[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 48 (Thursday, April 11, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, the gun safety debate that we are having is 
not about politics or political means. It is about doing what's right 
by our families, protecting our children, and reducing the gun violence 
that persists in the streets of my district every single day. If 
Congress has the power to prevent some of this senseless violence, then 
we have a moral obligation to do so.
  Background checks are an absolute must. Criminals and the mentally 
ill should not be able to go online or walk into a gun show and walk 
away with a gun.
  My bill, the Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act, provides a 25 
percent markup on guns traded in, creating an incentive to get the most 
widely used guns in crimes off of our streets.
  It's not complicated. These are commonsense reforms, and the victims 
of gun violence and their families deserve a vote.
  So I urge my Republican colleagues to bring this legislation to the 
floor. We owe it to the American people, and New Jersey families should 
not have to wait any longer for commonsense reform.

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