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The election of Democrat candidate Jimmy Carter to the US Presidency could lead to serious difficulties for sportsmen and gun owners, suggestsuggested [sic] Neal Knox, editor of Rifle magazine.

Knox, who has been closely following the Carter campaign, noted that while Carter himself claims to support a ban on "Saturday Night Special" handguns and wants handgun registration, his followers are not content with these policies.

Knox cited the active efforts of Carter's head fund raiser, Morris Dees, to found the new "National Gun Control Center," an organization dedicated to totally banning handguns, as well as, in Dees' words, "within five years we'll break the National Rifle Association."

Knox noted that another Carter campaigner is Lewis Regenstein, who is serving as Carter's advisor on "environmental affairs," and who is actively campaigning for Carter on the East Coast. Knox revealed that Regenstein is executive vice president and salaried staffer of "Fund for Animals" the anti-gun, anti-hunting organization founded by Cleveland Amory. Knox also cites Regenstein as being a board member of several other anti-hunting organizations.

"Gun Week"

July 2, 1976