[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6677]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF HANDGUNS

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, there's entirely too much 
violence in our country perpetrated by the use of handguns. I come from 
a rather large city with about 3 million people, but I can tell you 
there were 22 shootings in Chicago over the weekend. Six individuals 
were actually killed because of the presence of handguns.
  We must find a better way to regulate the distribution of handguns so 
that kids growing up can learn to practice peace and not war.

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