[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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                          THE POLITICS OF GUNS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, there is an old axiom in war and in 
politics: Good generals keep their soldiers fighting and fit. But good 
generals never lead their good fighting soldiers into unnecessary 
danger.
  I voted for that rule. I believe our party's leadership should be 
questioned. I do not want anybody to take away my guns, but that was a 
vote about politics, the politics of guns. If there are any liberal 
attempts to take away guns, I will oppose any further bills, but a 
Congress that cannot deal with the politics of guns cannot deal with 
the safety of the American people.
  And the Democrat leadership, and I am not the most well-liked guy in 
this place, has got to look in the mirror and answer some questions to 
all Democrats all over this country, not just in this little closet.

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