Gun Policy News
Clinton Touts Assault Weapon Ban, Abandons Gun Licensing, Registration
17 January 2008
Wall Street Journal, Transcript
MODERATOR TIM RUSSERT: Sen. Clinton, when you ran for the Senate in 2000, you said that everyone who wishes to purchase a gun should have a license, and that every handgun sale or transfer should be registered in a national registry. Will you try to implement such a plan?
HILLARY CLINTON: Well, I am against illegal guns, and illegal guns are the cause of so much death and injury in our country. I also am a political realist and I understand that the political winds are... (GunPolicy.org)