[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: September 13, 1994]
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                        KEEP GUNS AWAY FROM KIDS

  (Mr. KREIDLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KREIDLER. Mr. Speaker, today President Clinton signed a 
comprehensive crime bill, which bans semiautomatic assault rifles and 
prohibits kids under 18 from buying or possessing a handgun.
  The vast majority of gun owners are decent, law-abiding citizens. But 
more and more assault rifles and handguns are ending up in the hands of 
our children. Boys who used to fight with fists now carry deadly 
firepower.
  Two 15-year-olds and a 13-year-old in my district were arrested for 
the murder last month of a little girl, killed by random gunfire as she 
slept.
  Three teenagers were arrested last week in the shooting death of two 
high school honor students.
  And as students returned to school last week, two kids were shot in a 
gang fight just outside Evergreen High School.
  This is crazy. We have to stop the senseless spread of guns and 
violence among our kids. The crime bill is only one step in this fight. 
I urge my colleagues to support tough measures to keep guns out of the 
hands of children.

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