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Faced with a relentless barrage of criticism from top Democrats, defections from some wavering Republicans and continuing outrage against guns from the public in the aftermath of the Littleton massacre, Senate Republican leaders staged an extraordinary retreat on Thursday. Following a blast from President Clinton saying there "was simply no excuse" for not passing a bill more closely controlling gun sales at gun shows, suddenly nervous Republicans scrambled to do just that. The latest maneuvering followed a set of mostly partisan votes late Wednesday in which the Senate had opted for a loose, Republican-backed voluntary background check for sales...
...first major vote on gun control following the Littleton horror, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday refused to close a loophole that allows private sales at gun shows to proceed without subjecting purchasers to mandatory background checks. The largely partisan 51-to-47 vote was not unexpected and served as a potent reminder of the lobbying strength of the National Rifle Association. More gun control votes are scheduled in the Senate into Thursday, and ?the expectation is that those will also break largely along traditional party lines,? says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson...
Democrats are pushing additional gun restrictions to the hilt this week, seeking to capitalize on the public outrage that has exploded over the Littleton massacre. ?Republicans recognize that public sentiment is running with the Democrats on the issue,? he says, ?and they are trying to maneuver carefully.? This means there may be a chance to get something enacted this week, but if so, it will be a hard-fought compromise. ?Republicans would like to do something that?s just enough to give them cover,? says Dickerson. Should they fail, there are plenty of people who are willing to take...
...eleven teenagers who maintained the site are students at Field High School in a small town called Brimfield. According to an Associated Press report, their web site was "filled with images of dragons and castles and dark poetry," and it referred to the Littleton massacre explicitly, although hardly in positive terms: "I wonder how long it'll be before we're allowed to wear our trenchcoats anymore. You know those screwed up kids in Colorado were wearing them, so that means I will also kill someone, and so will all my friends." MORE...
WASHINGTON: Well, now we know the Littleton massacre was important: President Clinton's having a White House symposium about it. Educators, cops, Hollywood executives and gun-lobbyists alike, from Gloria Estefan to the CEO of Smith & Wesson, were all there Monday, and Clinton isn't pointing fingers at any of them. "We are not here to place blame, but to shoulder responsibility," he said in a brief statement before the gab-fest was closed to the media. He's got a better idea, a way to get to the head of the class on Littleton without upsetting anyone...