Gun Policy News
10 December 1999
New York Times / AP
HOUSTON — GOP presidential front-runner George W. Bush says tougher enforcement of current laws would make new restrictions on guns unnecessary, but the GOP presidential front-runner's own state has not referred to prosecutors hundreds of possible gun law violations by convicted felons.
State records indicate the failure to refer possible violations occurred during the four years Texas has screened concealed weapons applicants.
Handgun permit applicants usually have... (GunPolicy.org)