"I BELIEVE IN THAT, BECAUSE MY CONCERN ABOUT GUN CONTROL IS THAT IT'S TAKING OUR EYES OFF WHAT MIGHT BE THE REAL ANSWERS TO CRIME. IT'S DIVERTING OUR ATTENTION. THERE ARE TODAY MORE THAN 20,000 GUN CONTROL LAWS IN EFFECT -- FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL - IN THE UNITED STATES. INDEED, SOME OF THE STIFFEST GUN CONTRO LAWS IN THE NATION ARE RIGHT HERE IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO PREVENT A FELLOW A FEW WEEKS AGO FROM CARRYING ONE DOWN BY THE HILTON HOTEL. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE VIRTUALLY UNENFORCEABLE." RONALD REAGAN, 16 JUN 1981-- IN HIS SPEECH ARGUING AGAINST MORE GUN LAWS.