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 the first presidential candidate to earn an NRA endorsement. This politician cracked down on (*) “copwatching” by signing into law the Mulford Act, (10[3])which became national news when armed Black Panthers occupied the State Capitol. This president’s press secretary (10[1])is the namesake of a 1993 bill that mandated federal background checks on firearm purchases; that bill is the Brady Law. For 10 points, name this president who survived an assassination attempt months after his inauguration in 1981. ■END■