Public safety

I'm in favor of keeping guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them, like felons and juveniles.

Today I am pleased to sign into law the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999.

I vetoed it because it fails to fund the additional 50,000 community police we need to keep crime going down in our communities.

I will continue to fight hard to win passage of these commonsense measures to keep guns out of the wrong hands.

Every day, every day we lose more than a dozen kids to violence.

The overall crime rate is the lowest it has been in 26 years.

Community policing has been central to our success.

The murder rate is down to its lowest level in 30 years.

It's not open to debate that the approach we took on crime... we have the lowest crime rate in 26 years.

How would you feel if your child was riding on a bicycle one day and got hit by a car and had to pass two emergency rooms before he or she could get care?

Kids' lives are at stake—not just in scenes of carnage, like what happened at Littleton.

To keep our children safe, we simply must do more to keep guns away from young people and out of the hands of criminals.

Let us learn from the lessons of Littleton.

We owe it to the families of the children who died in Littleton to give all Americans the safety they deserve.

Most importantly, the Administration supports common sense gun legislation to help keep guns out of the hands of children and criminals.

It is only through a comprehensive approach to crime that we can continue to lower our crime rate, improve the safety of our communities, and deter children and adults from a life of crime.

One of Government's first responsibilities is to keep our people safe.

I pledged to work with you and your communities on crime, and the crime rate is at its lowest level in 25 years.