[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 29, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H6988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                   DAY THREE, WASHINGTON UNDER SIEGE

  (Mr. MASSIE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MASSIE. Day three, Washington under siege--3 days ago, a Federal 
judge struck down D.C.'s unconstitutional ban on the right to bear 
arms. D.C. went from having the most restrictive gun laws in the 
country to having virtually no restrictions on carrying a handgun in 
public.
  Did gun-toting tourists commence to shoot-outs? Did residents cower 
in their homes? Did vigilante posses maraud about the city? Did 
politicians revert to dueling at 10 paces? No, none of these things are 
happening. History will show the streets are safer today as more law-
abiding residents and visitors are armed.
  Contrary to apocryphal warnings from D.C. leaders, no one is 
panicked--except for the city's leaders. Why are the city's leaders 
apoplectic, and why are they asking for an immediate stay from the 
judge's ruling? Because the emperor has no clothes and all of the lies 
about gun control are being exposed right here in the District of 
Columbia on day three.

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