[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 26, 1994]
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                              GUN CONTROL

  (Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, according to the Washington Post 
today, the administration has begun its lobbying blitz on gun control. 
This is a continuation, of course, of efforts that have been carried on 
for some time that had to do with follow-up on the Brady bill and will 
be much like the Brady bill, I think, a feel-good kind of thing.
  Nobody who follows gun control legislation felt that the Brady bill 
would be the end of it. Of course, it simply gave momentum to moving 
forward until all law-abiding citizens are not allowed to have guns in 
this country.
  Let me tell my colleagues a little bit about the feeling I get from 
my folks in Wyoming. I hear more about gun control in the town meetings 
I go to. I hear more about opposition to gun control in the 
communications I get than any other single issue.
  What is the basis for that? One is, most people in Wyoming feel that 
ownership of guns, legal ownership of guns is a constitutional right. 
They feel very strongly about that; most people in Wyoming do have 
guns.
  Second, no one really believes that the bad guys are going to go down 
to Gamble's and sign up for 5 days and come back and pick up their gun. 
They will get their gun from somewhere else. It is simply an 
inconvenience to people who legally own guns.
  What we need to do is to be tough on criminals, not tough on law-
abiding citizens who choose to own a gun.
  I agree with my constituents.

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