[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       COUNTING THE COST OF GUNS

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, when the American 
Public Health Association totaled the cost of gun violence in the 
United States for 1 year, it amounted to $174 billion, about $363 for 
every American. And if you consider just the loss of life, more 
Americans have been killed by guns since 1968 than have died in all the 
wars this country has ever fought.
  Now, once more, in the wake of another mass shooting, too many 
leaders have responded with indifference. Just move on. But when 32 
Americans are killed with a gun every single day, we cannot afford to 
stand still. We cannot just move on.
  So far in this Congress, the House has held not one single hearing on 
gun violence, not one chance to evaluate ways to curb this epidemic of 
gun violence. Mr. Speaker, we cannot go on like this. Not one more 
American should die because Congress has failed to act.

                          ____________________