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Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy
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<a href="https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/48923">Collection Finding Aid</a>
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2008-1238-F
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This collection consists of material regarding Ted Kennedy, who served as a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009. The collection primarily contains correspondence between President Clinton and the Senator along with related background material, as well as emails containing correspondence, news stories, talking points, and press releases. Topics include the Senator’s contributions to health care reform, civil rights, religious freedoms, affordable education, and AmeriCorps.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management
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Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project [Email]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Health Care - Kennedy - Jeffords
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Domestic Policy Council
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2008-1238-F
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Box 9
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40479676">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
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7367466
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Education Reform
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White House Office of Records Management
Office of Cabinet Affairs
Caligraphy Office
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First Lady's Office
Health Care Task Force
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
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2009-0886-F
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This collection consists of records related to President Clinton's educational reforms, specifically the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Goals 2000, Improving's America's Schools Act (IASA), national standards, and test initiatives. It primarily contains background materials and correspondence concerning budget allocation, implementation, legislative strategy, and proposals for education reform.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Managment
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Domestic Policy Council
Eric Liu
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2009-0886-F
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Box 15
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7367466">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/48791">Collection Finding Aid</a>
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42-t-7367466-20090886F-015-013-2016
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Education Reform
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White House Office of Records Management
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Caligraphy Office
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2009-0886-F
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An account of the resource
This collection consists of records related to President Clinton's educational reforms, specifically the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Goals 2000, Improving's America's Schools Act (IASA), national standards, and test initiatives. It primarily contains background materials and correspondence concerning budget allocation, implementation, legislative strategy, and proposals for education reform.
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In parallel with Goals 2000, President Clinton proposed the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). President Clinton signed the Improving America’s Schools Act (IASA) in October 1994. This Act reauthorized the ESEA and also modified Title I of the ESEA. In addition to providing funding for teacher training, IASA also provided for testing on the state level and raised the standards for the schools educating these students. IASA also provided educational opportunities for disadvantaged students.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Managment
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Domestic Policy Council
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2009-0886-F
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Box 15
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7367466">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/48791">Collection Finding Aid</a>
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7367466
42-t-7367466-20090886F-015-012-2016
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Education Reform
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White House Office of Records Management
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Caligraphy Office
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2009-0886-F
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An account of the resource
This collection consists of records related to President Clinton's educational reforms, specifically the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Goals 2000, Improving's America's Schools Act (IASA), national standards, and test initiatives. It primarily contains background materials and correspondence concerning budget allocation, implementation, legislative strategy, and proposals for education reform.
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In parallel with Goals 2000, President Clinton proposed the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). President Clinton signed the Improving America’s Schools Act (IASA) in October 1994. This Act reauthorized the ESEA and also modified Title I of the ESEA. In addition to providing funding for teacher training, IASA also provided for testing on the state level and raised the standards for the schools educating these students. IASA also provided educational opportunities for disadvantaged students.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Managment
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Education – ESEA [Elementary and Secondary Education Act] 2000
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Domestic Policy Council
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2009-0886-F
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Box 15
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7367466">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/48791">Collection Finding Aid</a>
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7367466
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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An account of the resource
This collection consists of records related to President Clinton's educational reforms, specifically the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Goals 2000, Improving's America's Schools Act (IASA), national standards, and test initiatives. It primarily contains background materials and correspondence concerning budget allocation, implementation, legislative strategy, and proposals for education reform.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Managment
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Education – ESEA [Elementary and Secondary Education Act]
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Domestic Policy Council
Eric Liu
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2009-0886-F
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<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7367466">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/48791">Collection Finding Aid</a>
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7367466
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Columbine High School
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White House Office of Records Management
Office of Cabinet Affairs
Office of Communications
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2012-0268-F
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This collection consists of records concerning the Clinton Administration’s response to the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999. Over the course of several hours two heavily-armed students killed 12 classmates and a teacher and wounded 23 others before taking their own lives. The records include agendas, articles, cables, emails, letters, memos, press releases, public statements, schedules, speeches, and transcripts. The subject matter includes the Administration’s first responses and follow up, both in policy and strategy; recommended phone calls to victims’ families and local government officials; and speech texts for President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, Vice President Gore, Education Secretary Richard Riley, and Attorney General Janet Reno. Reaction to the massacre also resulted in a higher emphasis on dealing with the issues of school violence and weapons legislation to include several high-profile conferences on youth violence.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Managment
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System
Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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162 folders in 10 boxes
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Crime-Columbine
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Domestic Policy Council
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2012-0268-F
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Box 4
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7367466">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/47931">Collection Finding Aid</a>
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7367466
42-t-7367466-20120268F-004-006-2016
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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National Church Arson Task Force (NCATF)
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White House Office of Records Management
Office of Cabinet Affairs
Chief of Staff
Domestic Policy Council
Office of Public Liaison
Office of Speechwriting
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Tape Restoration Project
Office of the Counsel to the President
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1996-2001
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2015-0532-F
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An account of the resource
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�THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 7, 1998
YOUTH HANDGUN SAFETY EVENT
•
I.
DATE:
LOCATION:
BRIEFING TIME:
EVENT TIME:
FROM:
July 8, 1998
Rose Garden
10:55 am
11:30 am
Bruce Reed
PURPOSE
To announce three news steps that the Administration will take to continue to promote gun
safety and responsibility throughout the country. Specifically, you wIll: (1) call on Congress
to pass Child Access Prevention (CAP) legislation; (2) require federally licensed gun dealers
to post signs and issue warnings concerning juvenile handgun possession; and (3) partner
with the State of Maryland to reduce gun-related violence.
II.
BACKGROUND
You will be addressing approximately 100 law enforcement representatives and gun safety
advocates on the importance of keeping guns out of the hands of children. As you know, the
recent surge of school shootings has fueled increased national attention in gun safety and
responsibility. This event is an opportunity to highlight the Administration's ongoing
commitment to reducing youth gun violence. You will be introduced by Suzann Wilson, the
mother of Brittheny Varner who, at age 11, was one of the victims of the JonesQoro school
shooting. As an Arkansas native, Suzann is supportive of gun ownership but has now
become a strong advocate for national CAP legislation.
Specifically you will make the following announcements:
•
A National Child Access Prevention (CAP) Law. You Will call on Congress to
promote gun safety and responsibility nationwide by working with the
Administration to pass federal legislation that holds gun owners criminally
responsible if they fail to keep loaded firearms out of the reach of children. Fifteen
states have enacted CAP laws. A recent study published by the Journal of the
American Medical Association found that CAP laws reduced fatal unintentional
shootings by an average of23%. Senators Durbin and Chafee have introduced a
CAP bill in the Senate. In addition, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy and Senator Kennedy
have included a CAP proposal as part of a broader gun package.
�•
The Youth Handgun Safety Act. Passed as part of the 1994 Crime Act, the Youth
Handgun Safety Act generally prohibits juveniles from possessing handguns and
adults from transferring handguns to juveniles. In response to your directive to the
Treasury Department last year, the A TF will now publish a final regulation requiring
all federally licensed gun dealers to post signs and issue written warnings that state
the following:
(1) The misuse of handguns is a leading contributor to juvenile violence and fatalities;
(2) Safely storing and securing firearms away from children will help prevent the unlOliful
tpossession ofhandguns by juveniles, stop accidents and save lives;
(3) Federal law prohibits, except in certain limited circumstances, anyone under 18 years of age
from knowingly possessing a handgun, or any person from selling, delivering or otherwise
transferring a handgun to a person under 18; and
(4) A knowing violation of the prohibition against, selling, delivering or otherwise transferring a
handgun to a person under 18 is, under certain circumstances, punishable by up to 10 years in
prison.
•
Maryland Gun Enforcement Initiative. Building on your Youth Crime Gun
Interdiction Initiative, which is tracing all crime guns in 27 pilot cities, you will
announce that the Administration will partner with the State of Maryland to launch a
joint ATF-Maryland State Police initiative effort to trace every crime gun seized in
the state. Additionally, Maryland will target "Youth Gun Hot Spots" throughout the
state; expand enforcement of the state's CAP law; and establish an Office of Gun
Enforcement to coordinate these efforts and generally facilitate gun investigations.
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III.
PARTICIPANTS
Briefing Participants:
Bruce Reed
Rahm Emanuel
Larry Stein
Jose Cerda
Event Participants:
Attorney General Reno
Secretary Rubin
Suzann Wilson, mother of Jonesboro school shooting victim
Superintendent of Maryland State Police, Colonel David Mitchell
Seated on stage:
Secretary Riley
Senator Richard Durbin
Senator John Chafee
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�Representative Carolyn McCarthy
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open Press.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
- YOU will be announced onto stage accompanied by Secretary Rubin, Attorney General
Reno, Colonel David Mitchell, and Suzann Wilson.
- Secr~ Rubin will make remarks and introduce Colonel David Mitchell.
- Colonel David Mitchell will make remarks and introduce Attorney General Reno.
- Attorney General Reno will make remarks and introduce Suzann Wilson.
- Suzann Wilson will make remarks and introduce YOU.
- YOU will make remarks and then depart.
VI.
REMARKS
Remarks Provided by Speechwriting.
�President Clinton: Promoting Gun Safety and Responsibility
Questions and Answers
July 8, 1998
Youth Handgun Safety Signs and Warnings
Q:
Can you tell us more about the signs and warnings that gun dealers will be required
to post and issue?
A:
On JUlie 11, 1997, the President signed a directive to require federal firearms dealers to
post signs and issue warnings about the responsibility that gun purchasers have under
current law to not transfer a handgun to juveniles -- as well as about the dangers that
handguns pose to children generally.
After going through an extensive comment period -- and hearing from gun manufacturers,
gun control advocates, and others -- the President today announced that next Monday the'
Department of the Treasury will publish in the Federal Register the final regulation
requiring federally licensed gun dealers to post signs and issue warnings to handgun
purchasers concerning youth handgun safety. The signs, which are 17" x 22" in size, and
written warnings will be printed and distributed through the Bureau of Tobacco, Alcohol
and Firearms (ATF). Approximately 90,000 federally licensed firearms manufactures,
importers and dealers will have to comply with this new regulation.
Q:
What happens if a gun dealer refuses to post the new signs or issue the written
notices provided by ATF?
/
A:
Any licensee who willfully fails to comply with the Gun Control Act -- or regulations
promulgated under the Gun Control Act -- is subject to having his or her license revoked.
Q:
How many firearms used by juveniles actually come from federally licensed gun
dealers?
A:
According to ATF's tracing data, nearly all firearms used by juveniles can be originally
traced back to a federally licensed gun dealer; however, the firearms may have gone
through several other persons in the interim. And in the 17 cities where A TF, as part of
the President' s Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative, is tracing all recovered crime
guns -- one out of every ten is traced back to a juvenile.
Thus, there is ample evidence that for almost every gun that gets into ajuvenile's hands,
an adult had the opportunity -- in fact, the legal responsibility -- to stop that transfer from
taking place. The signs and warnings being required by the Administration will put adult
gun purchasers on notice about this responsibility and warn them about the legal
sanctions that may apply if this responsibility is ignored.
�Q:
Can you clarify under wha~ authority the Administration is requiring gun dealers to
post these signs and issues written notices?
