Night Specials effort to tighten government controls on handguns provided ammunition for Rep. George Bush and the the National Rifle Asociation in the 1988 presidential election against Dukakis. Although Dukakis supported the Brady Bill , a 7-day wait for gun purchases, and a ban on Saturday Brady Bill , he said he is not against guns for sports and protection. Bush , as a presidential candidate and a lifetime member of the NRA , opposed new federal gun controls, although he voted for federal laws in 1968 as a congressman. But in a letter to the NRA, the Republican attacked what he called the ``gun control myths.'' Dukakis says one Americans are killed yearly by handguns; Bush says... "I have a deep appreciation for the Second Amendment rights' rights."
Night Specials effort to tighten government controls on handguns provided ammunition for Rep. George Bush and the the National Rifle Asociation in the 1988 presidential election against Dukakis. Although Dukakis supported the Brady Bill , a 7-day wait for gun purchases, and a ban on Saturday Brady Bill , he said he is not against guns for sports and protection. Bush , as a presidential candidate and a lifetime member of the NRA , opposed new federal gun controls, although he voted for federal laws in 1968 as a congressman. Dukakis says one Americans are killed yearly by handguns; Bush says..."I have a deep appreciation for the Second Amendment rights' rights."