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Transcript: THOMAS CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO REJECT EXPANSION OF GUN BAN
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- October 23, 1997
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October 23, 1997
THOMAS CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO REJECT EXPANSION OF GUN BAN
Washington, D.C. -- An administrative directive that would
arbitrarily expand the 1994 semi-assault weapon gun ban without consultation
with Congress should be rejected, U.S. Senator Craig Thomas said Thursday.
Thomas, an opponent of gun control, reacted strongly to
published reports that President Clinton plans to use executive privilege
to halt new permits to foreign gun-makers and suspend pending applications
to import legal firearms. Thomas said by attempting to manipulate
the 1994
gun ban law to include legal guns the ...