A:
The authority for this action is two-fold: (1) 18 U.S.C. Sec. 926(a) generally provides that
the Secretary of the Treasury may proscribe certain rules and regulations to carry out the
provisions of the 1968 Gun Control Act; and (2) 18 U.S.c. Sec. 922(x)(1) --:- or the Youth
Handgun Safety Act, which was included by Senator Kohl as an amendment to the 1994
Crime Act -- prohibits, in most circumstances-, juveniles from possessing handguns, and
adults from transferring handguns to juveniles.
Q:
Why did it take the Treasury Department so long to implement the President's
directive of June 11, 1997? -
A:
Pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, agencies are generally required to provide
notice and comment prior to issuing a final regulation. On August 27, 1997. A TF issued
a notice of proposed rulemaking. The comment period for this rulemaking closed on
November 25, 1997. After carefully considering the 62 comments received in response to
the proposed rule, ATF drafted the final regulation being announced today.
Q:
What punishments are provided for in the Youth Handgun Safety Act?
A:
Juveniles who violate the ban on handgun possession are subject to mandatory probation.
Adults who violate the prohibition on transferring handguns to juveniles are punishable
by a prison term of 1 to 10 years, depending on the circumstances. If the transferor knew
or had reasonable cause to believe that the juvenile intended to carry or use the handgun
in the commission of a crime of violence, the punishment may be a fine and!or
imprisonment of up to ten years. in other circumstances, the punishment may be a fine
and/or imprisonment of up to one year.
Additionally, the Administration has called for increasing both of these penalties in its
juvenile crime legislation. Specifically, the Administration has proposed replacing
mandatory probation for juveniles with up to one year of imprisonment, and providing for
a mandatory minimum sentence of three years for adults who knowingly transfer a
handgun for a juvenile to use in a violent crime.
Child Access Prevention Legislation (CAP)
Q:
In challenging Congress to pass federal CAP legislation, did the President
specifically endorse the Durbin-Chafee bill?
A:
The President believes that the Durbin-Chafee bill -- and similar language incorporated
into broader gun legislation introduced by Senator Kennedy and Representative McCarthy
-- is a good first start. It is a serious bipartisan attempt to promote gun safety and
responsibility throughout our country by holding gun-owning adults who fail to keep
loaded firearms out of the reach of children criminally responsible for their actions.
�"
Fifteen states ¥lave enacted CAP laws, and a recent study by the Journal of the American
Medical Association found that they reduced unintentional shootings by an average of
23%. So the President supports the Durbin-Chafee effort, and he has asked the Secretary
of the Treasury and Attorney General to work with the Senators to pass the best federal
CAP law possible.
Q:
What are the 15 states with CAP laws?
A:
The 15 states with CAP laws on the books include:
Florid~(enacted
in 1989);
Connecticut (enacted in 1990);
Iowa (enacted in 1990);
California (enacted in 1991);
Nevada (enacted in 1991);
New Jersey (enacted in 1991);
Virginia (enacted in 1991);
Wisconsin (enacted in 1991);
Hawaii (enacted in 1992);
Maryland (enacted in 1992);
Minnesota (enacted in 1993);
North Carolina (enacted in 1993);
Delaware (enacted in 1993);
Rhode Island (enacted in 1995); and
Texas (enacted in 1995).
Maryland Gun Enforcement Initiative
Q:
What exactly is the Administration's role in the Maryland Gun Enforcement
Initiative being announced today.
A:
The Administration welcomes Maryland's new initiative as a way to expand collaboration
with federal law enforcement in investigating, prosecuting and incarcerating illegal gun
traffickers and reducing gun violence. Baltimore is already one of the 27 cities tracing all
recovered crime guns as part of the President's Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative.
The initiative announced today will allow the Administration to expand this effort to the
entire state of Maryland. By helping Maryland trace all recovered firearms, Maryland can
maximize information about the illegal sources of firearms and build a statewide strategy
against illegal firearms trafficking.
Maryland's new initiative demonstrates that federal, state, and local law enforcement can
work together to broaden their approach from simply reacting to gun crimes -- to a
proactive enforcement strategy aimed at reducing the illegal supply of guns and
preventing gun violence in the first place.
�Child Access Prevention Legislation (CAP)
Q:
What specific changes will the Administration be seeking to the Durbin-Chafee CAP
legislation?
A:
The Attorney General and Secretary of the Treasury have recommended that the proper
federal role for child access prevention legislation would be to target the most egregious
offenses. We support -- and, in fact, have transmitted to states -- model legislation very
similar to the Durbin-Chafee bill that would encourage states to prosecute and punish
negligent storing of firearms. However, we believe that federal CAP
legislation should be tougher and targeted. Accordingly, after reviewing
the Durbin-Chafee bill, the Attorney General and Treasury Secretary have
recommended three changes:
(1) Raising the standard ofliability from negligence to recklessness. This means
that a person must be aware of the risk and disregard it. By contrast, a standard of
negligence would apply to any person who should be aware of a risk, but is not.
(2) Elevating the offense from a misdemeanor to a felony. Since Justice and
Treasury propose targeting the most egregious cases -- not simply negligence -they support tougher penalties -- or at least one year's imprisonment.
(3) Limiting federal jurisdiction to cases where a child causes death or bodily
injury.
We intend to work with Senators Durbin and Chafee to pass the best federal Child Access
Prevention law possible -- and to encourage states to adopt complimentary laws as well.
�PRESIDENT CLINTON:
PROMOTING GUN SAFETY AND RESPONSIBILITY
July 8, 1998
"From now on, no one who enters a gun shop should mistake their responsibility. Allfederal gun dealers will now be
required to issue written warnings and post signs like this one. The sign makes plain for all to see -- in black and white, in the
simple, direct language of the law - it is illegal to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to a minor. Period."
President Bill Clinton
July 8, 1998
Today, President Clinton is joined by Attorney General Janet Reno, Secretary Robert Rubin, Secretary Richard
Riley, Senator John Chafee (R-Rl), Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY),
Suzann Wilson, mother of Jonesboro school shooting victim Brittheny Varner, Superintendent of Maryland State
Police David Mitchell, and Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend to announce three new
steps the Administration is taking to promote gun safety and responsibility throughout the country. Specifically,
the President will (1) announce the publication of a final regulation requiring all federally licensed gun dealers to
post signs and issue warnings concerning juvenile handgun possession; (2) Call on states and Congress to pass
Child Access Prevention (CAP) legislation; and (3) announce a partnership with the state of Maryland to reduce
gun-related violence.
THE YOUTHIIANDGUN SAFETY ACT. Passed as part of the 1994 Crime Act, the Youth Handgun Safety Act
generally prohibits juveniles from possessing handguns and adults from transferring handguns to minors. Today,
in response to a directive issued last year by the President, the Treasury Department will announce the publication
of a final regulation requiring all federally licensed gun dealers to post signs and issue written warnings that state
the following:
•
•
•
•
The misuse of handguns is a leading contributor to juvenile violence and fatalities;
Safely storing and securing firearms away from children will help prevent the unlawful possession of
handguns by juveniles, stop accidents, and save lives;
Federal law prohibits, except in certain limited circumstances, anyone under 18 years of age from
knowingly possessing a handgun, or any person from selling, delivering, or otherwise transferring a
handgun to a person under 18; and
A knowing violation of the prohibition against selling, delivering, or otherwise transferring a handgun to a
person under the age of 18 is, under certain circumstances, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
HOLDING GUN-OWNERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR CHILD SAFETY. President Clinton is calling on states and Congress
to pass Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws that hold adults responsible if they allow children easy access to
loaded firearms. Fifteen states have already passed CAP laws, and the President is seeking a tough, targeted,
federal CAP law with new penalties to punish serious offenders. A recent study published by the Journal of the
American Medical Association found that CAP laws have reduced fatal unintentional shootings by an average of
23 percent.
BUILDING A PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. In support of the President's Youth
Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative, the Administration will begin a partnership with the State of Maryland to launch
ajoint A TF-Maryland State Police initiative to trace every gun seized in the state that was used in a crime. This
effort will allow the state of Maryland to maximize information about the illegal sources of firearms and build a
statewide strategy against illegal firearms trafficking. Today's announcement is another example of federal, state,
and local law enforcement working together to broaden crime prevention strategies from simply reacting to gunrelated crimes to a strategy aimed at reducing the illegal supply of guns and preventing gun violence in the first
place.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
I"
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
July 8, 1998
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON CHILDREN AND HANDGUN SAFETY
Room 450
Old Executive Office Building
12:03 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: I would like to begin by thanking
Suzanne Wilson for making the long trip up here from Arkansas, with
her sister, to be with us today, so soon after that terrible tragedy.
Most people wouldn't feel like going out of the house, much less
coming all the way to Washington, and I think it is a real credit to
her and to her devotion to her daughter that she is here today.
(Applause.)
�I want to thank Colonel Mitchell and Lt. Governor
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and in his absence, Governor Glendening,
for the path-breaking work being done in Maryland on this important
issue. I thank Secretary Rubin and Mr. Johnson and Mr. Magaw for
being here, and the work the Treasury Department is doing. Thank
you, Secretary Riley, for the work you've done to have zero tolerance
for guns in schools. Thank you, Attorney General Reno, for the
steady vvork now we have done for six years to try to bring this issue
to the American people.
I thank Senator Durbin, Senator Chafee, Senator Kohl,
and a special word of thanks to Representative Carolyn McCarthy. And
to all the advocates out here, I welcome you here and I thank you,
and especially to the law enforcement officers.
,',
I think that this recent series of killings in our
schools has seared the heart of America about as much as anything I
can remember in a long, long time. I will always personally remember
receiving the news from Jonesboro because it's a town I know well. I
know the local officials, I know the school officials. I've spent
large numbers of days there. I've been in all the schools and
answered the children's questions. And once you know a place like
that, you can't possibly imagine something like this occurring.
But it's happened all over the country. I was in
Springfield, Oregon, as you know, in the last couple of weeks,
meeting with the families there. I think every American has sent out
prayers to Suzanne and the other parents and the other spouses and
people who were so wounded by this. But in a fundamental way, our
entire nation has been wounded by these troubled children with their
guns.
As has already been said, these events have been even
more difficult for us to understand because they're occurring at a
time when we've had the lowest crime rate in America in 25 years and,
for the first time in a decade, a steady drop in the juvenile crime
rate. So we struggle for answers. We say, well, does the popular
culture have anything to do with this? Does good parenting have
anything to do with this? And we know that probably everything we
consider has something to do with this. But no matter how you
analyze this, it is clear that the combination of children and
firearms is deadly. As parents, public officials, citizens, we
simply cannot allow easy access to weapons that kill.
For five years now, our administration has worked to
protect: our children, and we are making progress, as has been said.
A great deal of the credit goes to far-sighted leaders at the city
level and at the state level -- people like Lt. Governor Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend and Superintendent Mitchell, Governor Glendening.
We're well on our way toward putting 100,000 police on
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�the street. About a quarter of a million people have not been able
to buy guns in the first place because of the Brady law, because of
their criminal background or their 'mental health history. We have
banned several types of assault weapons and have struggled to
preserve the integrity of that law against a commercial assault from
importers.
