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Jan. 29, 1990: From The Publisher
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Jan. 29, 1990 Who Is The NRA?
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 8
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<p> When we wrote about the 464 Americans who died of gunfire
in a single week last May, we received more than 2,300 letters,
the largest response to a TIME cover story last year. Many
readers praised the story, while others, including members of
the National Rifle Association of America, accused us of
ignoring the rights of gun owners. Reflecting on their
arguments, our editors decided to take an in-depth look at the
N.R.A. itself. The result is this week's cover articles, which
include a defense of gun ownership by J. Warren Cassidy, the
N.R.A.'s executive vice president, and an argument for strict
new gun-control laws by Sarah Brady, whose husband James was
shot in the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
</p>
<p> Much of the reporting was done by Los Angeles correspondent
Jonathan Beaty, a marksman and hunter who first joined the
N.R.A. in the late 1950s. Beaty grew up outside Sacramento,
where, he recalls, "the boys in my neighborhood could barely
wait to turn twelve--the magic age that qualified us to own
a .22-cal. single-shot rifle. Taking an N.R.A. marksmanship and
safety class was as much a part of the environment as Red Cross
swimming lessons."
</p>
<p> With Washington correspondent Michael Riley and Houston
bureau chief Richard Woodbury, Beaty talked to hunters and
sportsmen across the country. When N.R.A. president Joe Foss
learned that some of his lobbyists seemed reluctant to
cooperate, he ordered them to answer all questions.
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<p> Beaty found the N.R.A. members to be "a lot of honest,
decent and mostly rational people caught in a turmoil over a
thorny, difficult social problem. That's exactly the kind of
people who are working the other side of the street." Both sides
will have a further opportunity to debate the topic on Wednesday
evening, Jan. 24, when Peter Jennings moderates an ABC News-TIME
forum on guns.
</p>
<p> As you may know, Time Inc. Magazines will launch a new
magazine in February titled ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. On pages 37
through 48 is a supplement that will give you some idea of what
the new magazine will be like.
</p>
<p>-- Louis A. Weil III
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