07/08/1999
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"There is absolutely no excuse for sitting on our hands."
"Every day we wait, 89 Americans—12 of them young people—are killed by gunfire."
"I want to thank my good friend Sheriff Harry Lee, who proved to me that you could get bad press and the people would stay with you."
"I will be there. If not another living soul were standing there, I would be there."