[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 30 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  COMPREHENSIVE GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION HAS BEEN DEBATED AND DEFEATED

  (Mr. TANCREDO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Colorado a little bit 
ago took the floor this morning to bemoan the fact that this Congress 
has done nothing, she says, this House has done nothing to pass gun 
control legislation.
  I must remind both her and the American people that, in fact, a 
comprehensive gun control bill was on the floor of this House last 
year, H.R. 2122. It did, in fact, have provisions to close the gun show 
loophole. It instituted a juvenile Brady. There was a ban on the 
importation of high-capacity clips. It mandated trigger locks. It was a 
comprehensive piece of legislation. It failed on this floor by a vote 
of 198 Democrat no votes to 82 Republican no votes.
  Now, why did this happen? It happened, Mr. Speaker, because in fact, 
with all the rhetoric aside, what the minority party wants here is not 
a solution to this problem but an issue in the next campaign.

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