[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN CONTROL

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court said last year that 
the Second Amendment means what it says: ``The right of the people to 
keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.'' There is nothing vague 
about that personal right. Never mind, Chicago still has a gun ban law.
  So the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case where those who believe in 
liberty are challenging the Chicago antigun law. Gun Grabbers pass a 
gun ban claiming it reduces crime, but crime actually goes up in 
banishment areas. So this is not about crime.
  The antigun lobby steals individual freedom under the false pretext 
of providing security by government. In reality, these people want more 
government intrusion into our personal lives. Obliteration of the 
Second Amendment is one of the most intrusive methods they use. Gun 
control is really government control.
  The Second Amendment was, among other things, originally designed to 
protect people against tyranny. Thomas Jefferson said, ``Those who 
hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.''
  The right to bear arms should apply even in Chicago, whether the 
paranoid gun control crowd likes it or not.
  And that's just the way it is.

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