they issued a public statement of sympathy and then sent out their most famous member: charlton heston. (cheers and applause) >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> to this day, when i would look at charlton heston, i didn't see the president of the nra. i saw moses. you couldn't have picked a better caricature of who you wanted speaking with that stentorian voice of his. >> america must stop this predictable pattern of reaction. when an isolated, terrible event occurs, our phones ring, demanding that the nra explain the inexplicable. why us? because their story needs a villain. >> narrator: despite the shooting, the nra stayed focused on its core beliefs. >> the base of the national rifle association believes so strongly it's more a religion, or what a religion used to be. there's a passion involved in it. >> the nra is the closest thing that a membership group can have to just pure patriotism. they love their country. >> as long as there is a second amendment, evil can neverl conquer us, tyranny in any form can never find footing within a society of law-abiding, armed, ethical people

of course charlton heston, it was something else because he was the chief of the big war that was explodingent in the world and sometimes he had to go somewhere else, but the film has been successful every where when it came out and people accepted a wonderful achievement of the the modern cinema and a great, great, great love story. >> you do wonderful love stories. of course, you have a wonderful ledgendry career. you have work with so many great people from marlon brando carry grant, do you have a favorite leading man that you have work with? >> what do you want to know about my leading men. i did not understand you. >> do you have a favorite leading man. >> yes. >> who who you tell me. >> i'm going to go marlon brando who was the best kisser sophia. >> no, no no, no. >> she won't say. >> i never kiss anybody, no, no no. italian actresses don't kiss in front of the camera. we never do. never do. i tell you the truth. >> are you kissing anyone in real life now. >> what did you say. >> are you kissing anyone in real life now. >> no, no no no. i am too old for that. >> no, never too old. >>

speaker at the annual fund-raising dinner have included dick cheney, margaret thatcher charlton heston, henry kissinger, clarence thomas, benjamin netanyahu, karl rove, glenn beck, john boehner, and mitt romney. thank you very much. [no audio] [applause] >> we now moved to our discussion. we ask that you wait until the microphone arrives in your hand until you speak. if you could identify yourself we would appreciate it. we will start in the back. >> i am with the wilson center. i want to call your attention to something that is probably in your book. i went to work a year after the 1968 law was enacted. my congressman that i went to work for was john anderson, who made a very compelling speech during the special rule that you mentioned in the rules committee. his own republican members on the rules committee would not let him speak on their time. he got time from dick bove and on the democratic side. it is credited as a speech that change some votes. the other thing that i want to ask or mention is, did lyndon johnson do an address before joint session after the assassination, asking

what is charlton hess ton going to do then? here is poor chandler ton heston going guns don't kill people. ans with gun -- apes with guns kill people. and the n.r.a. is opening a wonderful cafe in downtown manhattan, where they call it indirect firearm experience. every place else in the country it is called drive-by. your waiter will be going i would like to take you to your table, get down! here are the special .38, .48, an uzi for the kids. good luck. basically it allows in that time they wrote it, it was passed by guys who has muskets who was basically this. and this still continues. i don't know how. how does that happen? at one point they were asking to sanction and say that armor piercing bullets are ok for hunting. why? is there some kick-ass booth out there in kevlar going bring it on, baby. i don't care. bring it on. take your chance. after that you are mcbride. come on, pretty boy, take off the orange coat and let's talk. >> they came up with a recent statement that said guns save lives. i guess the other part of that argued, condoms kill. ok. what?