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"FOUR?!"
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NRA Responds to Abysmal Results of Year-old Gun Control Scheme
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Washington, D.C. -- The Clinton Administration has not turned its
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back on armed criminals. It is in wholesale retreat.
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That's the reaction of the National Rifle Association of America to
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Attorney General Janet Reno's report of the results of one year of
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the Brady Act. Attorney General Reno told reporters today that the
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national waiting period scheme prompted a total of four
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prosecutions of prohibited persons attempting a gun purchase.
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"Four prosecutions! It is an outrage and still another sign of
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utter ineptitude," said Mrs. Tanya K. Metaksa, Executive Director,
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NRA Institute for Legislative Action. "You reduce crime by
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arresting, prosecuting and imprisoning criminals -- not by meekly
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saying 'no' to the rare criminal who attempts a commercial
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purchase."
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"The Clinton Administration is in wholesale retreat from the
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violent crime front," she continued. "In its first two years in
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office, the Administration has allowed the prosecution of armed
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criminals to plummet 23%. Today, they have the audacity to point
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to four prosecutions prompted by the Brady Act."
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Mrs. Metaksa noted that the bulk of persons initially identified as
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prohibited from purchase under the Act are later found to be
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qualified. "There are people being wrongly denied their
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constitutional rights due to misidentification and unpaid parking
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tickets. That must end."
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She noted also, "On constitutional grounds, Brady is broken. Five
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federal courts have struck down portions of the Brady Act as
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unconstitutional, and states are moving to fix it themselves."
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Mrs. Metaksa said more and more states are opting for the NRA-
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backed instantaneous background check already on-line in Virginia,
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Florida, Delaware, Wisconsin, Illinois, South Carolina, Colorado,
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Utah and Idaho. "It's fast, fair and effective. Above all, check
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results prove that it is only the rare criminal who attempts a
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commercial purchase. But when he does, the NRA-backed instant-
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check prompts instant arrest, while the wait prompts flight."
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--
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This information is presented as a service to the Internet community
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by the NRA/ILA. Many files are available via anonymous ftp from
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ftp.nra.org, via WWW at http://www.nra.org, via gopher at
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gopher.nra.org, and via WAIS at wais.nra.org
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Be sure to subscribe to the NRA mailing lists. Send the word help
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as the body of a message to listproc@NRA.org
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Information can also be obtained by connecting to the NRA-ILA GUN-TALK
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BBS at (703) 934-2121.
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... The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is, essentially, the Right to be FREE!
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--- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR]
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