[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 109 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4478]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moulton) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MOULTON. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today as someone who supports 
the Constitution, including the Second Amendment. I stand here today as 
someone who believes in protecting our national security. In fact, I 
have risked my life to defend it. I stand here as someone who supports 
the will of the American people because that is my job.
  In my previous job, I was an infantry officer in the United States 
Marine Corps. Over the course of four tours in Iraq, I used guns every 
single day to do my job. In fact, guns saved my life. I do not want to 
take away guns from me or any other law-abiding American citizen. But I 
do want to make sure that terrorists, criminals, domestic abusers, and 
the dangerously mentally ill do not get guns they shouldn't have.
  All we need to do to accomplish that are two simple, commonsense 
things: background checks for all sales of guns with no loopholes that 
criminals and terrorists can exploit; and, second, if you are too 
dangerous to fly, you are too dangerous to buy.
  These simple, commonsense gun safety measures are supported by nine 
out of 10 Americans. So if we are going to do our job here in Congress, 
if we are going to follow the will of the American people, if we are 
going to protect our national security, and if we are going to continue 
to uphold the Constitution, then we should do these things.
  The reason that they are so important is because of the Americans who 
have been killed by senseless gun violence.
  Mr. Speaker, the following is a list of mass shooting victims from 
just 2016 alone:
  Antoine Bell, age 17.
  Raymon Blount, age 29.
  Ira Brown, age 20.
  Joshua Steven Morrison, age 18.
  Randy Peterson, age 64.
  Sean Marquez, age 19.
  Marvin Douglas Lancaster, III, age 21.
  Jennifer Jacques, age 42.
  Ernesto Ayber, age 29.
  Carlos Bates, age 29.
  Isaiah Major, III, age 43.
  Dwight Hughes, Jr., age 21.
  Trisha Nelson, age 28.
  Armando Curiel, age 17.
  Raul Lopez, age 19.
  Angel Lopez, age 20.
  Officer James Lee Tartt, age 44.
  Manuel Ortiz, age 28.
  Mary Lou Nye, age 62.
  Dorothy Brown, age 74.
  Barbara Hawthorne, age 68.
  Rich Smith, age 53.
  Tyler Smith, age 17.
  Emma Wallace, age 37.
  The Buckner family, including mother, Kimberly; father, Vic; 18-year-
old daughter, Kaitlin; and 6-year-old daughter, Emma.
  A deputy sheriff, Corporal Nate Carrigan, age 35.
  Renee Benjamin, age 30.
  Josh Higbee, age 31.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

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