[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 56 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MODIFIED ASSAULT WEAPONS

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I am releasing a bipartisan letter to 
the President in support of his recent ban on the import of modified 
assault weapons and pledging to oppose any legislative efforts to 
overturn it. This is a commonsense, moderate approach to fighting gun-
related crime.
  I fully support the rights of hunters, but these modified assault 
weapons are not for sport or hunting. They are manufactured for killing 
people. They are used on our streets for committing crimes. These 
firearms put our children and the public at great risk.
  James Guelff, the brother of my constituent Lee Guelff, was killed by 
an assault weapon while serving on the San Francisco Police Department. 
These modified weapons are really just assault weapons that have been 
cosmetically altered when they are imported. The result is violence in 
our communities, on our streets. We must not allow the ban on assault 
weapons to be overturned.

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