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The Spectacle Blog
Aaron Zelman of the hard-line gun rights group Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership is dead at the age of 64. I interviewed him for my September cover story on the NRA, an organization Zelman found insufficiently zealous in its defense of the Second Amendment.
You didn’t need to agree with JPFO on every tactical question to find some of its projects interesting. Zelman told me when I talked to him this summer that the most important thing to do when debating guns and other issues is to restore a “Bill of Rights culture.” For the record, this Aaron Zelman wasn’t the television producer.
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Sean| 12.30.10 @ 10:40AM
Aaron will be missed. He was better than the NRA on the 2nd Amendment. We need more people to join the JPFO and Gun Owners of America. The NRA has become as wimpy as most elected Republicans.
sestamibi| 12.30.10 @ 1:21PM
I am sorry to hear that. I've been a sporadic visitor to the JPFO website over the years and found him inspiring. All Jews should own guns (and one of these days I'll actually try out the one we bought after Obimbo got elected two years ago).
Joanne Eisen| 12.30.10 @ 9:17PM
He labored for truth. His life was well spent. He changed the path I walk.
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handbags | 12.30.10 @ 9:43PM
good post!
Mike | 12.31.10 @ 12:19AM
Aaron Zelman will be missed. Long live JPFO, as his legacy.
david| 1.1.11 @ 5:52PM
He will be truly missed. "No guns for Jews" was a great production.
Dan Taylor| 1.18.11 @ 8:52PM
I had a conversation with Aaron Zelman on the phone once, and we spoke at length over an article he had posted on his site. At the end,we both knew where each the other stood and as it were, we were shoulder to shoulder. He said that he wished he had a hundred more like me. I was honored and humbled all at once. I look forward to sharing freedom with you on the other side.