the ongoing debate. From JURIST: The Law Professors' Network. · Handgun Control and The Center to Prevent Handgun Violence - organization working for stricter gun controls. More... Magazine Articles · Playing both sides - Salon (May 15, 2001) · How to Win Your Very Own Glock 9mm - MSNBC (May 14, 2001) · Young Gun - Village Voice (Mar 20, 2001) More... Audio · Bush Vows Crackdown on Gun Violence - NPR (May 14, 2001) · Gun Control: Is It Still Alive? - Talk of the Nation (NPR) (Apr 12, 2001) · Maryland Considers Mandatory Gun Saftey Courses in Schools - NPR (Apr 6, 2001) More... Video · Jim and Sarah Brady Mark 20th Anniversary of Reagan Shooting - ABC/Yahoo! News. (Mar 28, 2001) · Gore-- formerly a favorite of the NRA-- now tough on guns - CNN (Aug 16, 2000) · NRA in Charlotte - (May 20, 2000) Message Boards · Yahoo!: Gun Control Debate · CNN: Guns Under Fire Saturday May 19 6:03 PM ET By Mike Miller KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Charlton Heston, the movie star turned spokesman for America's gun enthusiasts, said on Saturday he has changed his mind and will not step down as president of the 4.3-million-member National Rifle Association. Standing under a banner that read ``The Second Amendment: America's First Freedom,'' Heston told members at the NRA's 130th annual convention: ``Until recently, I'd planned for this to be my farewell address as your president. But I've been asked, and I've agreed, to stand for a fourth term.'' Some 40,000 NRA members of all ages, devoted to the ``right of the people to keep and bear arms'' cited in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, are attending this year's meeting, which began on Friday. Many of them gathered in the Kansas City Convention Center on Saturday morning to hear speeches by Heston, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, Georgia Republican Congressman Bob Barr and others. Heston praised NRA members for their overwhelming success in electing pro-gun candidates in November: The group says 86 percent of the 10,000 candidates it endorsed in state and federal races won ``Freedom-loving Americans begged us to make the difference in the most closely contested election in the nation's history,'' he said. ``Liberty was on the line, and God bless you, you who made the difference.'' The NRA's clout appears to be running at an all-time high. Membership is record large, thanks to an increase of several hundred thousand in the past year alone. Fortune magazine recently declared it the most powerful lobbying group in Washington, displacing the much larger but politically neutral American Association of Retired Persons.

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