[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support the Gun Violence 
Prevention and Community Safety Act.
  This bill would take important steps towards ending the epidemic of 
gun violence in our country.
  It would create a license gun owners would need to get before the 
purchase of a firearm. It would require universal background checks and 
close loopholes to avoid them. It would ban individuals who present a 
safety risk from owning a gun. It would raise the minimum age for 
buying a gun and establish a 7-day waiting period before a gun purchase 
could be made. It would ban military-style assault weapons and ghost 
guns. It would hold the gun industry accountable for the harm their 
products cause to society, and it would provide funding for Federal 
research into gun violence.
  We must do something to stop this country's epidemic of gun violence. 
The longer we wait, the more lives we lose.

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