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Representative Brun introduced legislation called the "Justifiable Murder of an AIDS Carrier" bill. The legislation, had it been approved, would have made the killing of an AIDS carrier fall under "justifiable homicide" if a person had to fight off an attacker that he knew was carrying the deadly virus or even believed that the assailant was infected by the virus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qrd.org/qrd/usa/louisiana/LEGAL/1995/house.bill.290-action.alert-04.28.95|title=ATTENTION! House Bill 290|publisher=Qrd.org|date=April 18, 1995|accessdate=May 15, 2020}}</ref>
Representative Brun introduced legislation called the "Justifiable Murder of an AIDS Carrier" bill. The legislation, had it been approved, would have made the killing of an AIDS carrier fall under "justifiable homicide" if a person had to fight off an attacker that he knew was carrying the deadly virus or even believed that the assailant was infected by the virus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qrd.org/qrd/usa/louisiana/LEGAL/1995/house.bill.290-action.alert-04.28.95|title=ATTENTION! House Bill 290|publisher=Qrd.org|date=April 18, 1995|accessdate=May 15, 2020}}</ref>
Brun worked with Democratic Representative [[Everett Doerge]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] to repeal the Louisiana forced heirship law.<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]], December 16, 1993, p. 1.</ref>
In 1993, Brun worked with Democratic Representative [[Everett Doerge]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] to repeal the Louisiana forced heirship law.<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' December 16, 1993, p. 1.</ref>
In 1996, as his legislative career was winding down, Brun argued for raising the Louisiana speed limit to 70 miles per hour, comparable to the limits in much of neighboring [[Texas]]. That same year, he also worked in the unsuccessful presidential nomination bid waged by [[U.S. Senator]] [[Phil Gramm]] of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.questia.com/library/1G1-56832644/caucus-port-mortem-arrogance-cost-gramm-buchanan|author=Ralph Z. Hallow|title=Caucus Port-Mortem: Arrogance Cost Gramm: Buchanan Didn't Take Right for Granted|publisher=Questia.com|date=February 7, 1996|accessdate=May 15, 2020}}</ref>Gramm had been in a Democrat in 1976, when he ran unsuccessfully in the party primary election against U.S. Senator [[Lloyd Bentsen]] at the time Brun was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In 1983, however, Gramm switched to Republican affiliation.
In 1996, as his legislative career was winding down, Brun argued for raising the Louisiana speed limit to 70 miles per hour, comparable to the limits in much of neighboring [[Texas]]. That same year, he also worked in the unsuccessful presidential nomination bid waged by [[U.S. Senator]] [[Phil Gramm]] of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.questia.com/library/1G1-56832644/caucus-port-mortem-arrogance-cost-gramm-buchanan|author=Ralph Z. Hallow|title=Caucus Port-Mortem: Arrogance Cost Gramm: Buchanan Didn't Take Right for Granted|publisher=Questia.com|date=February 7, 1996|accessdate=May 15, 2020}}</ref>Gramm had been in a Democrat in 1976, when he ran unsuccessfully in the party primary election against U.S. Senator [[Lloyd Bentsen]] at the time Brun was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In 1983, however, Gramm switched to Republican affiliation.