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    "ocrText": "April 27, 1999\nToday, President Clinton will announce new legislation to strengthen federal firearms laws and\nmake it more difficult for kids and criminals to have access to guns and explosives. The\nPresident's package represents the most comprehensive gun legislation any Administration has\nput forward in 30 years. The proposed bill will include new proposals to: (1) reduce illegal gun\nrunning by limiting the purchase of handguns to no more than one per month; (2) raise the age of\nthe youth handgun ban from 18 to 21 years of age; (3) ban the juvenile possession of semi-\nautomatic assault rifles; (4) halt the importation of large capacity ammunition magazines; (5)\nrequire Brady background checks for the purchase of explosives; (6) help law enforcement trace\nmore crime guns to their source; and (7) authorize repeat inspections to crack down on gun\ndealers involved in illegal gun trafficking.\nBUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE BRADY LAW. Since taking effect in 1994, the\nBrady Law has prevented over a quarter million felons, fugitives, stalkers, and other prohibited\npurchasers from buying handguns. In November 1998, the National Instant Criminal\nBackground Check System (NICS) took effect, allowing access to a fuller set of records that law\nenforcement officials can use to conduct checks of all prospective gun purchases -- not just for\nhandguns. To date, NICS has conducted over 3.4 million background checks on gun purchasers,\nand the FBI has stopped over 36,000 illegal gun sales. The President's legislation will propose\nstrengthening the Brady Law by:\nExtending the Brady Law's requirements to purchases of explosives. Under current\nlaw, no Brady background check is required to buy explosives. The President's bill\nwould help cut off easy access to explosives by requiring Brady background checks\nbefore the sale of explosives, and by extending the same prohibitions in our gun laws\nto prospective purchasers of explosives. The bill would also prohibit convicted felons\nfrom purchasing any quantity of black powder, which is used to make most pipe\nbombs, and require all explosives dealers to keep records of their sales of black\npowder.\nClosing the gun show loophole on Brady background checks. In 1998, there were\nmore than 4,000 gun shows held throughout the country as well as flea markets and\nother events at which guns could be traded anonymously. An estimated 25-50 percent\nof the sellers at such gun shows are unlicensed, and the guns sold by the unlicensed\nsellers are not subject to background checks. As a result, gun shows can provide a\nforum for illegal firearms sales and gun trafficking. In fact, a recent review by the\nBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) of 314 gun show investigations\nfound that 46 percent of these investigations involved the purchase or sale of firearms\nby felons, and 34 percent involved the sale of firearms later used in serious crimes,\nincluding homicides. To end this policy of firearms being sold at gun shows on a \"no\nquestions asked\" basis, the President's bill requires : (1) Brady background checks on\nall firearms transferred at gun shows, with the assistance of federally-licensed dealers;\n(2) vendors to report information on firearms sold at gun shows to the ATF, so that"
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