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NRA Members Jam Mailboxes of State Mayors

25 September 2000

St Petersburg Times (Florida)

The typewritten, 4-by-6 cards started arriving at Largo Mayor Bob Jackson's office a week ago Friday. A week later, he had gotten 1,516 of them. "It's the most mail I've ever received," said Jackson, who had been a commissioner for 26 years before his April election as mayor. "It's from all over Florida." What in the world could have motivated that many people to write the rookie mayor? Let's just say, Smith & Wesson, the White House and the NRA. Jackson is one of... (GunPolicy.org)

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