[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 GUN OWNERSHIP IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, our laws allow law-abiding citizens the 
right to possess guns. But why should that right allow those who are 
reasonably suspected of terrorist activity to purchase weapons of mass 
destruction?
  Gun ownership is not an absolute right. Some weapons should be 
banned, and some people should not be allowed to buy guns.
  Specifically, let's start today with the proposition that if you are 
on the terrorist watch list, you should be placed on the gun no buy 
list. Yes, if you are on the terrorist watch list, you should not be 
able to buy a gun.
  Why defend people who are reasonably, reasonably, reasonably 
suspected by the FBI to be terrorists or terrorist sympathizers?
  H.R. 5611 fails to value the safety, security, and the lives of the 
American people. It is simple. We must vote on legislation that truly 
says, no fly, no buy.
  Speaker Ryan, bring up the King-Thompson bill, H.R. 1076, to assure 
that those individuals on the terrorist no-fly list should not be able 
to buy guns.
  Speaker Ryan, protect the American people.

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