School security is tighter; anti-gang prevention is
better; penalties are stronger. We promoted discipline in schools
with anti-truancy and curfew and school uniform policies, and, in
various ways, they have worked marvelously in many communities. And
we have a national policy now in all our schools of zero tolerance
for guns in schools. Over 6,000 students with guns were disarmed and
sent home last year, doubtless preventing even more terrible acts of
violence.
But it is not enough if children have access to guns.
In Springfield, Oregon, the young man in custody was sent home the
day before because he had a gun in the school.
So, yes, our laws must be strong, our enforcement
resolute. At home, parents must teach their children the difference
between right and wrong and lead them away from violence. But recent
events remind us that even if all this is done, it is still too easy
for deadly weapons to wind up in the hands of children -- by intent
or by accident -- and then, to lead to tragedy -- by intent or by
accident.
We can't shrug our shoulders and say, well, accidents
will happen, or some kids are just beyond hope. That is a cop-out.
Instead, everyone of us must step up to our responsibility, that
certainly includes gun owners, gun purchasers, and gun dealers.
Today, we say to them, protecting children is your responsibility
too, and there are penalties for the failure to fulfill it.
In response to the directive I issued to Secretary Rubin
in June of last year, all federal gun dealers will now be required to
issue written warnings and post signs like that one over there. The
sign makes it plain for all to see in simple, direct language, that
it's illegal to sell, deliver or transfer a handgun to a minor,
period. From now on, no customer or employee can avoid personal
responsibility by pleading ignorance of the law.
Responsibility at gun shops, of course, must be matched
by responsibility at home. Suzanne talked movingly about that. Guns
are kept in the home for many purposes, from hunting to self-defense.
That is every family's right and, as she said more eloquently than I,
that is not in question. The real question is every parent's
responsibility, every adult's responsibility to make sure that
unsupervised children cannot get a hold of the guns. When guns are
stored carelessly, children can find them, pick them up, court
danger. Most will put them back where they found them. Others, as
we know now from hard experience, will touch the trigger by accident;
a troubled few will take guns to school with violence in mind.
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�Too many guns wielded in rage by troubled adolescents
can be traced back to an irresponsible adult. As has been previously
said, in Maryland now, and now in 14 other states, parents have a
legal responsibility to keep guns locked and out of reach of young
hands. That should be the law in all 50 states. There are 35 more
that ought to follow Maryland's lead. It should be the practice in
every home.
There is also a proper federal role in preventing
children's access to firearms, and Congress should pass a tough,
targeted child access prevention law with new penalties to punish the
most egregious offenders.
I applaud Senators Chafee and Durbin for their
legislation, starting us down the road toward making this the law of
the land. I thank Senator Kohl and Representative McCarthy for their
strong support. They are doing the right thing. And during the last
days of this legislative session, this is how we should move forward
-- again I say, with progress, not partisanship.
There is much we must do in public life to fulfill our
obligation to our children. More than a year ago, we directed all
federal law enforcement agencies to issue child safety locks to
federal officers so that their guns could not be misused. A majority
of our gun manufacturers have joined us voluntarily in this effort,
and that has been successful. I hope all other gun manufacturers
will follow suit.
The real work, of course, must still be done in our
homes -- beyond law and policy -- to the most basic values of
respect, right and wrong, conscience and community, and violence
rejected in favor of nonviolence and communication. Only parents can
remedy what ails children in their heart of hearts. But the rest of
us must do our part to help, and must do our part to contain the
potential for destructive violence when things fail at home.
So I say again, this is an issue that has wounded every
American in one way or the other. Of the four women standing to my
right, three have lost members of their immediate family because of
gun violence. All of us have grieved with them. We can do better.
This is one big first step.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
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EK:
Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative -- The proposed FY 99 budget includes $28 million to
expand the President's Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGIIl. This includes $16
million in new funds to hire 162 ATF agents to crackdown on illegal gun traffickers in the
27 youth crime gun cities, and $12 million to continue the Administration's comprehen~ive
gun tracmg m these cities. ATF's crime gun tracing has been a key component of Boston's
successful youth violence strategy.
NB: If Treasury wins its appeal for an additional $4 million, which I believe OPC and Rahm
should support, we could add 27 agents (mostly for training). 33 inspectors to visit firearms
dealers, and 50 clerical and support staff to the above total.
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EK:
Below please find the few sentences you requested on TreasurY/ATF's expansion of the Youth
Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGlIlin the budget. The initiative received no special funding
in FY 97. It received a $1 million line-item in FY 98 and should also receive $ 10 million from
the Treasury Secretary's Forfeiture Fund. However, the current funding has enerall not
provided for
to hire/dedicate additional agents to the project or to increase inyestigations
on gun traff.i,ckers (funding to date has generally provided training to state and locals, computer
equipment/software and contract personal to do tracing).
The current OMB recommendation for FY 99 proposes $28 million for the yCG!! -- $12 million
that is-already built into the base and an additional $ 16 million that they are supporting from
the Presidential Priority Reserve (PPR). These funds will be used, in part, for new agents.
Treasury is appealing for an additional $4 million in personal from the PPR.
Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative -- The proposed EX 99 b\l9!,19t iAol\,l99& $22 million to
expand the President's Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (yeG!!) Thjs includes $ 16
million in new funds to hire 162 ATF agents to crackdown on illegal un traffickers in the
27 youth crime gun cities, and $ 12 million to continue t e
ministration's comprehensive
gun tracing Ih these cItIes. ATF's crime gun tracing has been a key component of Boston's
successful youth violence strategy.
NB: If Treasury wins its appeal for an additional $4 million, which I believe OPC and Rahm
should support, we could add 27 agents (mostly for training), 33 inspectors to visit firearms
dealers, and 50 clerical and support staff to the above total.
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Policy Makers Optimistic
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died from gun wounds in more than two years, a
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finally·looked at the inforrnation two years ago, the
statistics' contradicted widely held theories. They
discovered that guns were often sold legally, 30 to 40 at a
time, to a "'straw buyer," who then sells them illegally on
the street. Also, the guns were often purchased locally,
not trafficked from other states.
"Everyone thought all the guns .were coming from
down south," Kennedy said. In fact, the majority of guns
in Boston came from within Massachusetts.
Most guns taken from people 21 years and younger
were-less than a year old, he added. "Those are guns that
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Atlanta, where he could buy a gun for the price of a pair
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Preliminary results in the initial 17 cities showed similar
trends, according to the ATF. Also, young people were
more likely to use semiautomatic weapons, and the guns
are often less than a year old. Like sneakers or other teen
status symbols, a few brands of guns carried a high
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guns change from city to city, but you can focus your
energies 00: those specific types of gun. "
The ATF traced nearly 13,000 guns used.in crimes in
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New York City, Of those, 11 percent came from
juveniles.
Nationwide, the figure is 10 percent. In Seattle and
Memphis, juveniles were respo~ible for more than 20
perCent of illegal gun crimes. Handguns f~'outpaCed all
other types of guns recovered from crimes; makjng up 63
, percent .of all ~ recovered in SalIDas, Calif. and 98
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'we"know who you are 'and' we know what you're doing'
and when you and your mends hurt somebody, we'll
figure out what we C:8n do to exact penalties," said
Kennedy. The get-tough stance included stiffer federal
sentencing for gang members, nighttime patrols iIi
gang-filled neighborhoods and threats to bring in the FBI.
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Minneapolis was among the
first cities to follow suit,
exchanging law enforcement
officials with Boston, and using
similar methods to infiltrate gangs
and decrease gun crimes.
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was clear there was a gang-related Connectiori to the
violence," said Minneapolis Police Chief Robert K. Olson..
MinneapQlis had an 80010 drop in'its homicide rate last .
'summer, going from 40 murders.in June, July and August
of 1996 to 8 murders for the same period in 1997. "Our
whole target was to have a safe SUIIl1ller and we feel it
really worked."
. It all comes down to a basic equation, experts say:
The key principle is to increase the cost of gun
. carrying to kids. "And you do that iIi two ways: you
increase penalties and you decrease supply into the
market," Webster Said. ~'When you dry ~p supply, cost
goes up and the market goes down., it's classic
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macroeconomics. "
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Gun tracing often follows a tangled . The guns without serial numbers
path, .as. fonms.ic 'scientists and law also tend to duster In group's .' : .
enforcement officials piece together that were first purchased legally
leads to establish a gun's history.'. and then sold illegally. .
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The scientists determine ea.ch
crime ~cenes to three tracking labs gun's make. m.odel and caliber. '.'
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ATF agents then contact the
approximately 230;000 guns
guns' manufacturer, who can
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identify the original gun dealer. '.
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. From there, .age.nts try to find
guns recovered have obliterated
who sold the guns illegally and
seriafilumbers. The ATF won't say
prosecute them, often working
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gun runriers to. develop'
of the first purchasers, they also
restoration-proof techniques, but
have multiple traces coming back
ATF spokesman Joe Green did say
to them," Kennedy said. "Most of
that a team of forensic scientists
the gun stores have in fact not
often has success restoring the
done anything illegal but lots
numbers. .
and lots and lots of the first
"It can take from several hours to purchasers are either traffickers
several days," Green said,
themselves or part of a
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PHASE TWO CITIES
JULY 19, 1997
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
Detroit, Michigan
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
Houston, Texas
Miami, Florida
Tucson, Arizona*
Minneapolis, Minnesota*
Las Vegas, Nevada
Cincinnati, Ohio
Most cities were selected because of the high number of firearms
and violent offenses committed by juveniles and youth. Those cities
marked with an asterisk (*) were chosen because, unlike the
national trend, they have experienced increases in violent crime.
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JULY 19, 1997
BACKGROUND:
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On July 8, 1996, President Clinton directed the Attorney General and
Secretary Rubin to implement a pilot program in 17 cities to trace as many
guns as possible, especially those trafficked to kids.
•
Under this pilot program, the youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
(YCGII), Federal and local law enforcement in each city worked together
to submit all crime guns seized for tracing and use this information to
identity and locate illegal gun traffickers.
•
Since then, the Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms (ATF) has provided local police departments and ATF special
agents with specialized training, computers and software - and traced as
many guns as possible through the National Training Center. Today's
report details the findings of this effort.
FINDINGS OF TODAY'S REPORT:
•
Confirms kids and guns is a serious problem in all 17 cities. Juvenile and
youth crime guns account for nearly half (45%) of the firearms recovered
from crime scenes and criminals.
•
Reveals that kids use some of the most concealable and dangerous guns.
While 80% of youth and juvenile crime guns are handguns -- and 60% are
semiautomatic pistols, only 70% of adult crime guns are handguns -- and
less than half, or 47%, are semiautomatics.
•
Crime guns used by kids are concentrated among a relatively small
number of makes and models. The 10 most popular types of crime guns
account for 25% of all crime guns. In some cities, this percentage is as
high as 50% for youth or juveniles (e.g., Birmingham, Memphis).
•
At least 25% of the crime guns used by kids move rapidly (3 years or less)
from first retail sale to crime scenes. That means that a significant portion
of legally purchased guns are quickly and illegally diverted to kids and
criminals.
•
The number of trace requests nearly doubled in the 17 pilot cities. While
not all traces submitted could be completed, for a variety of reasons,
overall requests submitted to ATF jumped from about 20,000 to 37,000.
