[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 16, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H4345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               LOOPHOLES LEAD TO NOTHING BUT BULLET HOLES

  (Mr. CUMMINGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, low fat, light on substance and without 
additives. These are the phrases that should describe a good diet. 
Unfortunately, these terms are better applied to the mockery of a 
proposal that the Republicans of this Congress have sent forward as gun 
safety provisions to this House floor.
  Shame on us for allowing precious time to pass, lives to be lost, 
funerals to be held and tears to be shed before deciding to come to 
grips with a problem that has plagued us for years. Shame on us for 
allowing special interest groups to wield artificial power and 
influence over us when we direct the power flow of our country. Shame 
on us for repeatedly appeasing special interest groups at the cost and 
sacrifice of our youth. Shame on us.
  Under the proposed legislation in the Juvenile Justice Act of 1999 it 
is conceivable that a visitor to the Nation's Capital traveling from 
building to building is subject to face more security than a criminal 
trying to buy a firearm at a gun show. The Senate has realized the 
pressing nature of this situation and has acted. It is now our turn.
  Mr. Speaker, our loopholes lead to nothing but bullet holes, and, my 
colleagues, I strongly urge swift passage of gun safety provisions.

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