    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
    [June 18, 1999]
    [Page 964]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    [[Page 964]]

    Statement on House Action on Gun Control Legislation
    June 18, 1999

        Instead of closing the deadly gun show loophole, the House of
    Representatives voted in the dark of night to let criminals keep buying
    guns at gun shows. This vote will not stand the light of day. I will
    keep working until the Congress stands up to the gun lobby and makes the
    commonsense measures passed by the Senate the law of the land. We owe it
    to the families of the children who died in Littleton to give all
    Americans the safety they deserve.