�HOW TRACING WORKS
•
The Shikes Case. Shortly after the YCGII was launched, ATF and the
Milwaukee Police Department received a tip that an individual named
"Larry" was selling guns to gang members. This individual was Larry Shikes,
and he was selling guns from the trunk of his car in the parking lot of the
grocery store where he worked as a security guard.
A review of trace information on Milwaukee crime guns revealed that
Shikes had originally purchased several guns that were recovered in
connection with youth gang crimes -- including homicides, assaults and
drive-by-shootings. Shikes illegal activity was further documented by
undercover purchases of additional shotguns and handguns.
Shikes was arrested in April 1997. He pled guilty to dealing in firearms
without a license and providing firearms to convicted felons. He is
scheduled to be sentenced next month.
LESSONS LEARNED:
•
A new anti-crime tool. By submitting glJ. crime guns for tracing, the YCGII is
showing law enforcement at all levels how young people are getting
guns. This is critical in·formation that will allow law enforcement to prioritize
the investigation of gun traffickers.
•
Guns are being trafficked to kids. ATF traces and investigations clearly
show that certain corrupt gun dealers are selling guns to large volume
traffickers and straw purchasers, who are in turn funneling guns to our
youth. With more tracing information and enforcement resources, we can
crackdown on these traffickers and break-up the supply of guns to kids
and criminals.
•
Brady checks important. Background checks are needed to help keep
guns from being illegally diverted. So it's critical that state and local law
enforcement continue their commitment to Brady.
TODAY'SANNOUNCEMENT:
•
More Cities, More Resources. Today, the President will expand the YCGII
to 10 more cities. The Treasury Department will commit $11 million to
augment its tracing efforts next yeal•. and the Department of Justice will
dedicate funds from the Bureau
Justice Assistance to help provide
training to participating state and local law enforcement agencies.
Additional funds will also be sought for ATF agents from unobligated funds.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
JULY 19, 1997
Q:
What exactly has the Administration learned from this report -- and how
will it be used to reduce juvenile gun crime?
First, we have learned that comprehensive, community-based tracing of
crime guns is doable -- as well as a worthwhile endeavor. The voluntary
commitment of each of these cities to submit as many crime guns as
possible for tracing resulted in a near doubling in the overall number of
trace requests - from about 20,000 to 37,000. In New York, for example,
trace requests jumped from 4,000 to 13,000; in San Antonio, trace requests
increased from a mere 500 to about 2,000.
Second, we have learned that substantial number of guns - nearly half of
those recovered from crime scenes or criminals -- are being trafficked to
our kids in a variety of ways and shortly after they were legally purchased.
We have learned that kids are more likely than adults to commit a crime
with a new handgun -- especially with certain types of semiautomatic
pistol. And we have learned that most crime guns generally originate
from in-state sources.
And thirdly, each of the communities involved - and Federal law
enforcement -- have learned more about the make-up and trafficking
patterns of crime guns in their area. These community specific reports are
a valuable enforcement tool that can be used to crackdown on local
traffickers and break-up the supply of guns to our kids. This is how Boston
has used its trace information, and -- as I understand it -- last week they
celebrated their second anniversary of no juvenile gun homicides.
Q:
Can you please clarify today's announcement?
A:
Based on our experience with the first 17 cities, we are going to expand
the youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) to an additional 10
cities. There was considerable interest from other cities when we initiated
the pilot program last year, so we are pleased to expand the YCGII today.
A copy of these cities should be in your press packet.
To pay for this -- and to increase ATF's overall ability to do more traces and
trace analysis -- Treasury will dedicate about $11 million from its forfeiture
fund next year. That's about 10 times what we've spent during this first
year, so that's a significant enhancement.
�Also, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Assistance has set aside
some funds to help train participating state and local law enforcement
agencies.
Q:
How where both the new cities for this initiative picked?
A:
As I understand it, most of the cities were selected based on the number
of firearms and violent offenses committed by youths and juveniles.
However, several of the cities were picked because, unlike the national
crime trend, they have been experiencing increases in violent crime over
the past few years.
Q~
If tracing and trace analysis lead to cracking down on gun traffickers, how
many have you prosecuted as a result of this effort?
A:
Well, first let me make clear that we are only one-year into this initiative,
and that establishing the tracing infrastructure (Le., trained officers,
computers, software, etc.) and producing the national and local reports
was our initial goal.
Also, the YCGII is a special component of ATF's overall firearms trafficking
strategy that has generated thousands of investigations over the past year
- involving tens of thousands of illegally trafficked firearms. And over time,
we expect the YCGII to contribute many important cases to this workload.
Having said that. to date, ATF estimates that the YCGII has helped initiate
some 75 pending trafficking investigations.
Q:
How come ATF only traced an average of 37% of the guns submitted to
the National Tracing Center?
A:
There are several reasons why complete traces were not conducted for
all crime guns. In some cases, because of different tracing guidelines and
practices, not all of the required information was submitted. In other
cases, firearms were either too old or serial numbers obliterated. While
traces can be completed in these instances, they are much more
resource intensive. Many of these issues can now be addressed.
It is important to note, however, that not all trace analyses depend on a
successfully completing trace requests.
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SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
July 18, 1997
Dear Mr. President:
On July 8, 1996, you announced ~e start of the Youth Crime Gun
Interdiction Initiative (YCGII), a collaborative effort among law
enforcement officials in 17 cities to reduce youth firearms
violence by disrupting the illegal markets that put firearms in
the hands of juveniles and youth. The-YCGII brought together
four significant law enforcement themes of this Administration:
first, that we work in a COllaborative effort with our state and
local law enforcement partners; second, that we make smart and
effective use of our limited law enforcement resources; third,
that we do everything possible to lower the level of gun violence
across the Nation; and fourth, that we make a special effort to
reduce youth gun violence.
In the one year since your announcement, we have learned a great
deal and have made substantial progress in developing a
sophisticated infrastructure to combat illegal gun trafficking.
Perhaps most important, we have learned that universal tracing of
crime guns in particular communities is achievable. During the
past year, gun tracing reqUests in the 17 pilot cities nearly
doubled. Over the coming year, we will str~ve to increase the
number of localities that trace all guns linked to crime.
Throuqh universal tracing, we can greatly improve the quality of
crime gun data that is being qollected. This will result in law
enforcement being better able to identify illegal gun traffickers
and develop investigative priorities. For example, we have
documented that illegal handguns recovered from juveniles and
youth are.hig~ly concentrated among a relatively small number of
kinds of firearms, particularly semi-automatic weapons. This
information is critica-l, for it permits federal, state, and· local
enforcement officers to assign priorities to investigations of
traffickers based on the known popularity of certain weapons
among juveniles and youth, as well as adult criminals.
The Departments of Treasury and Justice are fully committed to
this important Initiative. While the initial results are
encouraging, we have much more to do.
In the next year, we will
continue working with state and local officialS in the original
17 sites to improve gun tracing and enforcement strategies. We
will also be working with additional cities, sharing what we have
learned and assisting them in establishing their own gun tracing
systems.
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with your leadership and your support, our qoal of effective
action against illegal firearms markets ~at supply juveniles and
youth will be achieved. By stemming the f10w of illegal firearms
to juveniles and youth, we expect that the level or violence in
our communities will continue to drop.
We are attaching for your information a br ief summary of the
Initiative, as well as a comprehensive report compiled by the
Department of Treasury describing results of ATFts analyses of
crime qun trace information in the 17 pilot cities.
Sincerely,
Robert E. Rubin
secretary of the Treasury
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since 1993, this Administration has developed several
successful approaches to fighting violent crime and the
proliferation of illegal firearms. New laws such as the Brady
Act and the Assault Weapons Ban gave us significant tools to
prevent criminals from obtaining oertain types of firearms.
In 1994, the Departments of Justice'and Treasury announced
the Administration's Anti-Violent Crime Initiative (AVCI). The
AVCI promotes cooperation among federal, state, and local law
enforcement agencies in working together to develop coordinated
investigative priorities within individual communities. In many
communities, gun violence and the proliferation of firearms among
juveniles and gang offenders has been identified as the most
important violent crime problem. Local task forces in youth
Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) cities, such as Boston,
Baltimore, Memphis, and Milwaukee, have been successful in
identifying and prosecuting numerous individuals who have brought
illegal firearms into our communities.
We have recognized that stopping illegal gun trafficking
before it begins has a greater impact and requires fewer
.
resources than pursuing firearms once they have reached the hands
of criminals through the illicit trafficking market.
Since 1994,·
the Department of Treasury has. pursued an "Anti-Trafficking
strategy," which targets illegal gun trafficking at its source.
In addition, we worked to strengthen the licensing of dealers and
assure their compliance ·with applicable laws and regulations,
resul~ing in over a 50% drop in the number of federal firearms
licens·ees.
Reducing the numbers of licensed dealers is not ~nough, for
even with the dramatic reduction, there are still approximately
110,000 ·;Licensees. Thus, we have also strived to identify.
dealers who may be illegally selling firearms, as well as nonlicensed individuals who buy and sell firearms that originally
were purchased lawfully. Historically, identifying these persons
and the resulting trafficking patterns has been difficult. But
this is where the YCGII shows great promise.
For the past few years, researchers in Massachusetts had
sought to identify the original legitimate source of every gun
seized by the Boston Police Department, to determine whether
there were any specific patterns that could help law enforcement
stem the flow of illegal firearms to criminals. ATF also
developed a computer program, Project LEAD, that could take that
data, commonly referred to as "trace information," and use it to
identify individuals and locations that might be involved in
illegal' firearms trafficking.
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additional localities and then greatly expanded last July, wheri
the President announced the YCGII in 17 cities aoross the
country. Through the YCGII, we have learned a great deal more
about gun trafficking in just one year.
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Approximately 25% of the.crime guns used by juveniles (age
17 and under) and youth (ages 18-24) move rapidly from their
point of first retail sale to recovery by law enforcement
agencies. Through investigative experience, ATF haS learned
that recovery of new firearms often signals increased
illegal diversion of weapons.
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Illegal handguns recovered from juveniles and youth are
highly concentrated among a relatively sm~ll number of kinds
of firearms. This information is critical. Law enforcement
officers have become familiar with these patterns and the
guns involved, and assign priorities to investigations of
traffickers based on the known popularity of certain weapons
among juveniles and youth, as well as adult criminals.
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In most participating cities, the state in which the
community is located is the single largest source of
recovered firearms successfully traced to retail sale.
The
identification of the sources of the firearms allows law
enforcement more efficiently to investigate the primary
sources of illegal fire~s (whether operating intrastate or
interstate). Collaboration among federal, state, and local
law enforcement agencies is needed to mount an effective
response, and strategies must be designed that take into
~ccount different local illegal market conditions.
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Preliminary research of selected communities by the ATF's
National Tracing Center indicates that between 9% and 20% of
recovered firearms have had their serial numbers
obl·it.erated, and were originally purchased as part of a
multiple-gun sale and then illegally trafficked. Firearms
traffickers remov·e serial numbers in an attempt to defeat
tracing. Crime labs can now often restore these serial
numbers, providing us with new and important investigative
information.
