[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        ENACT GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION TO PROTECT POLICE, CITIZENS

  (Mr. MALINOWSKI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MALINOWSKI. Mr. Speaker, on June 13, a gunman from another State 
sat in the parking lot of Tamaques Elementary School in my district, 
armed with a loaded .45-caliber handgun, hollow-point bullets, and 130 
rounds of ammunition.
  Because of the quick work of the Westfield Police Department of New 
Jersey, the gunman was disarmed and taken into custody. Officers 
Jeffrey Johnson, Michael Pollock, Joseph Habeiche, Elizabeth Savnik, 
and Tiffany Kenny, along with Detectives Nicholas Bruno and Jason 
Merritt, prevented what could have been a devastating tragedy.
  I am eternally grateful for their brave and swift actions, and I am 
proud to recognize them this month as they are honored with the New 
Jersey PBA's Unit Citation Award for their heroism.
  Mr. Speaker, police officers are the good guys with a gun in America. 
They are the good guys with a gun.
  How many times do we have to experience these tragedies and close 
calls before Congress finally acts to protect them and us by keeping 
dangerous weapons from falling into the wrong hands?
  The House has passed sensible gun safety legislation that will save 
lives. It is time for the Senate to act.

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