[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 16, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2036]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION LEGISLATION

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. I have been on this floor yesterday and today, 
earlier this morning, to offer my sympathy to those who lost their 
lives and suffer in Boston and say that we are united with them. But 
this Congress now is proceeding on some important business, and I offer 
to my colleagues that we cannot wait to pass legislation on gun safety 
and gun violence prevention.
  Homicide is the second leading cause of death for young people ages 
15 to 24. Homicide is the leading cause of death for many minorities in 
this country. 82.8 percent of young people who are killed are killed 
with a firearm. Every 30 minutes, a child or teenager in America is 
injured by a gun. Every 3 hours and 15 minutes, a child or a teenager 
loses their life to a firearm. And in 2010, 82 children under 5 years 
of age lost their lives due to guns.
  We must respond.
  I have introduced H.R. 65, which indicates prevention, or a system to 
prevent children from having access to guns. Children have accidentally 
shot themselves, shot their parents because guns have been accessible 
because we as adults have not been responsible.
  As we work across the Houses, it is important to pass gun violence 
prevention legislation and do it now. It does not violate the Second 
Amendment.

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