Quotes - Bill Clinton was unconcerned with the rights of Americans

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Quote

"We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans."

Quote Status:	Out of Context
Attributed to:	Bill Clinton
Actually written by:	Bill Clinton
Category:	Politics; Rights; America
Submitted By:	Sky

Actual Details

"You know, we can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans to legitimately own handguns and rifles--it's something I strongly support--we can't be so fixated on that that we are unable to think about the reality of life that millions of Americans face on streets that are unsafe, under conditions that no other nation--no other nations--has permitted to exist."

Source: William J. Clinton, Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Adult Learning Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey
March 1, 1993 http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=46264

Further reading: http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_bill_clinton_say_we_cant_be.html

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