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Swede

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Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:25 PM Jul 2012

NRA endorsements raise more questions

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As a longtime member of the National Rifle Association and a concealed-carry permit holder, Rep. John Grange was surprised to see a card from the NRA asking members to vote for his opponent, Rep. Forrest Knox, in their state Senate primary.

Grange was even more surprised to see one of the reasons.

The card claimed that Grange "refused to answer" the NRA's candidate questionnaire, which the card said is "often a sign of indifference, if not outright hostility, to the rights of gun owners and sportsmen."

Grange did fill out the questionnaire, and his answers earned him a near-perfect rating on the NRA's Political Victory Fund website.

"I called them yesterday and they said 'Yeah, we did get it, and it's an A- rating and it's on the Internet,’ ” Grange said Tuesday. "I asked them what were they going to do about the card — 'Are you going to resend the card?' They said, 'No, we're not going to do that.’ ”

http://cjonline.com/news/2012-07-24/nra-endorsements-raise-more-questions

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