Well, I Suppose Now They Can Get His Gun
Charlton Heston died yesterday. I realize that there's probably a more appropriate title to this post, but it was the first thing that popped into my head.
For those of you who may not remember this particular NRA keynote speech he delivered, I'll remind you:
In Mr. Heston, the N.R.A. found its embodiment of pioneer values — pride, independence and valor. In a speech at the N.R.A.’s annual convention in 2000, he brought the audience to its feet with a ringing attack on gun-control advocates. Paraphrasing an N.R.A. bumper sticker (“I’ll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands”) he waved a replica of a colonial musket above his head and shouted defiantly, “From my cold, dead hands!”(source)Despite that odd turn of events, he had a remarkable career in film and will be missed by fans world wide.
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I was partial to, 'the doorway to freedom is lined with muskets'. I remember I said that to a friend of mine. She thought I said 'muskrats'.
That worked for me.
Well, I guess he wasn't kidding when he said that! The interesting thing is, that when you take the fact that he was talking about guns out of the equation, what he was actually talking about was an erosion of civil liberties. We have that here in the UK at the moment with the Governenment banning things left right and centre in their race for votes.
Michele sent me to say hi!
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