[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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        NRA PROFESSES TO FIGHT CRIME, YET OPPOSES THE CRIME BILL

  (Mrs. LOWEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, like a bad horror movie, the NRA is back, 
rearing its ugly head in a desperate attempt to block action on the 
crime bill.
  For months the NRA has been trying to fool the American people by 
talking tough on crime.
  The NRA says it is committed to fighting crime, but it opposes our 
tough, smart crime bill that will lock criminals behind bars, put 
100,000 new police officers on the beat, and get guns off the streets.
  The NRA claims to care about women's safety, but it will not support 
the Violence Against Women Act, which will help prosecute rapists and 
help victims of domestic violence.
  Let us face it, the NRA does not care about crime, or about victims, 
or about the safety of our communities and our families.
  The NRA cares about one thing, and one thing only: guns.
  The NRA is trying to defeat this crime bill because it contains a ban 
on assault weapons--weapons of war that have been turned on our police 
officers in the streets and on our children in schoolyards.
  Keeping these killing machines legal is more important to the NRA 
than the lives and safety of the American people.
  Mr. Speaker, this Nation needs this crime bill. The public supports 
it. We cannot let the special interest NRA block the way. It is time to 
stand up for our constituents, stand up to the NRA, and pass this crime 
bill.

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