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This politician’s handwritten note to Representative Scott Klug flipped Klug’s vote and secured a narrow passage of a bill that was later terminated by a 10-year sunset provision. This politician signed into law a bill that paradoxically included William Hughes’s amendment to prevent civilian sales of machine guns. This politician was (15[1])the first presidential candidate to earn an NRA endorsement. This politician cracked down on (*) “copwatching” by signing into law (10[1])the Mulford Act, which became national news when armed Black Panthers occupied (10[2])the State Capitol. (-5[1])This president’s press secretary is the namesake of a 1993 bill that mandated federal background checks on firearm purchases; (10[2])that bill is the Brady Law. For 10 points, name this president who survived an assassination (10[1])attempt months after his inauguration in 1981. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Ronald Reagan [or Ronald Wilson Reagan] (The 1986 Firearms Owners’ Protection Act paradoxically included Hughes’s amendment.)
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