[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 22, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          SUPPORT THE CHILD HANDGUN AND INJURY PREVENTION ACT

  (Ms. CARSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CARSON. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to ask my fellow colleagues a 
very important question: When is enough? Every day across the country 
our children are dying due to gun violence, and yet Congress has failed 
to stop the killing and protect our children.
  I want to commend the Smith & Wesson agreement to provide safety 
locks on their handguns within 60 days and to make them child resistant 
within a year. I would encourage the manufacturers of Glock, who have 
the market on the law enforcement guns across this country, to follow 
suit.
  Although this is a monumental step in the right direction for the gun 
industry, Members of Congress still have a long way to go to protect 
our children and our communities. My bill, H.R. 515, the Child Handgun 
and Injury Prevention Act, which I introduced in the first session of 
this Congress, would require child safety devices on all newly 
manufactured handguns. We have 72 cosponsors. We need another 363 
cosponsors.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to provide sensible gun legislation which would 
mandate child safety protection devices on handguns.

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