[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 177 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9036]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TERRORIST GUN LOOPHOLE

  (Ms. ADAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, it has been said before and it needs to be 
said again: It is time to get serious about gun violence in America.
  Every day, 88 people die because of gun violence. It happens in 
schools, at work, in our movie theaters, and even in our churches. 
Making matters worse, in the wake of recent attacks in Paris and here 
on our own soil, we still have an age-old loophole that allows 
terrorists to legally get their hands on guns. More than 2,000 suspects 
on the FBI's terrorist watch list have purchased guns over the last 
decade.
  My colleagues, we have an obligation to protect our communities by 
keeping guns out of the wrong hands. There are many changes that need 
to be made, but let's start by closing the gun-buying loophole for 
terrorists. We have a bipartisan solution in Representative Peter 
King's and Representative Mike Thompson's bill to close the loophole.
  How many lives must we lose? Let's take a step in the right 
direction, and let's make sure terrorists can't slip through the cracks 
and purchase guns. Let's pass Representative King's and Representative 
Thompson's bill.

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