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Charlton Heston: Guns
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What a terrible task it was, then, when Charlton Heston himself was the victim of gun violence only about an hour after this great proclamation, to try to take the gun away. Because as the actor lay dying, clinging to life, he clung even harder to the gun, perhaps still mindful of his last wonderful soundbite. Finally, police out of respect for his dying-wish left the gun in his cooling, dying fingers. It was up to the "boys at the morge" later to actually pry it from his by-then cold, dead fingers.
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Heston has been accused of making pro-gun speeches at inappropriate times, including making a speech at at an NRA rally in Denver shortly after the Columbine High School tragedy. Heston defended his political beliefs in Michael Moore's film Bowling for Columbine (2002). Moore confronted the actor about his involvement with the NRA. The interview ended with an addled Heston walking out of his own house, leaving a bemused Moore to find a way out of the estate with his camera crew.
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By the 1980s... Heston had begun to support more conservative positions on such issues as affirmative action and gun rights and changed his political affiliation from Democrat to Republican. He has campaigned for Republican candidates and Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.
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If a judge found Heston unfit, the actor would have two options: surrender his guns to authorities or legally transfer their ownership to someone outside his house. (Giving the guns to his wife might still put them within his reach.) Heston's name would then be added to the state's Armed Prohibited Persons File—a list of California residents who bought their firearms legally but have since been judged unfit to keep them. That means Heston would be prevented from legally purchasing another firearm. The bill creating the no-gun file went into effect Jan. 1 and was initially supported by the NRA.Next question?
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