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Courtesy ofAssociated Press Crime Bill F lanked by the relatives of crime victims, President Clinton signed a $30 million crime law, but warned his audience at an elaborate White House ceremony that the bill would not stop the violence plaguing the nation. "Our country will not be safe again until all Americans take personal responsibility for themselves, their families and their communities," Clinton told about 2,000 people on the South Lawn. "Even this great law cannot do the job alone." The law banned many assault firearms, allowed the death penalty for dozens more federal crimes and provided billions of dollars over six years to build prisons and hire police. Clinton handed pens he used to sign the law to two men who had lobbied hard for its passage through congress: Stephen Sposato, whose wife was killed by a gunmen who invaded the offices of the San Francisco law firm where she worked, and Marc Klass, whose daughter Polly was kidnapped and killed. Courtesy ofAssociated Press 29 d