[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  FINDING A SOLUTION FOR GUN VIOLENCE

  (Ms. HOULAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOULAHAN. Mr. Speaker, over 13,000 people in the United States 
have died from gun violence this year alone. Let me repeat that: Over 
13,000 people in the United States have died from gun violence this 
year alone, and it is only April. This means that over 100 people are 
dying by gunshot every single day.
  We have to take action to stop this epidemic. We have to address the 
scourge of gun violence and the multiple reasons that we find ourselves 
here almost every single day having the same conversation.
  People should be able to ring the wrong doorbell accidentally or 
drive into the wrong driveway without the fear of being shot. We cannot 
continue to glorify guns while vilifying and frightening our fellow 
Americans. More guns are not the answer. Improving public safety and 
supporting our law enforcement will make us safer and can help change 
public sentiment so that people will stop seeing guns as solutions and 
our neighbors and each other as threats.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to please work together on finding 
our common ground with actual solutions to gun violence. The American 
people are asking us to do this. We must work together. We must move 
forward rather than pushing each other apart.

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