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Few of today’s breed of journalists are interested in knowing anything good about the NR A, preferring, instead, to let blind prejudice govern when they venture onto the subject of that organization. It is very much to Mr. Bowles’ credit that he was objective enough—and fair enough— to have reported something creditable about the National Rifle Association. He could easily have ignored altogether the NRA’s connection with the protest. Mr. Bowles should not have been surprised, however: Every would-be member of the National Rifle Association must put his or her signature to a pledge the final clause of
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