[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 53 (Thursday, May 5, 1994)]
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                    A PRAYER TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS

  (Mr. TUCKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the ban on 
assault weapons.
  Mr. Speaker, today is an annual day of national prayer, and yet, Mr. 
Speaker, the media has said and has pretended that we do not have a 
prayer to pass this bill. Well, Mr. Speaker, if we ever needed a 
prayer, we need one today, because assault weapons have got to be taken 
off our streets.
  We are not talking about quashing the right for upstanding citizens 
to own weapons or their constitutional right to own firearms. We are 
talking about 19 specific types of firearms that are high-powered, that 
are combat-type firearms, that must be taken off our streets.
  It is a national day of prayer, Mr. Speaker, and I hope that we get a 
prayer through and ban assault weapons like we should in this country.

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