[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 41 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            WHO TO TRUST, WASHINGTON OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, my good friend from Illinois, through 
overstatement and exaggeration, once again indulges in pure fantasy. 
The fact is that the rights of every American are best protected when 
we uphold this document, the Constitution of the United States. The 
fact is that the most publicized murder of this decade, indeed of this 
half century, involved a knife. The fact is that in other democracies 
where there is gun control, violence with guns has not been eliminated. 
Look at the recent tragedy in Scotland.
  The fact is, Mr. Speaker, it comes down to this question: Who do you 
trust? Do you trust law-abiding American citizens, or do you trust a 
bloated bureaucracy, willing to strip Americans of their rights and 
privileges?
  That is the question confronting this Congress. Who do you trust? 
Washington, or the American people.

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