Clinton Appeals To NRA Over Gun Deaths
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Clinton said the National Rifle Association and its supporters must assume more responsibility for the mass killings across the United States in recent years.
The most recent shooting was Wednesday, when a lone gunman killed seven people and himself in a Fort Worth, Texas Baptist church. The attack sparked more calls by Clinton and gun-control advocates for tougher limits on the purchase of firearms.
Officials of the NRA and its many supporters across the country and on Capitol Hill say mass killings will fall if the federal government would enforce existing gun laws more strictly.
During a speech to the annual dinner of the Congressional Black Caucus, Clinton said: ``The NRA and that crowd have to stop using arguments like this as an excuse to avoid our shared responsibility'' to end the killings.
In fact, the spate of schoolyard shootings and terrorist bombings of the World Trade Center in New York and the Oklahoma City federal building ``has been the most painful thing that (Vice President Al Gore) and I and our families have had to endure,'' while in office, Clinton said.
--This is part of the story, the rest was about the tax cut.
---This is un-F***ing-believable!!! Then again, what was I supposed to expect from a liberal??
Reuters Photo
Full Coverage
Gun Control Debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Clinton said the National Rifle Association and its supporters must assume more responsibility for the mass killings across the United States in recent years.
The most recent shooting was Wednesday, when a lone gunman killed seven people and himself in a Fort Worth, Texas Baptist church. The attack sparked more calls by Clinton and gun-control advocates for tougher limits on the purchase of firearms.
Officials of the NRA and its many supporters across the country and on Capitol Hill say mass killings will fall if the federal government would enforce existing gun laws more strictly.
During a speech to the annual dinner of the Congressional Black Caucus, Clinton said: ``The NRA and that crowd have to stop using arguments like this as an excuse to avoid our shared responsibility'' to end the killings.
In fact, the spate of schoolyard shootings and terrorist bombings of the World Trade Center in New York and the Oklahoma City federal building ``has been the most painful thing that (Vice President Al Gore) and I and our families have had to endure,'' while in office, Clinton said.
--This is part of the story, the rest was about the tax cut.
---This is un-F***ing-believable!!! Then again, what was I supposed to expect from a liberal??