[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22429]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HOUSE NEEDS TO PASS GOOD GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN 
                                  SAFE

  (Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, how long? How long will our 
children have to wait before we can pass good gun safety legislation? 
How long will our parents, who are petrified to send their children to 
school for fear of that fatal call that they will get? How long, Mr. 
Speaker, must this House wait to ensure our children the safety that 
they deserve when they are in school or in church?
  I suggest to my colleagues, Mr. Speaker, my bill, the child safety 
lock bill that was introduced in the 105th Congress and in the 106th 
Congress that has not passed this House yet, would have perhaps 
prevented Andre Holmes, age 15, killed by gun fire on September 1, 1999 
in Atlanta, Georgia; Larry N. Perry, age 17, killed by gun fire on 
September 1, 1999 in Omaha, Nebraska; Kyla Washington, age 1, killed by 
gun fire on September 4, 1999, Dolton, Illinois; Christopher Fogleman, 
age 12, killed by gun fire on September 4, 1999, Wilmington, North 
Carolina.
  Mr. Speaker, the list goes on and on. Let us not forget, the children 
are watching.

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