61.   The sports council and the rifle association parted ways recently when the council backed a call that manufacturers voluntarily put safety locks on firearms.

62.   Then, in March, he directed all federal agencies to require safety locks on every handgun issued to any law-enforcement agent.

63.   These child safety locks are an important step, and one that has wide support in the law enforcement and medical communities.

64.   They want mandatory safety locks.

65.   This means more than just putting safety locks on guns, but it is telling that the NRA has resisted even this minimal treatment for the gun malady.

66.   To be on the safe side, it is best to install a safety lock.

67.   While most of the Republican candidates are roughly in line with Bush on guns, Dole has advocated some controls, such as child safety locks on guns.

68.   Yes, child safety locks should be sold with all new handguns.

69.   And Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., announced that he and Hatch had agreed to a bipartisan proposal requiring sale of safety locks with guns.

70.   Ashcroft supports using safety locks on guns and enforcing existing gun laws rather than passing new legislation.