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Handguns predominate among recovered crime guns. Seven out
of ten guns recovered from adults are handguns, while for
juveniles and youth the number is eight out of ten. As for
the type of handguns, 47% of the firearms recovered from
adults are semi-automatic handguns, 58% of those.recovered
from juveniles are semi-automatic handguns, and 61% of those
recovered from youth are semi-automatic handguns.
These are just a few examples of the statistical data that
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is being provided to each of the participating cities, which will
. assist local law enforcement officials in setting investigative
priorities based on the. patterns unique to their community.
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is through the expansion of this type of information, which can
only be obtained by increased crime gun tracing, that we will be
able to more broadly assist individual investigators in their
cases across the nation.
. The YCGII has developed tools that can be used in cities
throughout the country to strengthen enforcement efforts against
illegal traffickers to juveniles and youth. By expanding
comprehensive crime gun tracing to additional cities, increasing
the development of crime gun trace analyses, increasing federal,
state, and local training in trafficking in~estigations, and
continuing federal-state-local collaboration in trafficking
investigations and local violence reduction initiatives, we will
ensure the effectiveness of our nationwide effort to disrupt this
lethal trade and reduce juvenile and youth firearms violence.
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UNOER SECRETARY
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY RUBIN
FROM:
Raymond W. Kelly
Under Secretary (Enforcement)
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SUBJECT: Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
Attached are reports prepared by the Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for the
17 communities participating in the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative. They fulfill three goals by:
(1) Documenting how juveniles and youth illegally obtain firearms;
(2) Enabling Federal and local enforcement agencies to assess the illegal firearms problem in
their communities and develop strategies to combat it;
(3) Reporting on greatly increased ATF tracing of firearms recovered by enforcement agencies.
The following are among the reports' findings about firearms recovered by enforcement agencies:
• Firearms rapidly diverted from first retail sales at federally licensed gun dealers to an illegal market
account for at least a quarter of the firearms that police recover from juveniles and youth.
• One out of ten firearms recovered by police is from a juvenile (17 and under). When youth
(ages 18-24) are included, the number changes to four out of 10.
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• In 15 of the 17 sites, the majority or the single largest supply of the crime guns successfully
traced comes from retail sources within the State. Jersey City and Washington, DC, are the
only sites where the largest single source of successfully traced crime guns is outside of th~ir
State or borders.
• Seven out of ten crime guns recovered from adults are handguns. For juveniles and youth, ihe
number is eight out of 10.
• Half of all crime guns recovered by police are semiautomatic pistols, which are also the preferred weapons for juvenile and youthful offenders (60 percent).
• While thousands of different kinds of firearms are available, crime guns are concentrated
among a relatively small number of makes and calibers in each city.
• Preliminary research shows that a high percentage of crime guns with obliterated serial numbers were originally purchased as part of a multiple sale by a federally licensed gun dealer and
then illegally trafficked.
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During the course of the initiative, trace requests from the 17 sites nearly doubled over the same
period the previous year, from 20,000 to more than 37,000 requests. Trace information is stored
in the National Tracing Center's illegal firearms trafficking information system, Project LEAD,
which enforcement officials use in the identification of illegal traffickers. By expanding the
volume of tracing, participants in the initiative not only provided data needed to identify community patterns, but have added significantly to the investigative information available to make cases
against illegal traffickers.
We are confident that these reports will enable local enforcement officials, working with State and
Federal authorities, to better protect our young and the public by preventing the illegal trafficking
of firearms to those who would use them to commit violent crime.
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of Alcohol,
Tobacco & Firearms· Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
ATF CRIME GUN TRACE ANALYSIS REPORT
Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
Introduction
The Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative is a 17-city demonstration project aimed at reducing
youth fireanns violence. Officials from the Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), police
chiefs,local prosecutors, and U.S. attorneys are developing information about illegal trafficking of
fireanns to young people and new methods of reducing the illegal supply of firearms to them. The
initiative was developed by ATF and its National Tracing Center, funded by the Department of the
Treasury's Office of Enforcement and the National Institute of Justice, and announced by President
Clinton on July 8, 1996.
Purposes of This Report
Since July 1996, participants have tested a new method of developing and providing information
about the illegal sources of fireanns to youth. Federal and local enforcement officials in each jurisdiction voluntarily agreed to submit information on all recovered crime guns to ATF's National 'fracing
Center. ATF developed the tools to analyze the information. ATF is publishing this report of its analyses for the following purposes:
To provide new information about illegal
firearms activity by community. These
reports provide an overall view of firearms
associated with illegal possession or activity in
a jurisdiction. They identify the types of firearms that enforcement agencies most frequently recover, the types of crimes with which
these weapons are associated, the time it takes
for firearms to move from a federally licensed
firearms dealer to recovery by enforcement
officials, and the source States of these firearms. This is the first time ATF has developed
and published standardized reports on recovered crime guns.
To expand access to f1rearms-related enforcement information. These reports share
ATF firearms-related enforcement information
with other enforcement agencies. The reports
thereby provide a new, common foundation for
collaboration among ATF, the offices of the
U.S. attorney, and local police and prosecutors,
as well as other agencies concerned with youth
violence. Using this information, police departments and local prosecutors may choose to
modify resources devoted to firearms trafficking interdiction, and local task forces may
choose to pursue firearms trafficking cases in
Federal or State courts.
To identify differences in adult, juvenile,
and youth illegal fIrearms activity. These
reports analyze firearms recoveries by age
group, with a focus on young people. The
information establishes whether patterns of
crime gun acquisition differ by age group.
While ATF has previously collected information from enforcement agencies on firearms
recovered from juveniles from across the
country, this is the first time ATF has been
able to provide age-based analysis by local
jurisdiction. This analysis provides enforcement officials with a new and important tool
for reducing illegal juvenile and youth access
to firearms.
To initiate community, State, and national
reporting on firearms trafficking. These
reports provide a model for standardized,
annual ATF reports on firearms recoveries at
the city, State, and national level. State and
national reports using firearms recovery information provided by every jurisdiction allow
regional and national patterns to be identified.
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To enable enforcement officials to focus
their resources where they are likely to have
the greatest impact on illegal trafficking to
juveniles and violent youth gang members,
as well as adult criminals. Specific investigative information about the illegal sources of
crime guns can be obtained by a variety of
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methods, including Project LEAD, ATF's computerized illegal fireanns infonnation trafficking system, debriefing anned arrestees, and
other street sources. These reports do not
provide additional investigative infonnation
(such as the identities of federally licensed gun
dealers or retail purchasers repeatedly associated with new crime guns). Rather, they provide analyses that can be useful in deciding
how best to focus investigative resources to
reduce the illegal fireanns supply used in
violent crime.
Strategic targeting of illegal sources of juvenile
and youth crime guns. Infonnation about the
percentages of a jurisdiction's crime guns
recovered from juveniles, youth, and adults
allows investigative priorities to be established
and assessed. For instance, enforcement officials may choose to use Project LEAD to look
for federally licensed gun dealers and first
purchasers linked with crime gun traces associated with juveniles and youth.
Strategic targeting of illegal sources of certain
crime guns. Enforcement officials also can
draw on the reports to develop other enforce-
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ment strategies. Federal investigators already
look for high volume traffickers operating
across jurisdictional lines, whether interstate or
intrastate, and use Project LEAD to investigate
the illegal sources of guns used in violent
crimes. Drawing on these reports, Federal and
local officials can jointly decide to use Project
LEAD and other investigative tools to target the
illegal sources of various groups of crime guns:
firearms with obliterated serial numbers;
firearms most often used by juveniles and
youth in violent: crimes; illegally trafficked
firearms most popular among juveniles, violent
youth, and violent gangs; fireanns with short
"time-to-crime" rates, which are likely to have
been deliberately trafficked; and firearms
originating in-State or fireanns originating out
of State.
Optimum, balanced local enforcement strategy.
By combining a focus on high volume traffickers with targeted trafficking enforcement
efforts using trace analyses and information
about local conditions, enforcement officials
can work toward the optimum strategy for
reducing local illegal access to firearms, especially by juveniles and violent gang members.
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What This Report Contains
Infonnation about crime guns. A crime gun is . the subsequent chain of possession. Investigadefined, for purpose of firearms tracing, as any tive traces are extremely resource intensive and
firearm that is illegally possessed, used in a
are generally conducted only where there is a
crime, or suspected by enforcement officials of
specific investigative need.
being used in a crime. Report E shows the
Analyses of requests for crime gun traces.
crime types most frequently associated with
The report contains certain analyses that are
crime gun trace requests.
based on the information contained in requests
Comprehensive crime gun trace data by
for crime gun traces. These analyses do not
community. The report presents information
depend on the NTC successfully completing the
about how many crime guns were submitted
traces. Information available for all crime guns
for tracing. Participants in the Youth Crime
submitted for tracing, whether or not the crime
Gun Interdiction Initiative voluntarily agreed to gun is successfully traced by the NTC, includes
trace all crime guns recovered in their jurisdicthe number of recovered crime guns in a comtion. Police departments are not required by
munity, the type of firearm (e.g., revolver, rifle),
Federal law to maintain or supply crime gun
and its manufacturer and caliber.
recovery information and have not historically
Analyses of successful NTC traces. The report
submitted all crime guns for tracing. Lack of
also contains certain analyses that are based on
comprehensive tracing has precluded certain
the results of successful NTC traces. Informakinds of crime gun analyses since there may
not have been enough crime gun trace requests tion available only for crime guns successfully
traced by the NTC includes the time it takes for
from particular jurisdictions to identify coma crime gun to move from its last known retail
munity-wide patterns. The voluntary tracing
agreement under this initiative was intended to sale to recovery by enforcement officials, and
the State in which the crime gun was sold.
overcome this problem.
Analysis of incomplete traces. The report shows
Infonnation from National Tracing Center
the number of successful NTC traces and explains
traces. The information in this report is dewhy the NTC closed the remaining traces Without
rived from data contained in requests for crime
a successful NTC trace. This information is
gun traces that enforcement agencies submitted to ATF's National Tracing Center (NTC) and intended to assist in increasing the number of
successful NTC traces.
from the results of traces that the NTC conducts. An NTC trace uses records maintained
and made available by the firearms industry to
identify the history of a firearm's ownership. A
successful NTC trace describes firearm ownership from the manufacturer or importer
through the wholesaler to the first known retail
dealer. Depending on the investigative circumstances, the NTC trace may also identify the
first retail purchaser, and sometimes even
subsequent purchasers. Because of the structure of Federal firearms regulation and
recordkeeping requirements, however, it is
generally not possible for the NTC to trace a
crime gun beyond its first retail sale using
firearms industry records. To further trace a
crime gun's path, ATF must conduct an investigative trace, in which special agents investigate
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Analyses by adult, youth, and juvenile age.
categories. The report generally presents
information in four age categories: adults (25 .
and over); youth (ages 18 through 24); juvenile
(17 and under); and all age categories combined.
Crime gun trace infonnation for a 10-month
period. The patterns depicted in this report are
based on crime guns for which trace requests
were submitted to the NTC during the period of
July 1, 1996, through April 30, 1997. The NTC
provided project training in August and September 1996; project tracing then began in all
sites. Early trace requests may not include as
complete information as later traces.
