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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Al3 Sunday, May 28, 2000 4On Gun Control Issue, Bush and Gore Offer a Clear Choice soughtto distance himself from the pro-gun lobby. “T didn’t particularly care for that,” Bush said. “For him to say that they’re going to have an office in the White House, that prompted meto say there's onlygo: BY DENNIS CAMIRE WASHINGTON — Whenit comes to gun control, tp Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush are far apart. Gore, the Democrat, wants more if:gun control; Bush, the Republican, basically does not. 1 Gore’s agenda includes licensing and registering ‘yihandgun owners and allowing up to three days for «dq background checks on purchases. “J believe in pushing for mandatory child safety trigger locks and restoring the three-day waiting period under the Brady law,” Gore said in a speech to ters and editors May8 in New York.“I propose a oto-license ID for the purchase ofa new handgun.” Bush’s record as governor showshe backs expand- snes to shoot. While he was senator, he voted with the gun ing to be onepersonofficing in the White House and to sendchilling signals throughoutour society that if lobby 75 percentof the time from 1985 to 1990, accord- that’s George Bush.” you commit a crime with a gun,there’s going'to be a consequence.” Following rallies across the nation stemming from shootings such as the one at Columbine High School ing to NRA records released by Republicans. Since that publicity, NRA leaders have been more discreet while heating upthe rhetoric to mobilize their members for the election. At their annual members “But I hope the marchers also understand that we need GANNETT NEWS SERVICE ing gun owners’ liberties and protecting firearms a manufacturers from lawsuits. Instead ofstricter gun -}) laws, Bush wants tougher enforcement of existing ones. a believe we ought to have gun laws thatare rea- sonable, such as instant backgroundchecksortrigger 4 locks for guns,”said Bush when asked aboutthe pro4) gun control Million Mom Marchearlier this montli. Doug Hattaway, spokesman for the Gore campaign, said that over the years, Gore wentfrom representing asmall, rural area to more urban areas andfinally, the meeting on May20 in Charlotte, N.C., they repeatedly last year, polls show that gun control remains among whole country as vice president. During that time, gun lashed outat Gore without mentioning Bush the top issues as voters prepare to pick a president and violence has become more seriousin society, he said. “Like a lot of people, his views on the subject have NRA leaders, including Executive Vice President WayneLaPierre, said Gore in the White House would evolved as gun violence has become more prevalent produce licensing andregistration of firearmsand ul and the NRA’s political views have become more ex- timately a ban on them, despite insistence by Gore and others that there is no thoughtof doing that. Gore’s gun-control proposals call for licensing handgun owners after passing a background check decide controlof the House of Representatives, where Republicans now hold a slim 11-seat majority. Although Bushis not a memberofthe National Rifle Association, he enjoys the backing of the politically and monetarily powerful organization, which has 3.6 million members. On the other hand, the NRA vilifies Gore, whois supported byless potent pro-gun control groups such as the Violence Policy Center and Hand- treme,” Hattawaysaid. The NRA,which has declared all-out opposition to Gore’s election, vows to increase its membership to 4 million by Election Day and contribute up to $15 million to candidates, muchofit directed againstGore. It wouldbe about25 percent morethanthey spentin past gun ControlInc. To putit another way, Bushis courting the votes of . elections. the nation’s 80 million gun owners, and Gore has his In February, Kayne Robinson, first vice president eye on the majority of Americans that polls show faof the NRA, boasted to California supporters that if vors more control over weapons. Bushwins, “we'll havea president. . . where we work It is an odd twist for gun-control advocate Gore be- outoftheir office. Unbelievably friendly relations.” cause as a Southerner from Carthage, Tenn., he grew. Bush was embarrassed by the remark, used in up hunting and shooting andtaught his children how anti-Bush ads by Handgun Control Inc., and has and safety course, banning cheap,so-called “Satu night special” handguns, limiting gun purchases one a month and closing a gun show loopholethat al lows somepurchaseswithout a backgroundcheck Gore's proposals also would mandate childproof safety locks on handgunsandforce manufacturers and federally licensed sellers to register guns with states. 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