Bill Clinton actually said...

This convention will neither discourage nor diminish the lawful sale, ownership, or use of guns, but it will help us to fight the unlawful trade in guns that contributes to the violence associated here in America with drugs and gangs.

Context

Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for the Organization of American States Hemispheric Arms Trafficking Convention

11/13/1997

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