[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 63 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1742]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   BIPARTISAN ACTION ON GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. LANDSMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call for a bipartisan 
House and Senate select committee to address gun violence. Later this 
week, the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force will meet, and I pray that 
substantive work will emerge.
  The Second Amendment provides Americans the right to have a gun to 
protect themselves and their families and rifles to hunt.
  Weapons of war are different. To be clear, we are talking about the 
weapons that spray hundreds of bullets in seconds, tearing bodies to 
shreds.
  The folks in my district, whether they are Republicans or Democrats 
or Independents, are on the same page. They want us to double or triple 
the number of mental health professionals, pass red flag laws, safe 
storage laws, and have commonsense, comprehensive background checks to 
keep these guns and rifles away from people who want to hurt others. 
Most agree that these weapons of war have no place in our communities 
or anywhere near our children.
  We need both parties to be about public safety. This bipartisan group 
of both House and Senate Members can make it happen, and we have to act 
fast.

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