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TO:
Hillary Rodham Clinton
FROM:
Neera Tanden
RE:
Event on Children and Guns
DATE:
April 26, 1999
For tomorrow's event, you are making opening remarks and are followed by Senator Feinstein,
Senator Chafee, Representative Conyers, Representative McCarthy and the President.
Attached is some information for tomorrow's event. I have included a list of the
Administration's accomplishments on issues ranging from school safety to culture to gun issues.
In addition, I have attached a list of Members thus far confirmed for the event, though there may
be more confirmations in the morning. Because the President's briefing may not be finished for
some time, I have also attached a draft of the press paper with the President's announcements.
Indeed, there are still a number of outstanding policy issues to this event; the President's advisors
submitted a memo to him tonight to determine whether he wants to announce his support for the
following policies:
1. Limiting Handgun Sales to No More Than One Per Month: By limiting retail handgun sales to
one per month, we may well strengthen our efforts to crackdown on gun trafficking. Today, gun
traffickers hire "straw purchasers" -- or persons not prohibited from purchasing firearms -- to buy
guns in bulk and divert them to the street in order to circumvent Brady background checks, and
to make their gun purchases untraceable by law enforcement. This proposal would help shut
down this "back door" to the illegal gun market.
2. Raising the age of the juvenile handgun ban to 21 years of age. In 1994, the President fought
for and signed the Youth Handgun Safety Act, which generally banned the possession of
handguns by juveniles under the age of 18, and prohibited adults from transferring handguns to a
juvenile -- except in limited circumstances and with written parental consent. A separate
provision of the 1968 Gun Control Act also prohibits federally-licensed gun dealers from selling
handguns to any one under 21 years of age. However, it is perfectly legal for 18-20 year-olds to
possess handguns -- and even to buy them from unlicensed sellers, such as a from a neighbor
who is a private collector. In addition, ATF gun trace data show that the more crime guns are
traced to 18 and 19 year-olds than any all other age groups. This proposal would close this
loophole by raising the age of the juvenile handgun ban from 18 to 21 years of age.
Again, these are two possible additional announcements the President may make tomorrow. The
rest are in the attached press paper.
Finally, Christy is working on the remarks and she will send them to you first thing in the
morning.
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