Good for Charlton Heston, he is not backing down, he called the letter of the
woman who attacked him for being there, exactly what it is and if you want to
get some idea of the attitudes of the antigun element read her outlandish and
inaccurate letter.

Heston To Speak at Jewish Center

.c The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Charlton Heston says he won’t back down from giving a reading at a Jewish center despite opposition from a group that advocates gun control.

Heston’s appearance Thursday at the Skirball Center is inappropriate in light of a shooting in August at a Los Angeles Jewish community center, said a group called Women Against Gun Violence.

A white supremacist is charged with wounding several people at the center and later killing a postal worker.

Ann Reiss Lane, chairwoman of the group, wrote a letter to the Skirball Center pointing out that Heston is president of the National Rifle Association, which “advocates absolutely no regulations whatsoever on private gun ownership, including assault weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.”

Heston said Monday the letter was “entirely irrational.”

“I’m doing a series of readings: Shakespeare, Byron, Shelley, Frost,” he said. “It has nothing to do with what she is talking about.”

The reading will go on as scheduled Thursday, the center said.

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