[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 55 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 STOP KEYCHAIN GUN FROM BEING IMPORTED OR MANUFACTURED IN UNITED STATES

  (Mr. SCHUMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, the front page today of the New York Times 
documents a new horrible device that has just been found. It is a gun 
that looks like a keychain, and its only purpose is to be smuggled 
through metal detectors at our airports. This is a dangerous device 
that could allow terrorists, criminals, drug dealers, and others to get 
guns through airports and into airplanes and in our country.
  I am writing the President and asking that he administratively block 
the importation of this device. If that is not possible, then we should 
introduce and quickly pass legislation that would stop this so-called 
keychain gun from being imported or manufactured in the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, abolishing this awful device with the only purpose of 
helping terrorists is something that even Charlton Heston could agree 
on.

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