PRO-SECOND AMENDMENT COMMUNITY SADDENED BY TRAGIC LOSS

      Colorado Secretary of State Vikki Buckley, the nation's highest ranking black Republican woman and staunch defender of the Second Amendment, tragically passed away Wednesday, July 14, the victim of a massive heart attack.

      While many politicians cynically distanced themselves from NRA in the wake of the Littleton, Colo. tragedy, Buckley embraced our nation's law-abiding firearm owners and volunteered to give the welcoming address at NRA's Annual Meeting of Members in Denver last April, offering that hatred, not the availability of guns, was the cause of violence at Columbine High.

      Ms. Buckley will be greatly missed as a pioneer, leader, and outspoken advocate of the Second Amendment. For a copy of Ms. Buckley's welcoming address at NRA's Annual Meeting of Members, please contact NRA-ILA Grassroots Division at (800)392-8683.

(WEBMASTER NOTE: Ms. Buckley's speech is also available here.)

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