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Those of you who watched the Republican and Democratic National
Conventions may have seen an ad run by the
Hunting and
Shooting Sports Heritage Foundation (HSSHF). The ad depicted the tearing
apart of the American flag to symbolize the use of frivolous
litigation by greedy trial lawyers, big city mayors, and the
Clinton-Gore Administration to circumvent the legislative process
and bankrupt the firearms industry.
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In a recent response to the
ad, Clinton-Gore’s point man on guns, HUD Secretary
Andrew Cuomo
(who is spearheading the Administration’s reckless lawsuit
campaign), called into question the industry’s patriotism for
"desecrating" the American flag. The mayors, who are plaintiffs
in the suit, further claimed that they deserve equal TV time to
respond to the ad, because it was a direct personal attack on
them. They are reportedly trying to enlist actor Martin Sheen,
who plays the President in NBC’s anti-gun TV show "The West
Wing," to rebut the HSSHF ad. The mayors have written
broadcasters announcing their plans to file a formal complaint
with the Federal Communications Commission if their request for
equal time is denied.
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), which founded
HSSHF, quickly responded to the attacks on the ad. NSSF’s VP for
Government Affairs, Jim Chambers, called a press conference, and
his message was firm and clear: there was no desecration of the
flag in the ad, but rather a symbolic demonstration of this
Administration’s attempt to whittle away our Second Amendment
rights piece-by-piece.
Chambers, a retired Air Force fighter
pilot with more than 350 combat missions in Vietnam, Iraq, and
the Balkans, was quick to note that NSSF stands behind the claims
made in the ad. To learn more about HSSHF, go to www.hsshf.org.
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