It was guns, not race, that affected Bradley

[Gunco]

Nelson Rising, chairman of Tom Bradleyâs 1982 campaign for California governor, still remembers the phone call. Bradley called him shortly after 4 a.m. on a long Election Night, when it was clear Bradley had lost to Republican George Deukmejian. âYou were right,â Bradley told Rising a bit wearily. The main problem was guns. Against Risingâs advice, Bradley had endorsed Proposition 15, a statewide ballot initiative that would have put a freeze on purchases of new guns.

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