[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 127 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        WHY DO YOU WANT MY GUNS

  (Mr. CAWTHORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CAWTHORN. Mr. Speaker, a right is not truly a right if it 
requires permission from the ruling class. Mr. Speaker, you and others 
in this body seek to strip us of the most sacred tenet of natural law. 
With H.R. 1808, this body is attempting to disarm Americans by 
outlawing basic rifles and handguns.
  It seems only logical to think that a government intent on disarming 
its citizens is planning to do something that those same citizens would 
utilize firearms to prevent.
  In response to this radical gun control bill, I submitted H.R. 8399, 
effectively known as the double tap to tyranny bill, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code and repeal the National Firearms Act, thus 
removing infringements on our Second Amendment.
  H.R. 1808 and the NFA both stem from the same class of 
totalitarianism. Our Founders understood that the first steps to 
tyranny begin by removing every safeguard that hinders its approach.
  Mr. Speaker, let me ask you this: Why do you want my guns? You seem 
perfectly content sitting behind a squadron of armed guards while your 
constituents are slaughtered by gang violence in the streets. Perhaps 
your reason for taking away my rights to defend myself are not as well-
intentioned as you present them to be.

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