[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 213 (Thursday, December 9, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H7617-H7618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA

  (Ms. DEAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN. Madam Speaker, another week, another week of gun deaths.
  No matter where you live--Oxford, Michigan; Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; or, most recently, in my district, Pottstown--no matter 
where you are--a school, a place of worship, or your parked car--gun 
violence hunts down far too many innocent Americans and, quite frankly, 
can find any one of us.
  Our inaction on gun safety, ghost guns, and gun violence has created 
a tragic version of Groundhog Day. Too often we and our children wake 
up to another headline about senseless, needless gun violence; one 
slaughter bleeding into the next.

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  Last week, Oxford High School became the 30th school shooting in 
2021, with four dead and seven injured. Thirty times this year alone.
  These are not isolated incidents. They join a long history of our 
Nation's failure to have an honest discussion about guns and gun 
violence.
  Lawmakers have the responsibility to legislate and to protect our 
children and our neighbors from gun violence.
  When will we wake up to a new day?

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