[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 28 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1619]
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                     SUPPORT THE VOLKMER CRIME BILL

  (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, I rise today to offer a comprehensive crime 
bill that will really do something about crime instead of what the 
House has been doing the past few days. My bill will really build 
prisons, my bill will repeal the ban on semiautomatic rifles and 
shotguns, and my bill will put people behind bars who use guns and not 
let them back out in a revolving door.
  Mr. Speaker, we need massive firepower to stop crime in this country 
and what I am seeing the House do now is fire BB's. The House tried 
this piecemeal approach at combating crime last year and look where it 
got us. My bill will return the right of law-abiding citizens to own 
the gun of their choice and at the same time build prison cells to make 
sure that if a criminal does a crime they will do the time.
  Mr. Speaker, I realize the present Judiciary Committee will not see 
fit to move this comprehensive crime bill, but instead will continue 
down this piecemeal approach that we all know will have the same 
success in the other body as it did last year. If you really want to 
support a crime bill that focuses on criminals I ask you to support my 
bill.


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