The Right to Air Arms
December 13, 2003
Under the Supreme Court's decision this week, the National Rifle Association, like other corporately-funded advocacy organizations, is barred from airing campaign spots right before elections. That strikes the NRA as a double standard, seeing as how big media are exempted from that rule. In the spirit of if-you-can't-beat-them-join-them, the group is considering acquiring its own TV or radio station. American Liberty Foundation president Jim Babka tells Brooke why he thinks it's a "deliciously absurd plan."
