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Trigger Locks President Clinton and Texas Gov. George W. Bush were dueling today over whose gun agenda would win the heart and votes of the women who will be in Washington this weekend for the Million Mom March for gun control. Both made announcements this morning. President Clinton said gun makers would receive $600,000 in grants for research into "smart gun' technology that allows only the owner of a weapon to fire it. Bush, the Republican candidate to succeed Clinton, offered a $1 million dollar per year plan to distribute free trigger locks to gun owners in Texas. NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports.

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President Clinton and Texas Gov. George W. Bush were dueling today over whose gun agenda would win the heart and votes of the women who will be in Washington this weekend for the Million Mom March for gun control. Both made announcements this morning. President Clinton said gun makers would receive $600,000 in grants for research into "smart gun' technology that allows only the owner of a weapon to fire it. Bush, the Republican candidate to succeed Clinton, offered a $1 million dollar per year plan to distribute free trigger locks to gun owners in Texas. NPR's White House correspondent Mara Liasson reports.