[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 16, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H4346]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GOP STANDS FOR ``GUNS OVER PEOPLE''

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Many Republicans who fiercely fight any common sense 
gun safety measures will try to amend the juvenile crime bill to 
encourage schools to place the Ten Commandments in their classrooms. 
That makes sense. After all, it is free publicity for the gun lobby, a 
good way to reach young people, kids. My colleagues have seen the 
poster, now see the movie starring Charlton Heston, President of the 
National Rifle Association.
  Now I have read the Ten Commandments, I did not merely watch the 
Hollywood version, and I seem to recall that they teach us thou shall 
not kill, and yet assault weapons which the NRA fought to keep on our 
streets kill. Saturday night specials, the small cheap guns favored by 
criminals, kill. Weapons purchased unchecked today at gun shows or in 
the future bought in the parking lots of gun shows, thanks to a 
loophole wider than the part in the Red Sea, kill.
  The man who played Moses and his supporting cast here in Congress 
should go back and read their script: Thou shall not kill.
  Once again it is clear what the letters GOP stand for: Guns over 
people.

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