Edition: U.S. / Global   Published: June 19, 1999 (Page 2 of 2)
Mrs. McCarthy drew a standing ovation, even from many of the
Republicans and conservative Democrats who then voted against
her proposal, which was defeated, 253 to 193. Mr. Dingell's
measure had passed by a vote of 218 to 211.  The House went on
today to approve a host of other gun-control measures, which all
died along with the final bill. They included a requirement that
licensed dealers provide child-safety devices with all the
handguns they sold, new restrictions on the possession of
semiautomatic rifles by children under 18, and a ban on the
import of high-capacity ammunition clips.  In the end, most
Democrats said that because the weakness of Mr. Dingell's gun-
show provision eclipsed the strengths in some of the other
measures they decided to vote against the bill that stitched
them all together.  At the same time, many conservative in both
parties who had voted with Mr. Dingell so disliked the
additional restrictions on firearms that pass