[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 26, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H5197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   GUN VIOLENCE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS

  (Mr. LEVIN of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, in recognition of Gun Violence 
Awareness Month, I rise to share the story of a brave soldier named 
Ben.
  Ben's sister Mary is a Moms Demand Action leader in my hometown of 
Berkley, Michigan.
  After her brother was honorably discharged from military service, 
Mary grew concerned that Ben was at risk of self-harm.
  Mary and her dad begged every firearms store in the area they lived 
at the time not to sell a gun to her brother. She was told Ben could 
not be denied a gun, despite the risks he faced.
  Ben died by suicide shortly thereafter with a gun he had bought at 
one of those stores.
  Had Mary been able to seek an Extreme Risk Prevention Order, Ben 
could be alive today.
  I am a cosponsor of the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act and the 
Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act.
  Madam Speaker, for Ben and so many others, Congress must act without 
delay.

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