[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 81 (Thursday, June 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 23, 1994]
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                      DENY GUNS TO SPOUSE ABUSERS

  (Mr. TORRICELLI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. Speaker, while America focuses on the tragedy of 
family violence, all eyes are riveted on spousal abuse, there is 
something real and substantive that this Congress can do. Contained in 
the crime bill, in the Violence Against Women Act, is a provision that 
the gentlewoman from Colorado [Mrs. Schroeder] and I have offered, to 
put a barrier to those who abuse their spouses in getting access to 
handguns.
  A history of spousal violence, a court order to stay away from a 
spouse that has been abused, that individual would be denied the 
ability to buy a handgun.
  America can mourn, we can debate the issue. But this Congress can do 
something real and lasting if the conference committee now considering 
the crime bill will take this commonsense approach that we have 
offered.

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