“NRA members are in city hall, Fort Carson, NORAD, the Air Force Academy and the Olympic Training Center. And yes, NRA members are surely among the police and fire and SWAT team heroes who risked their lives to rescue the students at Columbine. "Don't come here"? We're already here. This community is our home. Every community in America is our home.”

— Charlton Heston

NRA annual meeting opening remarks http://www.nrawinningteam.com/meeting99/hestsp1.html, Denver, Colorado, 1999-05-01
Mayor Webb asked the NRA not to hold this meeting, which fell shortly after the Columbine High School massacre on 1999-04-20.
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