Most people think of the Brady Campaign as the leading gun control group. But actually the Joyce Foundation in Chicago is much more influential because they have money. They make grants to "researchers" on gun violence, at institutions such as the Johns Hopkins (endowed by Hizzoner Mike) Bloomberg School of Public Health. They also make donations to many anti-gun rights propaganda groups. The Violence Policy Center , Josh Sugarmann and Kristen Rand would not exist without their money. And, even more notably, but less visible, Mark Karlin Associates, a Chicago "public rlations" firm that runs several web sites with daily anti- gun rights screeds as well as providing support to anti-gun rights zealots in several States.The Joyce Foundation gave $18.4 million to anti-gun rights groups in the four years 1998-2001 that Barack Obama was a director. Senator Obama believes the Second Amendment secures an citizen's right to keep and bear arms as much as does Sarah Brady.
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