In 1992, Richard Feldman stood near Republican giant Ronald Reagan and smiled as the former president took aim with a Colt AR-15, a gift from the Rindge gun owner.
Five years later, Feldman was back in front of the cameras, this time allied with Democratic President Bill Clinton in a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House, part of a gun-control bill that introduced child-safety locks for most handguns by the end of that year.