NRA Ad

L.A. Times Archives

Sept. 30, 1987 12 AM PT

If the letters in The Times are an accurate indication, by allowing publication of the NRA ad, you gave the NRA enough space to shoot itself in the foot. The way in which the NRA advocated use of handguns for personal defense on the streets may very well have broadened and deepened opposition to that idea.

Once again we see the wisdom of free expression in a free society.

JOHN HASSETT

Beverly Hills

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