[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 113 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4825]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOOD GUYS WITH GUNS

  (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, ever since the Sandy Hook shooting, 
Republicans have told us that the silver bullet solution to a bad guy 
with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
  After the Pulse nightclub massacre, Donald Trump said it would have 
been a beautiful sight if people had fired back. Though Trump's 
endorsement of combining alcohol with firearms was too extreme even for 
the NRA, they still encourage people to carry guns to campuses, public 
parks, and everyplace else.
  Let's talk about the good guys with guns. Twelve good guys, Dallas 
law enforcement officers, men and women, trained to shoot, were stopped 
by one bad guy. Five officers were killed and seven were wounded.
  Whether it is a security guard or an entire police force, there is no 
stopping a single bad guy with a military-style assault rifle. If our 
best trained officers can be thwarted, how could the average shooter 
stop another shooter?
  It is time for Congress to focus on the needs of our constituents 
over gun manufacturers' profits. Instead of flooding the streets with 
more guns, let's vote on commonsense gun laws.

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