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Norvell Emerson: “I rise today to voice my full and absolute support for the repeal of President Clinton's gun ban instituted in 1994. I…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1996
I rise today to voice my full and absolute support for the repeal of President Clinton's gun ban instituted in 1994. I have anxiously awaited this opportunity to restore the second amendment rights of all Americans, which were unjustifiably stripped away by one of the worst laws this country has ever seen. The Constitution deserves far more respect than it was afforded when the Clinton gun ban was signed into law, and today Congress can and must reaffirm one of the fundamental ideals which form the bedrock of our democracy. Mr. Speaker, it's past time that we junked the laws that sully and undermine our second amendment liberties, which our forebears knew to be a fundamental part of a free society. Just as free speech, free religion, and other guarantees are essential to the future of a free people, so too is the freedom to keep and bear arms. The Clinton gun ban is another example of mistaking gun control with crime control.
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Norvell Emerson
Republican · Missouri
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Speaking in support of the repeal of President Clinton's gun ban.

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