[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 19 (Monday, May 13, 1996)]
[Page 795]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on Violent Crime

May 5, 1996

    For 5 straight years before I took office, violent crime increased 
in America. Because of our tough and smart decisions to put more cops on 
the street and get kids, guns, and drugs off the street, we are now 
beginning to reverse the trend in violent crime.