[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TOYS HAVE CHILD SAFETY MECHANISMS BUT NOT GUNS

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, this silly toy has safety regulations, yet 
today in the United States, guns, that is right, guns do not have child 
safety regulations. What is wrong with this picture?
  The message we are sending to the American people is that toys, this 
silly stuffed toy, is more dangerous to children than a gun. That is 
outrageous. It is outrageous that we do not have child safety locks on 
guns to protect our children from hurting themselves and hurting others 
if they get a gun in their hands.
  How many more accidents, I ask my colleagues, will it take? How many 
more school shootings before we do something about this? How many lives 
will be taken? How many children will be killed before we have safety 
locks on guns?
  We must pass gun safety now. We must prevent senseless tragedies from 
happening to our children, our families, our communities. We must 
schedule a vote on gun safety legislation and we must do it 
immediately.

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