Jim Brady Appeals to NRA to Pull Ad
For Immediate Release:
10-29-2004 Contact Communications:
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Washington, D.C. – The National Rifle Association is running a television ad in multiple battleground states that is peppered with lies about Senator John Kerry, accusing the Democratic nominee of supporting a ban on hunting rifles and shotguns and a ban on bullets used to hunt deer. FactCheck.org – the website Vice President Dick Cheney touts as offering fair analysis of facts in the Presidential campaign -- says the NRA's ad "falsely accuses Kerry."
Jim Brady, the Reagan press secretary shot in the assassination attempt on the former President, urged the NRA to pull the ad. "In their television ad, the NRA is lying to the American people. That's shameful," Brady said. "In the interest of fairness, with the country facing such a close and important election, I would like to personally urge Wayne LaPierre, who my wife and I have known for many, many years, to do the right thing and take this ad off the air."
FactCheck.org summarized its findings as follows: "The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund began airing a TV ad Oct. 26 falsely accusing Kerry of voting to ban deer-hunting ammunition. In fact, what Kerry voted for was a proposal to outlaw rifle ammunition "designed or marketed as having armor piercing capability," FactCheck.org's summary reads. "The NRA ad also claims Kerry is co-sponsoring a bill to 'that would ban every semiautomatic shotgun and every pump shotgun.' That's false. Kerry co-sponsored extension of the now-expired assault-weapon ban, a measure that would have expanded the ban to cover military-style shotguns but specifically exempts pump-action shotguns."
The complete analysis of the ad is at http://www.factcheck.org/article296.html.