print email comment close Charlton Heston Defends Gun Laws URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/408022.stm Description: This 1999 article describes how Charlton Heston, movie actor and "head of America's largest pro-gun lobbying organisation [the National Rifle Association (NRA)] has denied that the US needs tighter firearms legislation following a spate of massacres." Includes quotes from an interview with Heston. Also includes link to an article defining the NRA. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Extra Keywords Columbine High School organization LII Database Information: Record 25867 created by Maria Brandt on 04/08/2008 Last modification on 04/17/2008 Published: 04/17/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25867