Les AuCoin Collection

"Confessions of a Former NRA Supporter" column in the Washington Post

Article written by Representative Les AuCoin discussing his changing perspective on the National Rifle Association and his support for the Brady Bill. The Brady Bill, a short name for the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, mandated background checks and a waiting period for firearm purchases. Representative AuCoin had previously argued against gun control, but this 1991 article in the Washington Post marked a significant change in his position. This document is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives.

AuCoin, Les

1991

Washington Post

Firearms--Law and legislation

Gun control--United States

Op-ed pages

Legislators--United States

Washington, D.C.

PUA_MS147_115

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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