[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 9, 1994]
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       VOTE AGAINST THE RULE ON THE CRIME BILL CONFERENCE REPORT

  (Mr. VOLKMER asked and was given permission to address the house for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, Members of the House, it is my 
understanding we are supposed to take up the crime bill tomorrow. When 
we do, I would like to urge all Members to vote ``no'' on the rule.
  The reason I say that is that we, especially from the Midwest and 
areas where people hunt and fish and enjoy the outdoors, love to use 
our semiautomatic rifles and shotguns, as I do when I go deer hunting 
and for other purposes.
  That crime bill presently provides that there will be a lot less 
semiautomatic rifles and shotguns in the future for hunters and 
sportsmen out there.
  Now, if they really want to, those that are antigun, really want to 
pass a bill, they have got a bill over in the Senate that was passed by 
the House. They can take it up there. They do not have to have it in 
the crime bill.
  Semiautomatic weapons were used in less than 1 percent of homicides 
in 1992. Knives were used in over 3 percent of homicides.
  Why do you want to take away my semiautomatic rifle and shotgun so I 
cannot go duck hunting, goose hunting, and deer hunting?

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