51.   By this time, both Nichols and McVeigh were traveling to gun shows around the country, buying and selling military surplus.

52.   Carnahan was quick to attack Ashcroft on Wednesday after Ashcroft opposed a Democratic amendment requiring mandatory background checks at gun shows that was part of a youth violence bill.

53.   Clinton accused Republican leaders of refusing to hammer out compromises on a series of provisions, such as background checks at gun shows.

54.   Clinton lent support to a proposed ballot measure in Colorado that would require unlicensed dealers at gun shows to run background checks of gun purchasers within three days.

55.   Clinton cited a federal study in which one-third of a sample of weapons sold at gun shows were later used in serious crimes.

56.   Clinton has asked the Treasury Department and the Justice Department to assure that guns sold at gun shows are not exempt from the background checks.

57.   Changing laws governing weapons sales at gun shows.

58.   Colorado and Oregon easily passed ballot initiatives to require background checks of buyers at gun shows, where federal law does not require such investigations.

59.   Colorado initiatives would require local governments to put development plans before voters and require new background checks for those who buy weapons at gun shows.

60.   Chuck Samuel, director of the Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association, agrees that many attending the gun shows are buying more weapons.