In 1992 Hillary Clinton supported the Federal assault weapons ban before the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act was passed in 1993 and signed by President Clinton[14].
During a 1999 press conference at the White House, First Lady Hillary Clinton stated, "And since the crime bill was enacted, 19 of the deadliest assault weapons are harder to find on our streets. We will never know how many tragedies we've avoided because of these efforts."[15]
In the 1999 Proposition B in Missouri campaign, Robin Carnahan's Safe Schools and Workplaces Committee, on the weekend prior to voting day, coordinated a taped phone message from Hillary Clinton that automatically dialed 75,000 homes statewide with the message, "Just too dangerous for Missouri families." [16]
Hillary Clinton favors "sensible gun control legislation" and not limiting gun control lawsuits. [17] She made gun control issues part of her 2000 Senate campaign.[18]
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Hillary Clinton was one of 16 Senators who voted against the 2006 Vitter Amendment, which prohibits the funding of the confiscation of lawfully-held firearms during a disaster.
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