NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: As we told you, the president has taken his gun-control measure fight to Colorado one week before the anniversary of the Columbine high school shooting. He is urging folks in that state to pass a law that would curb sales at Colorado gun shows. It is something he wants Congress to do nationwide, but that hasn't happened yet. So let's listen in for a moments as the president addresses the people of Colorado.</s>WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: ...I want to thank my longtime friend Wellington Webb for his leadership in this fight and his leadership of Denver. I thank...</s>ALLEN: President Clinton, briefly interrupted by a heckler, apparently opposed to the president's gun safety measures. The president urging the folks of Colorado to support a plan sponsored by a group he referred to as SAFE. SAFE stands for Sane Alternative to the Firearms Epidemic. And that is a group planned after the Columbine shootings. The plan would require, as he mentioned, a background check before a vendor could sell a gun at a gun show. He is in Colorado today. He was in Maryland yesterday, complementing that state, the first state in the country to pass a law requiring trigger locks on all new guns that are sold in that state. The president pushing states for gun laws now that Congress has not taken any action on the White House plan. The president hoping Congress would have before the anniversary of the Columbine shootings. That is just eight days away now, and the White House concedes that deadline will pass without Congress taking action. We'll tell you what the folks in Colorado do, if anything, on this plan. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web
President Clinton Delivers Address at Colorado Gun-Control Rally