[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12812-12813]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          GUN CONTROL POLITICS

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, we have and are hearing so much about gun 
control. First of all, let me say that the legislation and the push 
behind this legislation is political, political,

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political. The reason, because the other party thinks they will get a 
political advantage out of it. The truth is, the truth is we have many, 
many gun laws on the books, passed by this Congress, signed by this 
President and other Presidents, and they are unenforced by this 
administration. Unenforced, and we do nothing about the media and the 
violence which they penetrate into our society because they are the 
friends of those who promote gun control legislation.

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  Let us be reasonable. Let us do what is right for America, not what 
is political. Let us pass reasonable gun legislation, when needed, and 
enforce that which is on the books.

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