Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns,alt.news-media
From: [l v c] at [cbnews.cb.att.com] (Larry Cipriani)
Subject: NRA Press Release on Luntz-Weber Poll
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 03:05:43 GMT

July 21, 1993
For Immediate Release:
For More Information:            Bill McIntyre
                                 (202)828-6313

NATIONWIDE SURVEY FINDS THAT DRUGS ARE THE LEADING ROOT CAUSE OF 
       VIOLENT CRIME AND THE GREATEST THREAT TO CHILDREN

  Washington,  D.C.--"According  to   the  latest  Luntz  Weber   
survey, Americans say drugs, not guns, are the real root cause of 
violent crime  by a  margin of  more than  4-to-1. By  the same  
4-to-1 margin,  drugs  are  viewed as  the  greatest  threat to  
children today,"  said  James  Jay  Baker,  Executive Director,  
National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action.

 But the  larger problem of  drug abuse  and drug trafficking  is 
being undercut by the Clinton  Administration which has slashed  
the staff of  the National Drug  Policy office from  146 to 25,  
recommended $331 million in cuts for new prison building, and has 
accepted $231 million in House passed cuts in anti-drug education 
and treatment programs.

   "It   is   the   height    of   hypocrisy   for   the    current   
administration to consent to cuts  in anti-drug efforts and new  
prison building when Americans believe such efforts would better 
protect our children and reduce violent crime," said Baker.

 "A focus on  the safety of  our children is  needed and the  NRA 
fully supports federal  laws which prohibit  minors from buying  
firearms. It is useless to focus on any new gun legislation when 
juvenile gun  purchase  is  already  prohibited.  We  should be  
focusing on the larger problem of juvenile drug use since it is 
the leading threat  facing our  children --  a threat  which is  
growing," said Baker.

 Thirty  percent of  college  students used  an  illegal drug  at  
least once in  the last year,  compared to 20  percent the year  
before, according to an annual survey conducted by the University 
of Michigan  and sponsored  by the  National Institute  on Drug  
Abuse.

  Copies  of  the  new   Luntz  Weber  survey  are  available   to  
members of the news media  by contacting the NRA Communications  
Office at (202)828-6313 or Luntz Weber Research at (202)828-9720.

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