“FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS” Charlton Heston Actor, Author, Politically Active for Civil Rights & Racial Equality Champion and Patriot in 2003 President George Bush presented him with the “Metal of Freedom” Americas Highest Civilian Honor , Former President of the longest serving President of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, SAG-AFTRA and National Rifle Association, N.R.A.