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General Findings From the Participating
Communities
This section presents general findings based on experience in all 17 participating communities.
These 17 communities may not comprise a valid sample for purposes of national analysis. However, this is the largest collection of community-based infonnation yet available on recovered
crime guns.
List of PartiCipating Communities
The communities participating in this initiative, and on which the findings are based, are:
Atlanta, Georgia
Baltimore, Maryland
Birmingham, Alabama
Boston, Massachusetts
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Cleveland, Ohio
Inglewood, California
Jersey City, New Jersey
Memphis, Tennessee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
New York, New York
Richmond, Virginia
St. Louis, Missouri
Salinas, California
San Antonio, Texas
Seattle, Washington
Washington, DC
This section is divided into two parts: (1) comprehensive community-based crime gun tracing
and (2) local illegal firearms markets. These findings are intended to give enforcement officials in
each community a wider perspective on its use of crime gun tracing and on its violent firearms
crime and trafficking problems, particularly as they involve juveniles and youth.
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General Findings:
Comprehensive, Community-Based Crime Gun Tracing
The 17 participating sites jointly tested the feasibility and utility of an enforcement policy of
submitting all recovered crime guns in a community to the National Tracing Center (NTC) for
tracing. Based on this experience, ATF reaches the following conclusions:
Comprehensive, community-based crime
gun tracing is achievable. Trace requests
from the 17 sites during the lO-month period
nearly doubled over the same period the previous year, from approximately 20,000 trace
requests to more than 37,000 trace requests.
Tracing volume in all of the sites increased.
Police departments in all of the sites had official policies requiring tracing of all recovered
crime guns for all or part of the project period.
Eight of the communities reported that they
had a general tracing policy before the initiative
began. One site, Jersey City, was part of a statewide agreement by enforcement officials and
prosecutors to trace all crime guns. One State,
Virginia, mandates tracing of all firearms
recovered by State and local enforcement
agencies. Sixteen of the seventeen participating
police departments continue to have a written
or stated policy of tracing all recovered firearms.
Technical improvements in local and State
tracing capability increase crime gun tracing
levels, efficiency, and accuracy. Working
with local and State enforcement officials, ATF
has tested three methods of facilitating comprehensive crime gun tracing. The methods vary
according to the jurisdiction's volume of recovered firearms, recordkeeping procedures, and
level of computerization. Costs of such technical assistance are low and the benefits high,
both for the police departments and ATE Be_
cause of technical improvements, for instance,
New York City's requests for traces jumped to
close to 13,000 crime guns during the 10-month
project period, fr()m fewer than 4,000 crime
guns during the same time period the previous
year. San Antonio's tracing rate increased
500 percent, to close to 2,000 crime gun traces
during the project period from fewer than
400 traces during the same period the previous
year.
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Comprehensive crime gun tracing achieves
its primary purpose: to increase the nUttlber of investigative leads to illegal traffickers derived from NTC tracing. The primary
purposes of NTC crime gun tracing are to assist
in solving individual gun crimes and to increase
the amount of investigative information about
illegal gun trafficking available to enforcement
agencies. Crime gun trace information is
added to the NTC's Project LEAD. This information system aggregates crime gun trace
information from enforcement agencies
throughout the Nation, and identifies links
among those traces. For instance, Project
LEAD could link a crime gun that enforcement
officials in Inglewood, California, submit for
tracing with a crime gun that enforcement
officials in Jersey City, New Jersey, submit for
tracing by showing that both were sold by the
same Federal firearms licensee or purchased by
the same individual. By nearly doubling the
volume of trace requests from the 17 corrununities, ATF and local and State enforcement" agencies have significantly increased the amount of
trace information in Project LEAD and the
number of investigative leads available to
enforcement agencies throughout the country.
As demonstrated by these reports, cOJ.D.prehensive crime gun tracing can also be used
to assist enforcement agencies by identifying major crime gun patterns in a conununity. By simply submitting trace requests on all
recovered firearms, enforcement officials can
check for patterns and trends on crime guns in
their community. When the NTC can successfully trace these crime guns, additional strategic and investigative i~formation is available.
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Refinement of tracing guidelines and practices mIl result in greater consistency in
trace analysis reporting. While participants
have followed or are following comprehensive
tracing policies. tracing procedures vary. For
instance. practices may differ for tracing fireanns that have obliterated serial numbers. are
recovered by school authorities. are found
without identified possessors or are known to
be stolen. or are antique. In addition. there are
. variations in how the exact location of where
the firearm was recovered is reported. For this
reason. a few crime guns recovered in nearby
jurisdictions may have been included in reports
from some of the 17 sites. Finally. during this
special initiative. enforcement agencies may
have submitted all available firearms rather
than only firearms recovered after the initiative
began_ Trace levels can be expected to stabilize
if technical improvements are made and as the
NTC refines tracing guidelines.
Faster NTC trace completion time benefits .
enforcement agencies. The faster a crime gun
trace can be completed. the sooner the trace
infonna'tion can be entered into the Project
LEAD illegal trafficking information system
and the sooner it can be used by enforcement
officials in investigations of illegal traffickers.
The NTC presently completes trace requests in
an average of 9 days. Crime gun-related investigations would benefit from faster completion
times. Two factors affect completion time:
NrC resources and the speed with which Federal firearms licensees make records available.
The firearms industry has recently pledged to
assist the NTC in speeding up crime gun tracing by making more records accessible electronically.
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Increasing the number and percentage of
successful NTC traces benefits enforcement
agencies. The NTC successfully completed
approximately 37 percent of the traces requested during this project. Reasons for iack of
successful NTC tracing include lack of needed
information about the firearm in trace requests
(23 percent). lack of Federal firearms licensee
records (7 percent). and legal and resource
limitations on tracing older firearms (33 percent). Not all trace analyses depend on successfully completing trace requests. However.
the benefits of crime gun tracing for enforcement agencies are maximized if traces are
successfully completed. Many of the reasons
preventing successful NTC tracing can and
should be addressed.
Training in crime gun tracing benefits enforcement agencies. Working together. police
departments and ATF fulfilled their goal of
tracing all recovered crime guns. with a minimum of training. However. some sites were
more successful than others in submitting the
full amount of crime gun-related data that can
be used in Project LEAD and in trace analyses.
In particular. a few sites provided insufficient
possessor date of birth information to provide
reliable analysis by age category. Most importantly. 23 percent of the trace requests overall
were submitted with insufficient firearms
information to successfully complete the traces.
This reflects several factors. including that
some police departments' internal firearmsrelated procedures are more conducive than
others to comprehensive crime gun tracing.
Training in crime gun tracing and a collaborative effort between the NTC and State and local
enforcement agencies are needed to improve
the level of information provided in trace
requests.
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General Findings: Local Illegal Firearms Markets
This section summarizes enforcement findings -and conclusions based on crime gun trace information from the 17 participating communities. The category "adult" includes ages 25 and over,
"youth" includes ages 18 to 24, and "juvenile" includes ages 17 and under. *
Adult crime guns predominate. Most crime
guns are recovered from adults. While youth
firearms crime remains a special priority
because of high rates of youth violence, adult
firearms crime still predominates. In the
largest city among the participants, New York,
where almost 13,000 crime guns were submitted for tracing, juveniles under age 18 account
for 11 percent of the crime guns, youth ages 18
to 24 account for 34 percent, and adults age 25
and over account for 55 percent. Only in
Bridgeport does the adult crime gun category
not constitute a plurality.
Juvenile crime guns are a significant percentage of the total. One out of ten crime
guns is recovered from a juvenile. Juvenile
crime gun trace requests accounted for at least
10 percent of the total traces requested, with
three exceptions, Cleveland (6 percent), Milwaukee (8 percent), and Richmond (9 percent).
The percentage of juvenile crime guns submitted for tracing was over 20 percent in two
cities: Seattle and Memphis.
Juvenile and youth crime guns comprise
almost half of the total. Juvenile and youth
crime guns combined account for 45 percent of
the crime guns requested for tracing, while adult
crime guns account for 55 percent of the total.
Handguns predominate. Eight out of ten
crime guns traced are handguns. Handguns
include semiautomatic pistols, revolvers, and
dernngers. In all sites, handguns are the largest category of firearms recovered by enforcement agencies. The percentage of crime guns
accounted for by handguns recovered from all
age groups ranged from 63 percent in Salinas,
to 98 percent in Atlanta.
A disproportionate number of juvenile and
youth crime guns are handguns. Juvenile and
youth crime guns are more likely than adult
crime guns to be handguns. Eight out of ten
juvenile and youth crime guns traced are handguns, whereas seven out of 10 adult crime guns
are handguns. Of the crime guns recovered from
juveniles, the percentage that are handguns ranges
from 73 percent in Salinas to more than 90 percent
in five cities: Cleveland, New York City. Seattle,
Richmond, and Boston. Of the crime guns recovered from youth, the percentage that are handguns ranges from 67 percent in San Antonio to
more than 90 percent in three cities: Washington,
DC, Memphis, and New York City. Of the crime
guns recovered from adults, the lowest percentage
of handguns is in Seattle and Memphis, 56 percent. Handguns account for between 80 and
90 percent of the adult crime guns in four cities.
Semiautomatic handguns predominate.
Semiautomatic handguns are more common
crime guns than revolvers. Semiautomatic
handguns range from a high of 67 percent of
crime guns in Atlanta, to a low of 39 percent in
St. Louis. Revolvers supplied no more than
41 percent of crime guns in any site. ~alf of all
the crime guns recovered are semiautomatics.
A disproportionate number of juvenile 'and
youth crime guns are semiautomatic handguns. In each site, juveniles and youth are more
likely to be associated with semiautomatic handguns than are adults. Semiautomatic handguns .
accounted for a high of 66 percent of the juven.ile
crime guns in Boston, to a low of 47 percent of the
juvenile crime guns in Baltimore and Birmingham.
Semiautomatic handguns accounted for a high of
71 percent of the youth crime guns in Memphis, to a
low of 46 percent of the youth crime guns in Salinas. Semiautomatic handguns accounted for a high
of 54 percent of the adult crime guns in New York
City and Washington, D.C. to a low of 35 percent of
the adult crime guns in Birmingham and Milwaukee. Overall, 47 percent ofthe adult crime guns are
semiautomatics. Semiautomatics constitute
61 percent of the youth crime guns and 58 percent
of the juvenile crime guns.
* Not all sites were considered for each of the findings below. Where the number of cases was insufficient for the
particular finding, the site was excluded. A technical note with further explanation is available from ATE
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In each' site crime guns are concentrated
am,ong a relatively few kinds of Irreanns by
manufacturer and caliber. The top 10 types
of crime guns, by manufacturer and caliber,
represent a disproportionately large share of
the total number of recovered firearms. The
greatest concentration is in Inglewood, where
the top 10 types of crime guns by manufacturer
and caliber account for 48 percent of the total;
58 types of crime guns by manufacturer and
caliber account for the remaining 52 perc;::ent.
Even in Milwaukee, where the concentration is
the least, the top 10 types of crime guns by
manufacturer and caliber still account for
21 percent of the total; 567 types of crime guns
by manufacturer and caliber account for the
remaining 79 percent. Overall, the top 10 types
of firearms by manufacturer and caliber account for more than 9,000 crime guns, or
24 percent, while 1,207 kinds of firearms by
manufacturer and caliber account for the over
28,000 crime guns remaining, or 76 percent.
