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STATEMENT OF SARAH BRADY RE: PRESIDENT CLINTON’S LICENSING INITIATIVE
(Washington, D.C.) President Clinton’s proposal to establish a handgun licensing system is just common sense. Requiring photo ID and safety training for new gun owners is the logical culmination of the many actions that President Clinton has taken to keep guns out of the wrong hands, beginning with the passage of the Brady Bill and assault weapon ban early in his presidency.
No one today would advocate giving anyone permission to drive a car without first passing a safety course and exam. The U.S. doesn’t stop at licensing drivers; it licenses everyone who needs certain skills to perform their tasks safely, from manicurists to dog groomers. Most hunters need to pass a safety course before obtaining their licenses. The licensing debate is not about the right to own a firearm; it’s about responsible gun ownership, about safety, and about law enforcement’s ability to revoke the license of someone who becomes a danger to themselves or others. Additionally, a licensing system will ensure that gunowners understand their own states’ laws, from the regulations governing the carrying of concealed weapons to the responsibility for keeping loaded guns away from children.
But with shameful alacrity, the gun lobby again describes a simple licensing requirement as another step towards the eventual confiscation of all privately-owned firearms. Which, of course, is how they described the Brady law, the Gun Control Act of 1968 and every other federal and state law which controls access to firearms. Meanwhile, the Mark Bartons, Buford Furrows and Larry Ashbrooks who are planning massacres in unsuspecting communities can continue to buy and own firearms, because there is no national process in place with which to weed out those who are clearly too unbalanced to possess a gun. For at least a decade, the vast majority of Americans, including gunowners, have supported safety training requirements for those purchasing firearms. There is no question that such a requirement would make both for more responsible gunowners and for another level of protection from would-be killers who want guns.
In 1990, then-President Bush threatened to veto the Brady Bill, forestalling its passage. President Clinton’s proposal reminds us again of how important our choice of chief executive is for all who support gun control. In the upcoming election, the choice about our public safety will be clear to the American people. We can either continue the progress we have made under the Clinton Administration and fight for a comprehensive licensing system, or move backwards to a time when more of the wrong people can buy and carry more guns in more places.
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...“ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
Take care and God Bless, El Jefe
The ANTI-HCI Site!
STATEMENT OF SARAH BRADY RE: PRESIDENT CLINTON’S LICENSING INITIATIVE
(Washington, D.C.) President Clinton’s proposal to establish a handgun licensing system is just common sense. Requiring photo ID and safety training for new gun owners is the logical culmination of the many actions that President Clinton has taken to keep guns out of the wrong hands, beginning with the passage of the Brady Bill and assault weapon ban early in his presidency.
No one today would advocate giving anyone permission to drive a car without first passing a safety course and exam. The U.S. doesn’t stop at licensing drivers; it licenses everyone who needs certain skills to perform their tasks safely, from manicurists to dog groomers. Most hunters need to pass a safety course before obtaining their licenses. The licensing debate is not about the right to own a firearm; it’s about responsible gun ownership, about safety, and about law enforcement’s ability to revoke the license of someone who becomes a danger to themselves or others. Additionally, a licensing system will ensure that gunowners understand their own states’ laws, from the regulations governing the carrying of concealed weapons to the responsibility for keeping loaded guns away from children.
But with shameful alacrity, the gun lobby again describes a simple licensing requirement as another step towards the eventual confiscation of all privately-owned firearms. Which, of course, is how they described the Brady law, the Gun Control Act of 1968 and every other federal and state law which controls access to firearms. Meanwhile, the Mark Bartons, Buford Furrows and Larry Ashbrooks who are planning massacres in unsuspecting communities can continue to buy and own firearms, because there is no national process in place with which to weed out those who are clearly too unbalanced to possess a gun. For at least a decade, the vast majority of Americans, including gunowners, have supported safety training requirements for those purchasing firearms. There is no question that such a requirement would make both for more responsible gunowners and for another level of protection from would-be killers who want guns.
In 1990, then-President Bush threatened to veto the Brady Bill, forestalling its passage. President Clinton’s proposal reminds us again of how important our choice of chief executive is for all who support gun control. In the upcoming election, the choice about our public safety will be clear to the American people. We can either continue the progress we have made under the Clinton Administration and fight for a comprehensive licensing system, or move backwards to a time when more of the wrong people can buy and carry more guns in more places.
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...“ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
Take care and God Bless, El Jefe
The ANTI-HCI Site!
here in Conn