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N
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Hosing down
City gun lawsi
draw comment
from Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — The legal battle cine:
launched against the gun industry got a newplayei
day: Congress.
One lawmaker filed legislation that would:
such suits and another promised a bill that wol
antee cities the right to sue.
Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., the National Rifle Assoc;.:
point man in Congress, led a bipartisan group i
dozen lawmakers on a bill to block cities andsta: |
filing lawsuits aimed at holding firearm makers-|
tributors accountable for gun violence. * ■The
“This is a national issue and it cries out fora Tepm si
al remedy,” said Barr, contending the lawsuitsw.JResda
stroy the constitutional right to bear arms whik Toi rna
mining the integrity of the nation’s legal a: team A/
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But Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said she in:: betterei
introduce legislation that would guarantee citiesc forman
to sue gun manufacturers and distributors. || But
“The federal government sends billions of dc JBorris
local communities to fight crime,” she said. "IflocH-kans
ernments believe the fight against crime is beir.nUilivers
pered because of a mass proliferation of guns, 1: 21 to t
it is in the national interest to allow them to take
in court.”
Following the successful state lawsuits against!
co companies, six cities — Atlanta, New Orleans,0
go, Miami and Bridgeport, Conn. — havefiledla®
seeking to force the gun industry to take steps toe
that guns are used properly and not distributedloj
inals.
The Georgia General Assembly, reacting to thei 1
suit, enacted legislation last month prohibiting local
ernments from suing gun manufacturers and distriM
At least a dozen other states are considering similaf
islation, according to the NRA’s Chuck Cunningha:
Meanwhile, two other lawmakers — Sen. Diarat!
instein, D-Calit., and Rep. Diana DeGette, D-C I
reintroduced legislation to close a loophole in a
that allowed the continued sale of high-capacity a: s
nition clips. The law that banned some assault#
firearms also prohibited the making of magazine: • i
more than 10 rounds. But it allowed the sale of al J^gC
produced clips, and such sales continue.
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Sweepstakes companies defend contests to subcommittee '
its mi
WASHINGTON (AP) — De
fending their contests to outraged
senators, the companies that
flood U.S. homes with sweep-
stakes promotions insisted Tues
day that most Americans know
they can win without buying any
thing.
Four industry executives told a
hearing of their voluntary efforts
to clearly state the rules and odds
— and to delete from mailing lists
vulnerable Americans whom com
panies are now trying to identify.
The Ibnger the defense contin
ued, the more intense was the bi
partisan criticism from members
of the Senate Permanent Subcom
mittee on Investigations. Panel
members confronted company of
ficials with mailings that said,
“Open your door to $31 million
on Jan. 31,” “It’s down to a 2 per
son race for $11 million” and
“Yes, Reward Entitlement Grant
ed and Guaranteed.”
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine,
chair of the subcommittee, said
she was “absolutely stunned” by
company statements that no “rea
sonable person” would be misled
by headlines that appear to declare
someone a sweepstakes winner
when the odds were minuscule.
By the hearing’s conclusion,
senators said they were more con
vinced than ever that tough fed
eral legislation was needed to reg
ulate the mailings. Collins, who
faced not only the witnesses but a
room packed with powerful
Washington lobbyists, said she is
“gaining co-sponsors every day”
for her legislation that would reg
ulate the mailings and impose stiff
fines for violations.
“The fact that these companies
have hired such high-powered
lobbyists ... shows how much
money is at stake and how prof
itable the business is,” she said.
“My hope is we’ll be able to pre
vail over any lobbying.”
The industry representatives
said they would support federal
regulation, but wouldn’t commit
to specific provisions such as us
ing the same size type for head
lines suggesting someone is a
winner and the notice that those
not purchasing anything had an
equal chance to win.
On Monday, the committee
heard accounts of elderly parents
who kept buying magazines and
merchandise they didn’t need in
pursuit of a grand prize. Tuesday,
lawmakers heard the defense
from Naomi Bernstein, vice pres
ident of marketing services for
American Family Enterprises;
Deborah Holland, senior vice
president of Publishers Clearing
House; Elizabeth Long, executive
vice president of Time Inc.; and
Peter Davenport, seniorvice:j
ident of The Reader’s Digesi
sociation
Senators were especially
cal of a Publisher’s Cle;|
House letter that quoted two I
pany officials supposedly
cussing how they could gel: j ter
|e NC/
tscoi
nt-atl
ued customer, Eustace
prize. “There must be some!
we can do,” one official wasi
ed as saying. ed the ^
Hall, a committee witne-Tp th (
Monday, broke down in tea: stud en t:
ing his appearance and tol|c ac jem
panel that he thought the^ T]-, e
was a personal one. Infact,lj on 1(5
Ms. Holland, the letter was have a
9 million recipients with or the Sch
names changed. gardles
Holland said the letter* ac ies.
“perfectly fine” and caller some u
dramatization of an actua educate
versation that did take f ly and c
among company officials. “We
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