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Show The Salt LakeTribune NATION Gunman Shoots 6 Students All Friday, May 21, 1999 In Georgia School Senate Approves Checks At Gun Shows @ Continued from A-1 B Continued fromA-1 the tough gun-show amendment, the Senatein the past week — often by surprisingly large margins Utah Vote — approved proposalsto Bennett and Orrin certain assault weapons. @ Prohibit the import of high- crucial swingvoters House Speaker this week endorsed new gun-show regulations andraising the mini- ly troubling to me, asit is to all day’s attack because he is a juve- nile, students and other eyewitnesses identified him as TJ Solomon, 15, a sophomore. He was charged Thursdayas a juvenile with aggravated assault, and other charges may be pending, thedistrict attorney's office said. Nathaniel Deeter arrived at school about 7:30 a.m. andstruck mum age for gun purchase from 18 to 21. Two GOPpresidential candidates — Elizabeth Dole and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. — have Drake Hoy, one ofsix Heritage High School students shot bya sophomore gunman, waits for paramedics in Conyers, Ga speak with somefriends Then, he heard a bang kept their distance from the par ty’s traditional hard-line opposi tion to gun control. Even anaide to take students home Theshootings shocked Conyers, to House Minority Whip Tom De Lay, R-Texas, oneof theparty's ‘He just standing there shooting,” Deeter said. a mostly white, suburban community, about 20 miles east of Atlanta staunchest conservatives. conced: curred at 7:55 a.m, as students But classmates said one thing stood out about T.J. Solomon. Senate in passing some sort of gun-control measuresthis year. Police said the shooting oc- milled about in large common areasbefore classes began. and world history classmate T.J Solomon. “Hewasn't verytalkative.” said There werea lot of guns in the screaming, basement of his home. Chris Dunn, a sophomore, said he had seen guns at the home “He hadlots of guns. They were ed the Houselikelywill join the up a conversation with his friend Deeter, 15. “All he was talking about was his girlfriend, how he was madthat she broke up with him.” On Wednesday, Deeter re- called, his friend, distraught over the breakup Monday, Le proached him andsaid simply: “ have no reasonto live anymore.” “T told him that was pretty stu- As stunnedstudents began to realize what was happening, crying, ducking for cover, running for the exits Deeter turned to his friend I screamed at him, ‘Why are you doing this?” Deeter said “That's when he shot the kid next to me in the foot Students sprinted for the exits, leaving behind book bags even shoes in the process, and cutors newtools to crack down on youth crime. But starting last week. the measure spawned an emotional, protracted debate on how the Sovermment should re- spond to the Colorado massacre. these said. “It’s real sad that they take revengelike this, but I guess they don't reallyrealize that they have. like, a life after high school.” disconsolate Thursday morning, classes were quickly dismissed Deeter said his schoolmate was and wouldgivestates and prose would be adequate. “If a kid wants to go and shoot people, they're going to doit.” she had pulled into the parking lot. so Deeter wentto anothertable to The Senate's juvenile-justice bill had long been in the works Some students, such as Alaina waving away other students who Shortly after paramedics. po- the House as early as next we Mitchell, a 16-year-old junior, wondered if any precautions poured onto the football field “I thought he The issue will begin moving in his parents’ ” was just feeling sorry for himself.” pid,” Deeter said. Has- tert, R-Ill., a strong opponent of gun control in the past, earlier tims from the Columbineshooting, said the latestattack “is deepAmericans. Althoughinvestigators refused to identify the gunmanin Thurs- Dennis against another bill that required thi kgropund sions wererelatively modest com: pared to more far-reaching mea a one-gun-a- limit — that s decided not to offer for fearof jeoparaliig the entire bill With many lawmakers casting shootings on anentertainmentin dustry they cas das violence-soaked, the Senatealso ap proved several amendments designed to pressure Hollywood into changing its ways. Thebill would @Launch a federal investiga. tion into whether the entertain ment industry targets young people in marketing violent im ages, as well as astudy oftheeffect of media violence on chil- ant anantitrust exemption to allow entertainment companies to develop a “code of conduct” to minimizeviolence § Discouragethe use of public lands forfilming movies that pro mote “wanton or gratuitous vio- lence But the Senate’s appetite for bashing Hollywood appeared to wane Thursday and it voted 5641 to reject an amendment to es tablish a 12-member independent commission to recommend ways to hold the film industry account able for children having access to violent material ‘The remedies could have included legal action against producers or government regulation of moviecontent. Sen Barbara Boxer, D-Calif led the charge against the amend. ment."This oneis frightening to meto think that t deral gov ernment wouid nowbegin to regulate the content of the movies. The NRA lambasted thevoteof the gun-show amendment, saying it would be moreproductive for the administration to do more to enforce current gun laws than to pass new ones It's more made-for-television lawmaking,” statement. the group said in a “Everyone knows this won't stop the crisis in our schools. discus were arguments by Democrats that thebest wayto combat youth &A violence is to limit theavailability of guns. Prior to the adoption of lice and anxious parents arrived, and school buses were dispatched Shite) ad SHOWROOM,2900 So. 300 West = Sale! HereIs A Financial Opportunity That Can Change YourLife In 60 Minutes Gardening questions? There is no reason to remain underpaid and under-appreaated in your current job. You canhave the timeto spend with your family that you have always dreamed of while making thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars on one single transaction and hundreds of thousands each year providing what people want most, Money! 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