. >> for more i'm joined from newton massachusetts by pbs film maker michael kirk whose gunned down theer of the nra debuts on tuesday. i want to play oclip of charlton hesston. then the president of the nra. >> tyranny of any form cannot find footing of a society of law abiding armed ethical people. >> that is one of the things that has led to the power of the nra, to the appeal to its hard core membership. as a former nra spokesman said in your film it's about freedom not guns. >> it is a very interesting evolution of a group. they are now as we sit and talk right now the most powerful lobby in washington according to lots of people we talked to. the national gun control debate is essentially at an end and that end has been signaled by the power of the national rifle association in washington at least. that's a long march from where they were 20 or 30 years ago when what they were were a gun safety group and firearm lovers in another way than they are now. >> you talk about how it's become the third rail of american politics now as much as social security to go after guns. but the thi

with us now is "frontline" filmnacre michael kirk.as money but lots of lobbies in washington with lots of money. unparalleled record of success in getting its policies enacted. why does the nra win so much? >> because their membership does one thing most groups don't do especially the members of the anti-gun groups. that is they vote with a push of a button from nra headquarters. they can amass -- they say they have 5 million members. they can amass either a letter-writing campaign an e-mail campaign people showing up at town meetings beleaguered members of the new congress know too well the legend of the nra's power, everything from knocking off al gore in the election against george w. bush to taking out the speaker of the house to lots of other moments where the nra has exerted that power because their members volt. >> yeah. and those members are often described in the jargon as single issue voters. basically, that this is their issue. there are certainly a gun-owning nra members who back democrats in regions where they find democr

of course,ñ+ it was a sdlapt mikecript that michael's father had wanted for years. kirknted to play this part for as long as he, remember and finally wasn't young enough to play it. so had to hand it back to michael. that was pretty good. >> it was very good. what do you make of the life that you have lived and being in all of these interesting places with these interesting people for all these years? >> well, i once described myself as the sort of zelig of -- >> that's a good word. >> for a century. i have. i've been -- i've been in a lot of interesting places where -- when interesting things were going down. >> you're like a much cuter, smarter forrest gump. every time i look up -- you're connected to the story. >> well, i've been connected to some really interesting people. >> yeah. >> and i think it's true that where interesting people go interesting stories develop. >> yeah. that makes sense. i'll take that. broadway. >> broadway next. >> yeah. >> actually, i'm going do "lovelers "lovelers" " t" lovelove letters." i'm really excited. >> technically a debut of sorts.

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