[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1483]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               GUN SAFETY

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, every day the Republican leadership wastes 
by not convening the Juvenile Justice Conference Committee, 13 children 
are wasted as a result of gun violence. That is 13 children gone 
forever. This is not a game, this is about children's lives.
  Our children need safety locks, they need effective background 
checks, and they need the NRA to loosen its grip on the Republican 
leadership. They need these things now. Guns kill. It is that simple.
  According to the Justice Department, Federal gun prosecutions are up 
16 percent, State and local gun prosecutions have risen 22 percent, but 
our children are still dying. The Republican leadership must convene a 
meeting of the Juvenile Justice Conference Committee to expand gun 
safety measures and protect our children.
  I urge my Republican colleagues to stop playing politics with 
children's lives and start working on meaningful gun safety 
legislation. Our children's lives depend on it.

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