[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 125 (Thursday, September 23, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8559]
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, for 5 months many of us in this body have 
urged the Republican leadership to help us enact common-sense gun 
safety measures that will keep guns out of the hands of kids and 
criminals. But at every turn we have been stalled and stymied, we have 
been told that we are rushing, that we need to wait.
  Waiting means more lives are lost. Every day that passes takes a toll 
of 13 children, 13 youngsters killed every day by guns. Hundreds of 
children have been killed just in the time since the tragedy at 
Columbine High School.
  Today I join my colleagues in continuing to pay tribute to some of 
those children and urge the Congressional leadership to pass gun safety 
legislation in their memory.
  Paulette Peak, age 8, killed by gunfire on July 31, 1999, Chicago 
Illinois;
  Reginald McClaine, age 16, killed by gunfire on August 4, 1999, 
Bronx, New York;
  Aaron Thomas, age 16, killed by gunfire on August 5, 1999, St. Louis, 
Missouri;
  Tamara Seline, age 17, killed by gunfire on August 6, 1999, West Palm 
Beach, Florida.

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