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Clinton Takes Gun Control to Kids
By DAVID HO
.c The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the first anniversary of the Columbine High School
shootings looming, President Clinton is taking his appeal for gun control
directly to children in a magazine for young people.
``The debate about reducing gun violence isn't about politics. It's about
saving lives,'' Clinton wrote in a brief article in the April 21 edition of
Time for Kids, the classroom version of Time magazine.
While urging Congress to pass legislation for background checks and
child-safety locks, the president returned to thoughts of Columbine.
``Recent incidents remind us of the tragic consequences when young people get
their hands on guns,'' Clinton said in the article released Sunday. Last
April 20, two Columbine students killed 12 other students, a teacher and
themselves.
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, wrote in rebuttal that gun control punishes the
wrong people and ``earns a failing grade'' as U.S. policy.
``Do you think your whole class should be punished if one person breaks the
rules?'' Craig said. ``That wouldn't be fair, would it? Yet that's gun
control.''
Craig, a board member of the National Rifle Association, said that instead of
new laws the government needs to go after criminals, including children who
bring guns to school.
Meanwhile, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Ill., and White
House Chief of Staff John Podesta debated gun legislation issues Sunday on
NBC's ``Meet the Press.''
Hyde said he was moving toward Clinton's position on the length of waiting
periods for background checks at gun shows.
However, White House chief of staff John Podesta said, ``I don't think we can
accept what Mr. Hyde has put on the table right now, although I think he is
in good faith trying to find common ground on this.''
Podesta said the administration was disturbed about a provision in Hyde's
proposal that would require the instant destruction of gun buyers' background
check records.
But Hyde said people fear keeping the records could lead to a national
registration system.
``I think it is perfectly acceptable to say, keep the records of the
questionable ones, but get rid of the records of those who pass,'' he said.
AP-NY-04-16-00 2020EDT
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Clinton Takes Gun Control to Kids
By DAVID HO
.c The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the first anniversary of the Columbine High School
shootings looming, President Clinton is taking his appeal for gun control
directly to children in a magazine for young people.
``The debate about reducing gun violence isn't about politics. It's about
saving lives,'' Clinton wrote in a brief article in the April 21 edition of
Time for Kids, the classroom version of Time magazine.
While urging Congress to pass legislation for background checks and
child-safety locks, the president returned to thoughts of Columbine.
``Recent incidents remind us of the tragic consequences when young people get
their hands on guns,'' Clinton said in the article released Sunday. Last
April 20, two Columbine students killed 12 other students, a teacher and
themselves.
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, wrote in rebuttal that gun control punishes the
wrong people and ``earns a failing grade'' as U.S. policy.
``Do you think your whole class should be punished if one person breaks the
rules?'' Craig said. ``That wouldn't be fair, would it? Yet that's gun
control.''
Craig, a board member of the National Rifle Association, said that instead of
new laws the government needs to go after criminals, including children who
bring guns to school.
Meanwhile, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Ill., and White
House Chief of Staff John Podesta debated gun legislation issues Sunday on
NBC's ``Meet the Press.''
Hyde said he was moving toward Clinton's position on the length of waiting
periods for background checks at gun shows.
However, White House chief of staff John Podesta said, ``I don't think we can
accept what Mr. Hyde has put on the table right now, although I think he is
in good faith trying to find common ground on this.''
Podesta said the administration was disturbed about a provision in Hyde's
proposal that would require the instant destruction of gun buyers' background
check records.
But Hyde said people fear keeping the records could lead to a national
registration system.
``I think it is perfectly acceptable to say, keep the records of the
questionable ones, but get rid of the records of those who pass,'' he said.
AP-NY-04-16-00 2020EDT
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
