[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 938-939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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           NRA LIST OF ANTI-GUN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN. The AARP, the American Medical Association, the Episcopal 
Church, the Catholic Conference, the Conference of Mayors, Bob Barker, 
Oprah Winfrey, Tony Bennett, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Sara Lee 
Corporation, and hundreds of other individuals

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and organizations all have something in common: they're all targeted on 
NRA's Web site as holding anti-gun positions.
  And what does the NRA consider to be anti-gun? For one, they say that 
the listed individuals and groups are opposed to the ``repeal of the 
Brady Act.'' It's not that they support expanding background checks to 
include all gun sales, which would seem to be reasonable; it's that 
they're opposed to the repeal of the current Brady Act which would end 
all background checks.
  With over 30,000 Americans killed every year by guns, it seems that 
this is the time for swift and focused action to mitigate our Nation's 
gun violence epidemic. It's not time to be drawing up an enemies list 
of those who support reasonable gun safety measures. I'd suggest to 
some of my colleagues in the House: with enemies like these, perhaps 
it's time to rethink who your friends are.

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