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Bill Clinton: Yes. And I think it's interesting--I think the NRA ought to support this. I don't think it's in their interest what…

On the recordJuly 9, 1999
Yes. And I think it's interesting--I think the NRA ought to support this. I don't think it's in their interest what they're doing, because nobody's trying to say we shouldn't have hunting and sport shooting. And if I were, they never listen to me, obviously, but I used to work with them sometimes in Arkansas. One of the best things they ever did were their hunter education programs, and they really try to teach young people to safely use firearms. Why shouldn't we say, if you're going to have a gun and you're a young person, you ought to be licensed and you ought to be taught how to use it; they would teach it. Mr. Jackson. But you don't hunt rabbit with AK-47's.
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Bill Clinton
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