CLINTON RIPS NRA ATTACKS ON GUN LIMITS

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, March 2, 1993                   TAG: 9303020173
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.                                LENGTH: Short
CLINTON RIPS NRA ATTACKS ON GUN LIMITS
President Clinton praised two governors for gun-control efforts Monday and rebuked the National Rifle Association for being "fixated" on defending the right to bear arms even in the face of mounting public safety concerns.
Clinton, who had several run-ins with the NRA when he was Arkansas governor, also reiterated his support for the national "Brady Bill" imposing a waiting period on handgun purchases to allow for background checks.
Clinton praised New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio, who in 1990 signed a ban on semiautomatic rifles that the New Jersey Assembly last week voted to revoke. Clinton also complimented Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder for overcoming NRA opposition and encouraging restrictions on handgun purchases, which were approved last week.
He said it was wrong for the NRA "to oppose every attempt to bring some safety and some rationality into the way we handle some of the most serious criminal problems we have. Just to ignore the conditions we face today in a lot of our cities and other places in this country and the enormous threat to public safety is amazing."

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB