"FOUR?!" NRA Responds to Abysmal Results of Year-old Gun Control Scheme Washington, D.C. -- The Clinton Administration has not turned its back on armed criminals. It is in wholesale retreat. That's the reaction of the National Rifle Association of America to Attorney General Janet Reno's report of the results of one year of the Brady Act. Attorney General Reno told reporters today that the national waiting period scheme prompted a total of four prosecutions of prohibited persons attempting a gun purchase. "Four prosecutions! It is an outrage and still another sign of utter ineptitude," said Mrs. Tanya K. Metaksa, Executive Director, NRA Institute for Legislative Action. "You reduce crime by arresting, prosecuting and imprisoning criminals -- not by meekly saying 'no' to the rare criminal who attempts a commercial purchase." "The Clinton Administration is in wholesale retreat from the violent crime front," she continued. "In its first two years in office, the Administration has allowed the prosecution of armed criminals to plummet 23%. Today, they have the audacity to point to four prosecutions prompted by the Brady Act." Mrs. Metaksa noted that the bulk of persons initially identified as prohibited from purchase under the Act are later found to be qualified. "There are people being wrongly denied their constitutional rights due to misidentification and unpaid parking tickets. That must end." She noted also, "On constitutional grounds, Brady is broken. Five federal courts have struck down portions of the Brady Act as unconstitutional, and states are moving to fix it themselves." Mrs. Metaksa said more and more states are opting for the NRA- backed instantaneous background check already on-line in Virginia, Florida, Delaware, Wisconsin, Illinois, South Carolina, Colorado, Utah and Idaho. "It's fast, fair and effective. Above all, check results prove that it is only the rare criminal who attempts a commercial purchase. But when he does, the NRA-backed instant- check prompts instant arrest, while the wait prompts flight." -- This information is presented as a service to the Internet community by the NRA/ILA. Many files are available via anonymous ftp from ftp.nra.org, via WWW at http://www.nra.org, via gopher at gopher.nra.org, and via WAIS at wais.nra.org Be sure to subscribe to the NRA mailing lists. Send the word help as the body of a message to listproc@NRA.org Information can also be obtained by connecting to the NRA-ILA GUN-TALK BBS at (703) 934-2121. ... The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is, essentially, the Right to be FREE! --- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR] * Origin: FLOTOM * Austin, Tx * (512) 282-3941 * H16/V34 (9:92/0) 0SEEN-BY: 91/0 92/0 5 16 20 110 93/0 382/804 6000/0 6100/0 6200/0 6400/0 6500/0 0SEEN-BY: 6600/0 6700/0 6800/7 7000/0 1 2 3 5 6 0PATH: 92/0 7000/0