National Shooting Sports Council

Two powerful gun industry groups have agreed in previously undisclosed meetings with White House officials to support five of the Clinton administration's proposals on gun control--the first time the gun makers themselves have lined up behind new limits on gun sales. The two most significant areas of agreement are to raise the age at which a person can buy a handgun from 18 to 21 and to support laws that would hold parents criminally responsible for allowing children access to guns. Robert A.

Two powerful gun industry groups have agreed in previously undisclosed meetings with White House officials to support five of the Clinton administration's proposals on gun control--the first time the gun makers themselves have lined up behind new limits on gun sales. The two most significant areas of agreement are to raise the age at which a person can buy a handgun from 18 to 21 and to support laws that would hold parents criminally responsible for allowing children access to guns. Robert A.