What A Party, by Terry McAuliffe: on Gun Control


Terry McAuliffe: 1983: On first hunting trip, show a turkey buzzard

There ended up being 20 of us ready to spend 3 days hunting turkey and quail.

Understand, coming from Syracuse, the only turkeys I'd ever seen were the kind you unfold like an accordion and put down in the middle of your Thanksgiving dinner table. I'd never even held a gun, much less gone hunting. So, that 1st morning, we were out of bed before 5 AM, and the 1st thing I knew, they'd thrown a shotgun in my hands. I liked the feel of that shotgun in my hands, but I had one small problem How was I going to load the thing? I had no idea.

Before long there were birds flying all around me. I pointed my shotgun and pulled the trigger and BLAM!! The black bird with the big red head didn't have a chance.

I got me a turkey! I got me a turkey! I started yelling.

But something was up. The laughter was going on too long.

Finally someone told me the truth: I'd shot a turkey BUZZARD, which is a vulture, not a turkey.

I was hooked on hunting after my 1st weekend.

Source: What A Party!, by Terry McAuliffe, p. 64-67 Jan 23, 2007

Terry McAuliffe: Brady Bill was the right thing to do

Clinton went over how the NRA, the rich and powerful gun lobby, had defeated about a dozen of our members who had voted for the Brady Bill and Assault Weapons Ban. The NRA pumped more than $70 million into targeting Democrats and even bragged about how much money they'd spent. The Brady Bill was named for Jim Brady, Reagan's spokesman, who was seriously wounded when Reagan was shot, and his wife Sarah campaigned for that bill for 10 years before it finally passed. That vote was the right thing to do.
Source: What A Party!, by Terry McAuliffe, p.100 Jan 23, 2007

  • The above quotations are from What A Party!
    My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals
    by Terry McAuliffe.
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