From the New York Times, Saturday, June 1st, 1996
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DOLE FAVORS "INSTANT CHECK" FOR GUN CONTROL
Gahanna, Ohio, May 31 - Saying he knew from personal experience the
damage that guns could do, Bob Dole told police officers in this
Columbus suburb today that he would control guns in America with an
instant check on anyone who wanted to buy one, not with a ban on assault
weapons.
Mr. Dole said the ban had not worked because criminals were able to
modify the weapons just enough to skirt it.  He said an instant check
would work better because it would prevent people like felons, those who
had been dishonorably discharged from the military and the legally
insane from buying any kind of weapon in the first place.
He called the ban "naive."  He said the instant check was in place in 16
states but he wanted a Federal ban to link computerized checks in all 50
states.
. . . He raised the matter of assault weapons, which has been
politically difficult for him since he promised the National Rifle
Association last summer that repealing the 1994 ban on 19 kinds of
assault weapons would be one of his legislative priorities.  The ban is
supported by the vast majority of voters, including suburban
Republicans, whom Mr. Dole needs if he is to carry states like Ohio,
which Mr. Clinton won in 1992 and where the President is leading in
polls now.
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