[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 53 (Thursday, May 5, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 5, 1994]
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                       UZIS ARE NOT FOR SPORTSMEN

  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, today we are each asked a simple question: 
Do you think we should allow the sale of assault weapons to continue 
unchecked? Make no mistake, a ``no'' vote today means that you think 
it's just fine to go ahead and keep flooding the streets with these 
guns by the thousands. A ``no'' vote means, ``Yes, I saw the news last 
night, I saw that child's life was snuffed out by a stray bullet from 
an Uzi. But you know, they are entitled to those Uzis.'' Well, Mr. 
Speaker, I think most of America says they are not.
  Our country has become a battlefield and semiautomatic assault 
weapons have become the armaments of choice. Far too many people have 
been killed or crippled for us to pretend that these weapons are merely 
for sportsmen and hunters.
  Today we are asked to decide whether the blood in the streets is 
simply an acceptable loss in the defense of liberty, or an intolerable 
slaughter of our neighbors and families. Who do you expect will thank 
you for defending--this slaughter?--your version of liberty? Say no to 
the killing. Say no to weapons designed for murder. Say yes to life--
vote yes on the assault weapons ban.

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