As a Member of Congress and as Vice President, Al Gore has worked hard to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable, quality health care. He has fought for a strong, enforceable Patients’ Bill of Rights, worked to ensure that women and children receive high quality care, promoted innovative solutions for long term care needs, and fought to protect and improve Medicare and Medicaid. Gore also has been a leading advocate for medical research. Gore Supported the Largest National gun enforcement Initiative in History. Gore is fighting for a gun enforcement initiative that includes 500 new ATF Agents and Inspectors to crack down on violent gun criminals, and over 1, 000 federal, state, and local gun prosecutors to incarcerate gun criminals. Also, the initiative calls for more than tripling current funding for ballistics testing programs in order to launch the first-ever national ballistics network to track down gun criminals by linking bullets to the guns they were fired from, as well as providing $10 million for “smart” gun technology, to ensure that guns are only fired by their owners.
Gun Crimes Down by 35 percent. Since 1992, we have seen a 35 percent drop in crimes committed with a firearm. Prosecution of Gun Criminals Increased. Since 1992, federal prosecutions of offenders who commit crime with firearms have increased by 16 percent. Overall gun prosecutions at the federal, state, and local level have increased by 22 percent since 1992 – thanks to better coordination with state and local law enforcement. Criminals Jailed for Weapons Offenses Increased.
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In "Just Take Away Their Guns," author James Q. Wilson argues that "Legal restraints on the lawful purchase of guns will have little effect on the illegal use of guns" (Wilson 63). Wilson points out that it would be tough to remove all legally purchased guns from the streets and nearly impossible to confiscate illegally purchased guns. Gun advocate J. Warren Cassidy argues that "The American ...
In 1996, the most recent year for which data is available, 22 percent more criminals were incarcerated for either state or federal weapons offenses than in 1992. Gor Supports Zero Tolerance for Guns in Schools Gore Is An Advocate for Child Safety Locks Gore Supports Comprehensive Crime Gun Tracing As Vice President and as a Member of Congress, Al Gore has been a leader in improving educational opportunities for all Americans. He has championed efforts to pursue proven strategies for improving public education – reducing class sizes, improving standards and accountability, and bringing technology into classrooms. He has worked to increase access to higher education and lifetime learning opportunities, and he has advocated for get-tough proposals to make schools safer and drug-free.
