Statement by the President

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/2000/8/2/6.text.1
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For Immediate Release August 2, 2000


STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

I commend the citizens of Colorado who took an important step today
toward reducing gun violence by submitting nearly twice the number of
signatures needed to place an initiative on the state ballot to close
the gun show loophole. Colorado voters can now do what Congress has
failed to do: close a deadly loophole that allows criminals, juveniles
and other restricted persons to buy guns at gun shows with no questions
asked.

With our nation losing 10 children to gunfire every day, Congress
should heed the voices of millions of Americans concerned about gun
violence -- not those of the gun lobby -- and follow the lead of states
like Colorado. While Colorado's progress is encouraging, we should not
have to rely on a patchwork of state laws when it comes to protecting
our children's safety. Only Congress can pass legislation that protects
children all across America. National legislation to close the gun show
loophole and keep guns out of the wrong hands should be passed without
further delay.

[This message has been edited by dZ (edited August 07, 2000).]
 
It's easy to get them confused, though, Dennis. I at one time believed that Nixon was the most shamelessly dishonest and self-serving liar ever to disgrace the White House. Then Clinton was elected, and I realized that I was wrong. Nixon fell to second place.
 
In addition, he's a pure fruitcake. Why would a President of the United States of America be involving himself in a Colorado initiative??
 
Though I never thought I'd say this, Nixon had the HONOR and DIGNITY to resign when it was proven that he'd broken the law. Klinton has neither. Too bad for us, huh?
 
Gun Rights Leader Challenges The President

To: All Media Outlets

Contact: KeepAndBearArms.com, 602-485-5000

PHOENIX, August 3 / Following was released today by KeepAndBearArms.com

In direct response to an August 2nd press release issued by President Clinton, Angel Shamaya, Executive Director of KeepAndBearArms.com issued a
formal challenge to the Commander in Chief to prove his statement to be accurate.

President Clinton's statement, issued through USNewswire, opens his call for more unconstitutional pre-confiscation laws, stating "With our nation losing
10 children to gunfire every day..." and Mr. Shamaya finds this statement to be offensive to the extreme. "Not only is this statement a blatant lie, anyone
with a computer can log onto the FBI and DOJ websites to find out just how large a lie it is," says the self-defense advocate. "This number is dramatically
higher than the true number of children who die by gunshot. I represent a large and growing number of lawful, peaceable, long-suffering gun owners who
sat by and watched this man perjure himself before a Grand Jury, but I refuse to let this whopper slide past the American people."

According to the Director of the internet-based liberty advocacy organization, President Clinton is "lying through his teeth and he knows it. He's counting
on using this lie as long as he can before somebody calls him on it openly and demands a public retraction." Very angry and insulted that the President can
openly lie with impunity in a political ploy to force more gun controls down America's throat, Mr. Shamaya goes on to explain that the real number of
children who die by gunshot is so much lower than that he's amazed even the dumbest people believe it. His statement is available for anyone in the press
who'd like an interview or further information as to the Truth about the number of children dying by gunshot, and he offers the following statement as a
direct, public and Open Challenge to the President of the United States:

"Mr. Clinton, 10 children didn't die today by gunshot in this country. 10 children didn't die yesterday by gunshot in this country. There has not been a day
this entire year that 10 children died by gunshot, and you know it. You, sir, are an unprincipled liar, and you should be ashamed of yourself. I challenge you
to provide the names of 10 children who died each day in any given week of this entire calendar year, including their names, ages and locations, but I know
you cannot do it, and so do you.

"Mr. Clinton, The NRA didn't go far enough when they said you are willing to live with a certain level of violence to achieve your Hitlerian agenda. You
invent deaths that never happened and spoonfeed your made-up gun deaths to a media with no integrity because the truth would never convince intelligent
people of a need for the type of gun controls you seek to achieve. Frankly, I don't know how you sleep at night, but I do know this, and I say it with a
conviction that courses through my veins like lightning: AMERICANS WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP OUR RIGHT TO KEEP
AND BEAR ARMS. NEVER!!" Contact: KeepAndBearArms.com, 602-485-5000
 
Another brilliant example of DUCKSPEAK from our masters in DC --

"Quack quack. 100,000 children a day die from gun violence. Quack quack. We must elimiate guns to save the children. Guns are bad; your Big Nanny government is all-wise and all-benevolent. Trust us to take care of you. QuackQuackQuackQuack."
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>close a deadly loophole that allows criminals, juveniles
and other restricted persons to buy guns at gun shows with no questions
asked.[/quote]

Whether it's a "loophole" or "deadly" is open to debate, but the fact is, notwithstanding various state laws, it is possible, on the federal level, for "criminals, juveniles, or other restricted persons" to buy guns at gunshows with no questions asked.

This is no lie.


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"Anyone feel like saluting the flag which the strutting ATF and FBI gleefully raised over the smoldering crematorium of Waco, back in April of ‘93?" -Vin Suprynowicz
 
deanf, and it is also possible for them to acquire such weapons in any private transaction, in most states.

If this is the huge issue represented by the anti-self defense gun bigots, and considering gun shows are such public affairs, why don't more LEO's police these things? Why don't they target known felons in the area that buy and possess guns?

To put a finer point on it, the bottom line is that this risk is the price of freedom. If that sounds trite, please consider that the alternative is, ultimately, a police state, IMHO. Police states are not known for being conducive to peace and harmony.

Live and let live. Regards from AZ
 
I'm with ya, Jeff, I just felt the need, since people were calling this statement a lie, to say that it is not.

If we make "mis-statements" that we know to be false, we are no better than our enemy.
 
The "loop hole" statement implies, and most sheeple believe that there are "no questions asked" for purchases at gun shows. Clinton knows that this is false, and he intentionally spreads this false impression. if that is not a lie, it is pretty darned close!
 
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