Provisions of the three-bill package included measures to require gun dealers to provide trigger locks with the sale of each handgun and to hold adults civilly liable for failing to store a firearm responsibly if, under such a circumstance, a child were to access the gun and hurt someone with it. The adult would also be held responsible if a minor commits a crime with the adult's gun. These provisions are known as child access prevention (or CAP) provisions and already 17 other states have passed these laws. As a result there has been a 23% decrease in accidental deaths of children from firearms (Baird 11).

             The Democratic position, as a whole, calls for more restrictive measures governing handgun regulation. Democrats want to have a gun show provision added to the gun control legislation. They believe that there should be a mandatory background check with any gun purchase, even those purchased at gun shows. The background check could last as long as three business days after the purchase of the firearm (Taylor A24). Democratic leaders also are looking to extend background checks on all gun purchases, private or regulated (Hyde 23). President Clinton stated, "we need Congress to help us keep guns out of the wrong hands" (Schmitt, "Clinton" 22).

             Last fall, gun control advocates thought they had taken a step in the right direction in that the senate passed a Juvenile Crime Bill to increase gun control. This bill had many gun control provisions (Taylor A24). The bill provided for criminal background checks, outlawed importation of ammo clips larger than ten bullets, required child safety locks on all new handguns, and prohibited juveniles from obtaining assault weapons (Bottaway A1). However, the same Juvenile Crime Bill passed by the House had no gun show provisions included in it. The bill is being stalled in each house of congress because of the mandatory background checks (Taylor A24).