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National Rifle Association Endorses Bush NewsMax.com WiresWASHINGTON – The National Rifle Association endorsed President Bush for re-election on Wednesday, promising millions of dollars for ads, phone banks and other get-out-the-vote efforts on his behalf. "The Supreme Court is going to be crucial to the future of the Second Amendment, and President Bush will appoint justices that respect the Bill of Rights," NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre told The Associated Press in a phone interview before announcing the endorsement at a news conference in Duluth, Minn. Story Continues Below LaPierre also planned news conferences in Flint, Mich.; Youngstown, Ohio, and Pittsburgh to announce the endorsement. The gun-rights group has already spent roughly $1 million on TV and other advertising opposing Democrat John Kerry's election. The NRA plans to spend about $20 million in all, focused on 10 to 15 targeted states, with efforts including radio, television and newspaper ads, phone banks, door-to-door voter contacts, up to 10 million pieces of direct mail and election messages in magazines that go to the group's 4 million members.
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