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What Took You So Long?
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"...for nearly 8 years, this
Administration has done little to ensure that existing laws were
enforced... it has presided over a catch-and-release system
for known offenders..." |
"I HATE those
NRA FAX Alerts!" |
Further adding to his "wish list" during the closing days of his
term, President Clinton is once again giving lip service to the
enforcement of existing firearms laws. He is calling upon the
Congress to provide him with a budget that will include funds to
add another 500 BATF agents and inspectors, as well as an
increase in federal, state, and local prosecutors.
Yet despite
Clinton’s public hand-wringing, this is still the same
Administration that has presided over the BATF’s embarrassing 44%
decline in federal firearm prosecution referrals from 1992 to
1998.
Meanwhile, it wasn’t until last year that the Clinton-Gore
Administration reluctantly admitted that enforcement initiatives
such as NRA-backed Project Exile really do work, and even then
still didn’t give the program backing by the full weight of the
executive branch.
While details of this latest proposal are still
largely unknown, it remains clear that for nearly 8 years, this
Administration has done little to ensure that existing laws were
enforced. Rather, it has presided over a catch-and-release system
for known offenders.
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