Charlton Heston brought more than passion as president of the National Rifle Association: His celebrity helped amplify the group`s gun-rights message and put supporters in Congress and the White House. As the NRA`s public face for five years, he successfully steered the organization through several public relations disasters involving shootings, including the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, and has even won the respect of some philosophical opponents.
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