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| Vol. 7, No.14 |
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4/7/2000 |
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PUBLIC SUPPORTS ENFORCEMENT-- CLINTON IGNORES |
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Support for enforcing existing laws, rather than imposing new ones, is
spreading fast. Six states now have statewide programs similar to the
"Project Exile" prosecution model, and a
recent ABCNEWS/Washington
Post poll indicates that the general public supports such programs.
The poll showed
- 53% feel that simply enforcing existing laws will
reduce crime, while
- only 40% feel that new laws, or a combination of
new laws and strict enforcement, will reduce crime. And
- 48% feel that
new laws will have no effect on reducing firearm-related violent
crime.
Meanwhile,
Bill Clinton seems to remain oblivious to the idea
of enforcing ANY laws. In an April 6 interview with CBS Evening News'
Dan Rather,
Clinton alleged "evidence" of illegal activity among a
small percentage of gun dealers, yet could point to no arrests and
prosecutions. Incredibly,
Rather failed to ask the President how many
of those alleged unlawful dealers had been prosecuted under tough
existing federal laws.
James Jay Baker |
James Jay Baker, executive director of NRA's
Institute for Legislative Action, challenged news reporters to ask
Clinton what Rather did not. "Where are the prosecutions of these
allegedly unlawful dealers? The President is either not telling the
truth, when he claims to have such 'evidence' or he is tacitly
admitting his lack of will to enforce tough existing laws against
those who illegally sell firearms."
Baker said, "I remain hopeful
that, somewhere out there in America, there are professional
journalists who will start asking that obvious question of the White
House."
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