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Article: NRA Backs Bush; Members Voice Reservations.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- April 19, 2004
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By Susan Kuczka, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 19--PITTSBURGH -- At 79, Ray Jennings is a card-carrying member of the National Rifle Association, even though he doesn't hunt anymore.
"I used to shoot squirrels for dinner when I first got married and money was tight," he said. "They were tasty, too. Now I just watch them run up and down the tree out back."
The retired heavy-machinery operator from Columbus, Ohio, may have put down his weapon, but he stays on the lookout for attempts to limit gun ownership. He and others attending the NRA's 133rd annual convention this past weekend say there is an assault under ...