Heston-LaPierre-Baker Tour
A Tremendous Success
NRA's "Big Three" |
This week, NRA President Charlton Heston, NRA Executive Vice
President Wayne LaPierre, and NRA-ILA Executive Director James
Jay Baker began a three-day "Get Out The Vote" tour of
Michigan,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia - three states that could hold the key
to securing victory for the pro-Second Amendment community on
November 7.
The purpose of these rallies was to encourage NRA
members to help elect pro-gun, pro-freedom lawmakers on November
7, and, judging by the turnouts and crowd reactions, the events
were overwhelming successes. The tour started on Tuesday in
Michigan with a morning stop in the Grand Rapids area, then moved
on to the Lansing area for a noon rally, and culminated with an
evening event in Flint.
On Wednesday, the tour hit Pennsylvania,
starting just outside Pittsburgh, then moving to Hershey, where
NRA was joined by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge (R), then ended
in the Scranton/Wilkes Barre area.
And on Thursday, NRA's "Big
Three" hit the Old Dominion, with stops in Roanoke, Chesapeake,
and Richmond. All told, approximately 20,000 NRA members, along
with their family and friends, attended the nine events, and
pro-Second Amendment lawmakers and candidates showed up to voice
their support for NRA and the pro-gun community. There may be
more such tours in the future, as the campaign season heats up to
a fever pitch.
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