[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 108 (Monday, September 13, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1603]
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                          ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

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                           HON. JIM McDERMOTT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 13, 2004

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, in the one minute it will take to read 
these remarks, an Uzi can fire off 1,700 rounds.
  Uzis and similar assault weapons are about to be legal again, as if 
we don't have enough to worry about in America.
  For the past ten years, the assault weapons ban has protected 
Americans from these lethal, military-designed guns.
  These weapons are not used for hunting animals. They are used to kill 
human beings.
  The assault weapons ban has bipartisan support, both in Congress and 
across the nation.
  Seventy-five percent of Americans want to see the ban extended. Even 
two-thirds of gun owners favor renewing the ban.
  Yet the Republican leadership has refused to take action. Now, these 
killing machines will be back in circulation.
  Good and decent people won't buy them. Those who hate us will, and we 
have just made it easier.
  The President says he favors the ban, but he made no effort to get 
his Republican leadership, which controls both the House and Senate, to 
bring the issue up for a vote.

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