Posted by Phil Lee (216.250.238.91) on December 30, 2000 at 08:45:
Clinton puts spotlight on Md. gun law
President attends as Glendening signs landmark legislation; `Forefront of change'; Congress is urged to follow suit, pass stalled measure
By Thomas W. Waldron and Michael Dresser
Sun Staff, Apr 12 2000
On hand at the State House to witness Maryland's landmark gun-safety bill being signed into law, President Clinton called on Congress yesterday to heed the state's example and pass a long-stalled gun-control measure.
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Del. John A. Giannetti Jr., who voted for the bill despite reservations about some of its language, said he and other members of the House Judiciary Committee had little sense of the national implications of the legislation when they took it up late last month.
"This bill represents a historic moment for the state of Maryland, and we didn't realize it as we voted on it," said Giannetti, a Prince George's Democrat.