Crime gun concentration by kind of Irreann,
by manufacturer and caliber, is relatively
greater among juveniles and youth than
among adults. The highest concentration
among juvenile crime guns is in Birmingham
where the top 10 types of firearms by manufacturer and caliber account for 52 percent of
recovered juvenile firearms. The highest concentration among youth crime guns is in Memphis where the top 10 kinds of firearms by
manufacturer and caliber account for 46 percent of recovered youth firearms. By comparison, the highest concentration among adult
crime guns is in Bridgeport, where the top
10 types of firearms by manufacturer and
caliber account for 36 percent of the recovered
adult firearms.
In general, the State in which the community is located is the largest single source of
its successfully traced crime guns. In 12 of
the 17 sites, the State itself supplies a majority
of the successfully traced crime guns. This
majority ranged from a high of 77 percent in
San Antonio to a low of 54 percent in Seattle.
In three of the 17 sites, the State itself supplies
more crime guns than any other single source
State, while the combination of all other States
supplies more than half of the successfully
traced crime guns. This plurality ranges from a
high of 47 percent in St. Louis to a low of
13 percent in New York City. There are two
exceptions: for Jersey City, the top two source
States are Virginia and Florida, each supplying
14 percent of the successfully traced crime .
guns, while New Jersey supplies 10 percent. No
crime guns were traced to first retail sales in
Washington, DC.
Many recovered Irreanns are rapidly diverted from first retail sales at federally
licensed gun dealers to a black market that
supplies juveniles and youth. This is shown
by the proportion of guns recovered by law
enforcement officials that are new, that is,
bought less than three years before recovery by
enforcement officials. New guns in young
hands signal direct diversion - by illegal
firearms trafficking, including straw purchases,
theft from federally licensed gun dealers, or a
combination of all of these. Enforcement
officials can often identify the illegal sources of
new firearms by following up on trace information. By contrast, older crime guns are more
likely to have passed through numerous hands
before entering illegal commerce, requiring other
methods, such as debriefing criminal offenders,
to identify their illegal sources. Based on crime
guns recovered and submitted for tracing during
the initiative, ATF estimates that new crime guns
comprise between 22 percent and 43 percent of
the firearms recovered from juveniles, between
30 percent and 54 percent of the firearms recovered from youth, and between 25 percent and
46 percent of the firearms recovered from adults. *
This finding leads to our conclusion that an effort
to identify, prosecute, and incarcerate illegal
firearms traffickers can reduce the illegal firearms
supply that supports criminal activity by young
people.
Crime guns with obliterated serial numbers
are likely to have been illegally trafficked.
Local tracing practices with respect to firearms
with obliterated serial numbers varied too much
during this initiative to provide consistent community-based analyses of crime guns with obliterated serial numbers. Therefore, reports on crime
guns with obliterated serial numbers are not
* A technical note explaining how these ranges were calculated is available from ATF upon request.
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provided for the participating sites. However,
preliminary research by the NTC in selected
. communities indicates that between 9 percent
and 20 percent of recovered firearms have their
serial numbers obliterated. NTC analysis indicates
that a very high percentage offirearms with obliterated
serial numbers were originally purchased as part ofa
multiple sale and then illegally trafficked. Restoration
of obliterated serial numbers is often possible by
either ATF or police department laboratories.
Restoration of these serial numbers and tracing
of the fireann should be given high priority.
Preventing trafficking in new firearms to
youths and juveniles. Crime gun tracing is
identifying many investigative opportunities for
enforcement officials. The fact that many young
people are using relatively new firearms, purchased
from Federal firearms licensees that are maintaining records, provides significant opportunities for
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enforcement agencies to identify illegal traffickers. Project LEAD and trace analyses can facilitate the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of
illegal suppliers of these crime guns.
Preventing trafficking of older firearms. Preventing the trafficking of older firearms requires a
different approach. Older firearms enter the
illegal market through several routes: they are
sold by federally licensed gun dealers as used
firearms, they are sold as used firearms on the
legal secondary market (i.e., private sales exempt
from federal regulation), they are stolen and
resold through gun traffickers, or they are stolen
personally by the crime gun possessor. Finding
the source of older guns requires, in addition to
crime gun tracing, debriefing of arrestees associated Mth crime guns and investigation into the
chain of transfers of the crime gun beyond the
first retail purchaser.
Future Crime Gun Trace Analysis Techniques
The ATF National Tracing Center is continuing to develop new techniques to analyze crime gun
traces. These will further increase the ability of enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute illegal traffickers. Future developments will include the following:
Reporting on crlIDe guns with obliterated
serial numbers that cannot be restored. The
NTC has established a data base for crime guns
for which serial numbers have been obliterated
and cannot be restored. Collection of this
information is critical to the NTC's efforts to
report on crime gun trafficking.
Improvements in Project LEAD. Project
LEAD, ATF's illegal firearms trafficking information system, is being improved to add indicators that will suggest new types of leads to
trafficking investigators. In addition, special
agents will be able to access Project LEAD in
real time.
Reports on multiple purchases of crime
guns by a single purchaser. When a Federal
firearms licensee sells two or more handguns in
five business days to a single purchaser, the
licensee must notify ATF of these sales in
writing. ATF provides a multiple sales form to
simplify this notification. Information supplied
by Federal firearms licensees on multiple sales
forms is integrated into Project LEAD for use in
July 1997
illegal firearms trafficking investigation,s. In
the future, information on crime gun traces
associated with multiple purchases can he
included in crime gun trace analysis reports.
Reports on crime guns that possessors
report to be stolen. The submission of trace
requests for firearms known by enforcement"
officials to have been stolen was inconsistent
among participating sites. NTC procedures wnI
be altered to permit accurate reporting of this
information. Currently, less than 1 percent of
, all crime guns submitted for tracing to the NTC
are reported to have been stolen.
Use of a ballistics identification system to
help identify fireanns traffickers. ATF has
pioneered ballistics technology that allows
enforcement agencies to link recovered bullets
and cartridge cases with recovered crime guns.
To facilitate identification of traffickers and
other criminals, the ballistics data base and the
NTC crime gun data base can be linked, and
ballistics-related information can be captured
in crime gun trace analyses.
9
�Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative • Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco & Firearms
The Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
and Related Local Initiatives
The Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative builds on leadership and innovations in a number of
jurisdictions where enforcement agencies have been focusing on reducing illegal access to firearms. Three important examples follow:
Project LISA: New Jersey's statewide crime
gun tracing system. Locally developed crime
gun information systems. such as Project LISA
in Ne"" Jersey, have served as local models for
Project LEAD, ATF's national crime gun information system. Information on all recovered
crime guns statewide is entered into the LISA
system, enabling enforcement officials to
identify juvenile and adult offenders. U.S.
Attorney Faith Hochberg organized this statewide system through a memorandum of understanding among all enforcement officials in the
State.
The Bo~ton Gun ProjectiCeasefire. The Boston
Gun ProjectiCeasefire is a joint Federal and local
effort to reduce youth firearms violence in Boston
under the leadership of Commissioner Paul
Evans, U.S. Attorney Don Stern, and ATF Special
Agent in Charge Jeff Roehm. David Kennedy, a
senior researcher at Harvard's John F. Kennedy
School of Government, developed the project
under a grant from the National Institute of
Justice. Participants also include the Department
of Probation, youth outreach workers, the Department of Parole, the Department of Youth Services, and school police. The strategy combines:
(1) a local, State, and Federal effort to crack down
on the illegal gun supply and (2) a local, State,
and Federal strategy to deter violence by youth
gangs.
The Boston Gun Project: crime gun supply
reduction. This project developed comprehensive tracing and trace analysis and instituted
the debriefing of arrestees especially gang
members arrested for weapons, drug, and
violent offenses, for information leading to
local gun traffickers. ATF agents, police, and
prosecutors are using traditional criminal
investigative techniques to identify and prosecute specific traffickers.
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Participants are also developing an enforcement strategy based on trace analysis to disrupt
Boston's illegal youth gun market. This focuses
on guns recovered less than two years from first
retail sale, guns with two or more crime gun
traces, guns recovered from members of violent
gangs, and guns identified as particularly popular
with gang members. ATF and police are restoring
obliterated serial numbers, tracing those firearms, and focusing on ~ and gun purchasers
associated with those weapons.
The Boston Gun Project: deterring violent gang
crime. Participants in the Gun Project researched
the Boston youth homicide problem and determined it to be largely gang related. Participating
officials agreed to deliver and act on a new enforcement message to these gangs: violence will
not be tolerated in Boston; it will be met with a
strong and coordinated interagency response.
Officials delivered this message through formal
meetings with gang members, individual police
and probation contacts with gang members,
meeting with all inmates of secure juvenile facilities in the city, and gang outreach workers.
Where violence occurs, it is met with a coordinated interagency response, using all possible
enforcement tools, from probation supervision
to Federal investigation and prosecution.
Memphis U.S. Attorney's Anti·Violent Crime
Task Force. This task force is a joint Federal and
local effort to reduce youth firearms violence in
Memphis, spearheaded by U.S. Attorney Veronica
Coleman. The group developed comprehensive
crime gun tracing and trace analysis and instituted the debriefing of all arrestees, especially
gang members and juveniles arrested with firearms or for violent offenses. This task force is
currently working with ATF to expand local
capacity to restore obliterated serial numbers on
crime guns.
July 1997
�The Youth Crime Gun
Interdiction Initiative
The following are consistently the fastest "time-to-crime" guns recovered by
law enforcement from juveniles and youth in the 17 Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative sites (by manufacturer, caliber, and type);
• Bryco, 9mm, semiautomatic pistol
• High Standard, 9mm, semiautomatic pistol
• Lorcin, .380 caliber, semiautomatic pistol
• Glock, 9mm, semiautomatic pistol
• Ruger, 9mm, semiautomatic pistol
• Smith & Wesson, 9mm, semiautomatic pistol
• Mossberg, 12 gauge, shotgun
• Intratec, 9mm, semiautomatic pistol
• Bryco, .380 caliber, semiautomatic pistol
• Lorcin, .25 caliber, semiautomatic pistol
Note: More than 50% of the total number of each of these types of recovered crime guns
moved from their first retail sale to their recovery by law enforcement from a juvenile or youth in under three years. The firearms pictured are typical of models
falling under the type of firearm listed above. Trafficking investigations aimed at
the sources of these firearms have the highest probability of success.
Note: . "Time-to-Crime" is that period of time (measured in days) between a firearm's
acquisition from a retail market and law enforcement's recovery of that firearm
during use, or suspected use, in a crime. A short time-to-crime usually means the
firearm will be easier to trace, and when several short time-to-crime traces involve
the same individuallFFL, this can be an indication of illegal trafficking activity.
�Fireann and Non-Fireann
Juvenile Hotnicides
Juvenile Offenders (ages 10-17)
Number of Homicides
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
Non-Gun
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1976
National Institute of Justice
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
�Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
Crhne Gun Recoveries by Age Group
Adult
550/0
Based on recoveries in 13 of 17 communities. The following sites were excluded: Atlanta, Inglewood, Jersey City, and
St. Louis. These sites include too few cases in one or more age categories to be used in an age-based comparison.
�Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
Crime Guns Recovered in 17 Communities .
Senti-autotnatic Handguns as a
Percentage of All CriIne Gun Recoveries
Number of guns _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-----,
11109
III All Crime Guns
10,000
Semi-automatic Handguns
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,587
1,493
2,000
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Adult
. Youth
Juvenile
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Jose Cerda III
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To:
07/16/9708:51:43 PM
Record
Bruce N. Reed/OPO/EOP, Elena Kagan/OPO/EOP, Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OPO/EOP
cc:
Subject: kids and guns funding
1·'11 follow-up at tomorrow's meeting on this. jc3
---------------------- Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07116/9708:51 PM ---------------------------
~ Mike.Froman @ MS01.DO.treas.sprint.com
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Record Type:
To:
07/16/97 05 :00:00 PM
Record
Jose Cerda III, Michael Oeich
cc:
Subject: kids and guns funding
Date: 07/16/1997 05:53 pm (Wednesday)
From: Michael Froman
To: EX.MAIL."cerdaj@a1.eop.gov", EX.MAIL. "deich_m@a1.eop.gov"
CC: EX.MAIL. "serena_c_torrey@oa.eop.gov"
Subject: kids and guns funding
We have reviewed DPC's proposal and analyzed our funding situation in
light of the recent mark-up of our appropriations bill in the Senate. It
might be useful to do a conference call or meeting tomorrow to settle any
remaining issues, but here's where we are:
1. Contrary to Senator Campbell's comment, Treasury Enforcement was
not funded above the President's request. In fact, it left out important
infrastructure investments (e.g., ATF's new headquarters).
2. We have determined that the $11 million from the Customs Foreiture
Fund can still be made available, although it cannot be used to hire FTE's.
3. We have looked at DPC's proposal for expanding the tracing center
by 13 tracers and for placing 3 (vs. 6) agents in each city. We do not
believe that the 13 tracers are sufficient to expand the tracing program to
the additional 10 cities and to boost tracing beyond the 37% level. Also,
ATF continues to maintain that these cases are labor intensive and, if
pressed, would rather put 6 agents in half as many cities than to put 3
agents in all of the cities. Therefore, we have the following proposal to
make:
�.,
-- We think the President in his radio address could announce the
following: a) we will expand tracing to 10 additional cities (using the $11
million from the Customs Forfeiture fund for equipment and contract
employees), b) we will work with local and state law enforcement
officials to strengthen their capacity to work with gun traces (assuming
the $3 million in Justice money is available). and 3) we will work with
Congress to get further support for agents to investigate these gun
cases.
4. That "support" could come in the following forms: a) permission to
increase Treasury's carry-over authority from 50% to 100%, or 2) some
other means that our appropriators might suggest. We also would need
a commitment from OMB to approve the request for the necessary
additional agents for the 25 cities in FY 99 and beyond.
5. We will not be able to promise agents in the 25 cities, and we should
not raise expectations about numbers of cases, etc., but this
announcement could help build support for further agent funding.
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Jose Cerda III
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07/15/9704:19:10 PM
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Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP. Elena Kagan/OPD/EOP. Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OPD/EOP. Michelle
Crisci/WHO/EOP
cc:
Subject: No Extra Funds in Senate Committee Markup for Treasury Law Enforcement
Trouble. trouble. trouble .... jc3
---------------------- Forwarded by Jose Cerda 1II/0PD/EOP on 07115/97 04: 18 PM ---------------------------
Record Type:
To:
Record
Michael Deich/OMB/EOP
cc:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
Subject: No Extra Funds in Senate Committee Markup for Treasury Law Enforcement
Based on a quick review of the Senate committee markup for Treasury/Postal. Treasury's optimism
about extra funds for law enforcement appears to have been unwarranted. Treasury enforcement
is down $61M from President's request in the markup ($70M excluding an earmark for ONDCP).
Most of the damage is to ATF, which is down by $41 M from request. The markup means that the
Senate committee has given us little room to look to FY 1998 to find funding for the Youth Gun
initiative.
Most of the damage to ATF is that the $26~ request for site expenses for the new HQ building is
not funded. (Not critical, if A TF is moving to Federal Center SE.) Other items left unfunded,
include:
•
•
•
$5.5M for increased explosives inspections (at manufacturing & storage locations);
$6.6M for base restoration (lab, telecom, and computer equipment); and
$4.0M for expansion of the canine explosives detection training program.
Message Copied To:
Jose Cerda 1I1/0PD/EOP
James Boden/OMB/EOP
Harry G. Meyers/OMB/EOP
Alan B. Rhinesmith/OMB/EOP
Patricia E. Romani/OMB/EOP
Theodore Wartell/OMB/EOP
Julie L. Haas/OMB/EOP
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�Christa Robinson
07/17/9712:35:29 PM
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To:
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Kevin S. MoranlWHO/EOP
cc:
Ann F. LewisIWHO/EOP, Jose Cerda IIi/OPD/EOP, Elena Kagan/OPD/EOP
Subject: Re: Radio Address
&:l
Everything is set for the radio address. One or two chiefs may come, but we tried to cancel all
guests since it is now being taped. Also, Rubin and Reno are now not coming. There will be no
leaking -- the report will be releas
with the tra
e
embargoed or unday papers. There will be NO breaking of the embargo for any single paper -Rahm knows this!
Each city is doing amplification events on Saturday immediately following the broadcast of the radio
adruess and Ray Kelly the Undersecretary for Treasury for Enforcement is doin a conference call
e crime reporters.)
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WHITE HOUSE AT WORK
July 21,1997
SATURDAY: PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF
YOUTH CRIME GUN INTERDICTION INITIATIVE
"Make no mistake: Gun traffickers are behind the surge in deadly youth violence. We have learned
how they operate. Now we intend to shut them down. " -- President Clinton, Radio Address
During his weekly Radio Address, the President highlighted the results of the Youth
Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative. Last July, the President launched a national initiative in 17 cities
to trace the guns used in cimres to find out where thes guns are coming from and how they are getting
into the hands of violent youth. With this information, law enforcement is able to target illegal gun
traffickers for prosecution, particularly those who put guns into the hands of our nation's young people.
This initiative has told us for the first time where juveniles are getting guns. how they get them. and
what kinds of guns they are using.
The Results: We now know that nearly half of those guns recovered from crime scenes or
criminals are being trafficked to our kids in a variety of ways and shortly after they were legally
purchased. And we have been able to leam that many violent teenagers are buying guns in bulk
from shadowy suppliers - a criminal network that includes some corrupt licensed dealers and
large-scale traffickers. The Clinton Administration and local law enforcement are now cracking
down on those suppliers.
Expanding on Success: Because of the success of the program. the President is expanding it to
ten more cities. including Philadelphia and Los Angeles. The Clinton Administration will work
with Congress to hire more ATF agents to work with local police officers and prosecutors to nail
traffickers based on the new leads we are generating every day.
THE COMBINATION OF KIDs, GANGS & GUNS IS THE #1 CRIME PROBLEM TODAY
While crime is down, juvenile crime remains an important problem.
Homicides with Guns is Fueling Our Juvenile Crime Problem. Since the mid-1980's, the
number of gun-homicides perpetrated by juveniles has Quadrupled, while the number of juvenile
homicides involving all other weapons combined has remained virtually constant.
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S FIGHT AGAINST JUVENILE CRIME: PART OF THE SOLUTION
We Know What Works. Some local communities are finding solutions to the their juvenile crime
problem. For example, Boston has implemented an innovative strategy to attack the juvenile gun
problem by tracing guns so that they can crack down on illegal gun suppliers, adding prosecutors to go
after gangs, and creating positive alternatives for kids. These ideas are showing real results -- there has
not been a single juvenile gun homicide in Boston in over two years. The President's comprehensive
juvenile crime plan incorporates these effective strategies:
The President's Anti-Gang and Youth Violence Strategy toughens penalties on those who sell
guns to kids and deters crime by keeping schools open after hours to keep children off the streets
and out of trouble. It also bars violent juvenile offenders from buying guns as adults and requires
child safety locks be sold with every gun to keep children from hurting themselves or each other.
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<p>Elena Kagan worked as Associate White House Counsel from 1995-1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999.</p>
<p>During her work at the White House Justice Kagan worked on many topics including, but not limited to: AIDS, budget appropriations, campaign finance reform, education, health, labor, race, tobacco, Native Americans, and welfare.</p>
<p>In 1999 President Clinton nominated Kagan to the U.S. District Court of Appeals, no hearing was ever scheduled and she was thereby never confirmed.</p>
<p>Note: These records were made available in response to a <a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/freedom-of-information-act-requests">Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)</a> request, FOIA 2009-1006-F. This collection contains both records created by Elena Kagan and records concerning Elena Kagan. </p>
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<ul><li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+White+House+Counsel+Files&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">White House Counsel Files</a></strong><br /> These records consist of files created and received by Elena Kagan when she served as Associate Counsel to President Clinton from 1995 to 1996. The files include but are not limited to records concerning Amtrak, campaign finance reform, gaming/gambling (especially as it relates to Native Americans), timber, regulatory reform, and welfare. The records include memoranda, notes, correspondence, articles, reports, executive orders, bills, and directives.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+Domestic+Policy+Council+Files&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Domestic Policy Council Files</a></strong><br />These records contain files created and received by Elena Kagan when she served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999. The files include records concerning domestic policy topics such as AIDS, budget appropriations, campaign finance reform, education, health, labor, race, tobacco, and welfare. The records include memoranda, correspondence, articles, and reports.</li>
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<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=White+House+Office+of+Records+Management+Files+re+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">White House Office of Records Management Files (WHORM)</a></strong><br />These records are from the White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) subject file series. The Clinton Presidential Library inherited a document-level index maintained by WHORM during the Clinton Administration which tracked some incoming correspondence and other documents as they were circulated throughout the White House and filed by WHORM. The records contain files created and received by Elena Kagan that were tracked by the WHORM Subject File index. The files include records related to a variety of topics such as memoranda, correspondence, and Domestic Policy Council weekly reports. The records are tracked by an alpha/numeric code, and are listed as such.</li>
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<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Email+Sent+by+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Email Sent by Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />These records consist of email sent by Elena Kagan during her time as Associate White House Counsel from 1995-1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999. In addition to the email proper, these messages include forwards, reply chains, and attachments. The attached documents include notes, memorandum, articles, reports, executive orders, bills, and directives. These email concern a myriad of topics including but not limited to Amtrak, campaign finance reform, gaming/gambling (especially as it relates to Native Americans), timber, regulatory reform, welfare and domestic policy topics such as AIDS, budget appropriations, education, health, labor, race, and tobacco.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+Records+re+Native+Americans&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Elena Kagan's Records re Native Americans</a></strong><br />These records were created or received by Elena Kagan during her service as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (1997-99). These ten folders were previously opened as part of a Freedom of Information Act request related to Native Americans (FOIA case <a href="http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/Documents/Finding-Aids/2006/2006-0197-F%28seg%203%29.pdf" target="_blank">2006-0197-F</a>).These records consist of memoranda, emails, reports, notes, and clippings.</li>
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