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Bill Clinton: I would ask him to change the game. And I think that we need to take steps to make sure that younger people don't get…

On the recordJune 4, 1999
I would ask him to change the game. And I think that we need to take steps to make sure that younger people don't get it. I think people get this stuff too young. What you say, by the way, is right. Again I will say, most of the people that--you can show them things; they can play games or whatever; and they're not going to be affected. But what you have to be sensitive to is if you fill a society with this and you have more kids that are more vulnerable anyway because they have less supervision at home than in other societies and they have easier access to guns, then you have created a combustible mix which will lead you to more instances of young violence. That's the deal. That's why--that's the argument I make to the entertainment industry all the time; that's why they should do more. And that's why the gun people should do more. And that's why parents and communities should do more. It's why you should do more to try to help identify children like this. [The discussion continued. The next question directed to the President was from a student who asked about smart guns.]
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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