[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, another week in America, another mass 
shooting. Seven people killed at Ft. Worth, Texas, four of them 
children. Every day 13 children are killed by guns in America. Yet, 
this Congress does nothing.
  Opponents to gun safety laws say that no law could have prevented the 
Ft. Worth tragedy. They may be right. But just because we cannot save 
all of the children does not mean we should not try to save any of our 
children.
  Hundreds of children have died since the tragedy at Columbine High 
School, when Congress promised to act.
  Today I join my colleagues to pay tribute to some of those children 
and to urge the congressional leadership to pass gun safety legislation 
in their memory.
  April Bonita Turner, age 18, killed by gunfire on April 20, 1999, 
Washington, D.C.; Courtney Bradley, age 18, killed by gunfire on April 
22, 1999, St. Louis, Missouri; James Walton, age 16, killed by gunfire 
on April 22, 1999, St. Louis, Missouri; Pierre David, age 18, killed by 
gunfire on April 28, 1999, Detroit, Michigan; Sheldon Jones, age 17, 
killed by gunfire on April 28, 1999, Washington, D.C.; Tonetta Smith, 
age 16, killed by gunfire on April 29, 1999, Washington, D.C.

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