Bill Clinton actually said...

If it can happen here, then surely people will recognize that they have to be alive to the possibility that it could occur in any community in America.

Context

Remarks on the Attack at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and an Exchange With Reporters

04/19/1999

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