In June 1998, Heston was elected president of the NRA, for which he had posed for ads holding a rifle. Heston famously used to say that the only way his gun would be taken away is “from my cold, dead ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Charlton Heston made his last appearance as president of the National Rifle Association on Saturday, shuffling onto the stage before a crowd of 4,000 NRA members but too feeble to give ...

Heston stepped down as NRA president in April 2003, telling members his five years in office were "quite a ride. … I loved every minute of it." Later that year, Heston was awarded the Presidential ...