06/22/1998
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"It bans assault weapons that were designed for soldiers to use in war but that have been used instead by gang members and gangsters to make war on police and innocent citizens."
"With a little good faith and an awful lot of hard work, both Democrats and Republicans took a stand against crime as the American people had demanded they do for years."
"We can put cooperation over confrontation."
"It will say to anyone who kills a police officer, 'You, too, can pay with your life.'"