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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=5&u=/nm/20050417/pl_nm/politics_delay_nra_dcSubdued DeLay Says Gun Control Supporters Not Bad
1 hour, 14 minutes ago
By Jeff Franks
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Gun control supporters are not bad people, they just do not understand what guns mean to those who grew up with them, Texas Republican Rep. Tom DeLay (news, bio, voting record) said on Saturday in an unusually conciliatory speech to the National Rifle Association.
The U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader decried the "overheated" political discourse in the United States, but did not directly address the controversy enveloping him about ethics and political fund-raising.
When 3,000 NRA supporters gave him a standing ovation, he said, "I hope the national media saw that."
Touched, he said, "I've been in elective office for 26 years and this is the highlight of my career."