[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 52 (Wednesday, May 4, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 4, 1994]
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                     ASSAULT WEAPONS MAKE NO SENSE

  (Ms. SCHENK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHENK. Mr. Speaker, I recently heard a spokesman for guns argue 
that assault weapons ban makes no sense because guns that will be 
banned are no different than many others that will not be. I am not a 
weapons expert, and I do not know that fine difference between an Uzi 
and a street sweeper, but what I do know is that the 19 weapons banned 
by this legislation now make up 85 percent of all assault weapons 
traced to crime.
  I also know that in San Diego, my community, a few weeks ago this 
type of weapon was used to injure a police officer during an 11-hour 
standoff with the SWAT team at an apartment complex.
  Last October, at another apartment complex not far away, a similar 
assault weapon was used to kill a woman and a 9-year-old child. Both of 
these would be banned if this bill passes.
  For those who say that ``guns don't kill people, people kill 
people,'' let me paraphrase from the last campaign: ``It is the guns, 
stupid.''

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