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Friday April 14 12:56 PM ET
Senate Democrats Push 'Safe Havens' From Guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Friday said they will seek to pass a resolution opposing laws in 22 states that let gun owners carry concealed weapons into places of worship, hoping to force Republicans to cast a politically sensitive election-year gun control vote.
Days before the April 20 one-year anniversary of the shooting massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, Senate Democrats said they would try to get a floor vote on a resolution to put the Senate on record in favor of bans on guns in churches, synagogues and mosques.
``The Columbine tragedy and others like it should also be enough to cause all of us, regardless of party or predisposition on gun issues, to draw some lines around those spaces where guns have no place and, thereby, begin to reclaim some safe havens in our communities,'' Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut said.
Twenty-two states -- including Republican presidential contender Gov. George W. Bush's Texas -- let gun owners carry concealed weapons into places of worship and a number of states also allow concealed weapons at school sporting events, concerts and other gatherings.
Democrats have pressed the gun control issue leading up to the Columbine anniversary, and their presidential contender -- Vice President Al Gore -- was slated to speak on it later in the day.
At a news conference, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Lieberman said 23 Democrats have signed the resolution which they said had not yet been circulated among Republicans.
They said they planned to introduce the non-binding measure after Congress' spring recess next week, before the ``Million Mom March'' against violence on May 14 in Washington.
Lieberman said he hoped the resolution would encourage states to change their laws. He also said the next step would be legislation to force changes.
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Friday April 14 12:56 PM ET
Senate Democrats Push 'Safe Havens' From Guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Friday said they will seek to pass a resolution opposing laws in 22 states that let gun owners carry concealed weapons into places of worship, hoping to force Republicans to cast a politically sensitive election-year gun control vote.
Days before the April 20 one-year anniversary of the shooting massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, Senate Democrats said they would try to get a floor vote on a resolution to put the Senate on record in favor of bans on guns in churches, synagogues and mosques.
``The Columbine tragedy and others like it should also be enough to cause all of us, regardless of party or predisposition on gun issues, to draw some lines around those spaces where guns have no place and, thereby, begin to reclaim some safe havens in our communities,'' Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut said.
Twenty-two states -- including Republican presidential contender Gov. George W. Bush's Texas -- let gun owners carry concealed weapons into places of worship and a number of states also allow concealed weapons at school sporting events, concerts and other gatherings.
Democrats have pressed the gun control issue leading up to the Columbine anniversary, and their presidential contender -- Vice President Al Gore -- was slated to speak on it later in the day.
At a news conference, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Lieberman said 23 Democrats have signed the resolution which they said had not yet been circulated among Republicans.
They said they planned to introduce the non-binding measure after Congress' spring recess next week, before the ``Million Mom March'' against violence on May 14 in Washington.
Lieberman said he hoped the resolution would encourage states to change their laws. He also said the next step would be legislation to force changes.
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