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October 27, 1999, New York Times
The Pro-Gun Congress
he Senate's approval in May of several common-sense gun control measures
raised hopes that Congress would respond to the massacre at Columbine High
School by making it harder for juveniles, felons and those with a record of
mental illness to obtain deadly firepower. But as President Clinton sadly
acknowledged this week, the House-Senate committee addressing the issue
remains deadlocked, which means that Congress is likely to go home without
doing anything on gun control.
Sadder still, Republican leaders are quite content with this dismal
denouement. "This is a pro-gun House," proclaimed the House majority whip,
Tom DeLay, recently, explaining the Republicans' refusal to accept the
reasonable Senate provision extending the Brady law's background check
requirement to all gun-show sales -- the major sticking point in the
negotiations. Indeed, Mr. DeLay has been using gun control as a fund-raising
tool. "Clinton and the anti-gun lobby are using the tragedies at Columbine
High School and Georgia to stop you exercising your right to own a gun and
protect your family!" he said in a recent letter.
Unless Congressional Republicans with the gumption to buck the National Rifle
Association suddenly emerge to shove their party in the right direction, gun
control will die, and a historic opportunity for progress will have been
missed[/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
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October 27, 1999, New York Times
The Pro-Gun Congress
he Senate's approval in May of several common-sense gun control measures
raised hopes that Congress would respond to the massacre at Columbine High
School by making it harder for juveniles, felons and those with a record of
mental illness to obtain deadly firepower. But as President Clinton sadly
acknowledged this week, the House-Senate committee addressing the issue
remains deadlocked, which means that Congress is likely to go home without
doing anything on gun control.
Sadder still, Republican leaders are quite content with this dismal
denouement. "This is a pro-gun House," proclaimed the House majority whip,
Tom DeLay, recently, explaining the Republicans' refusal to accept the
reasonable Senate provision extending the Brady law's background check
requirement to all gun-show sales -- the major sticking point in the
negotiations. Indeed, Mr. DeLay has been using gun control as a fund-raising
tool. "Clinton and the anti-gun lobby are using the tragedies at Columbine
High School and Georgia to stop you exercising your right to own a gun and
protect your family!" he said in a recent letter.
Unless Congressional Republicans with the gumption to buck the National Rifle
Association suddenly emerge to shove their party in the right direction, gun
control will die, and a historic opportunity for progress will have been
missed[/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
