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- NATION, Page 33American NotesGUN CONTROLReagan's Conversion
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- Ten years ago, as Ronald Reagan recovered from near fatal
- gunshot wounds, he declared that he still opposed gun control.
- Last week the former President announced that he had changed
- his mind. In a speech at George Washington University, where he
- was treated after being shot by John W. Hinckley, Reagan called
- on Congress to enact a law requiring a seven-day waiting period
- for the purchase of handguns.
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- The measure has been dubbed the Brady bill after one of
- its strongest proponents: Reagan's press secretary, James
- Brady, who was shot in Hinckley's attack and left paralyzed by
- his wounds. It is designed to give police enough time to
- determine if gun buyers have a criminal record. Advocates say
- Reagan's conversion ensures that the bill will be enacted this
- year, despite stiff opposition from the powerful pro-gun lobby.
- President Bush quickly indicated that he might sign the bill if
- Congress is willing to accept his revisions to the criminal
- code.
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