[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 3, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E6]
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           INTRODUCING H.R. 218, THE COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT

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                     HON. RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 3, 2001

  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, today I am reintroducing my legislation 
to permit qualified current and former law enforcement officers to 
carry a concealed firearm in any jurisdiction. This measure is called 
the Community Protection Act, and I have requested that it be assigned 
the same bill number as in previous Congresses--H.R. 218.
  The Community Protection Act provides three benefits to our police 
and to our country.
  First, it effectively provides thousands more trained cops on the 
beat--at zero taxpayer cost.
  Second, it enables current and former law enforcement officers to 
protect themselves and their families from criminals. When a criminal 
completes his or her sentence, that criminal can find where their 
arresting officer lives, where their corrections officer travels, and 
other information about our brave law enforcement personnel and their 
families.
  And, third, it helps keep our communities safer from criminals.
  This measure is very similar to the H.R. 218 reported by the 
Judiciary Committee in the 106th Congress.
  Members and the public interested in additional background 
information on the Community Protection Act, I encourage them to read 
the Judiciary Committee report accompanying H.R. 218 from the 105th 
Congress (H. Rept. 105-819), my testimony before the House Judiciary 
Subcommittee on Crime Tuesday, July 22, 1997, or my statement from 
introduction in the 106th Congress on January 6, 1999.
  I urge all my colleagues to support this important common sense anti-
crime legislation.

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