[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3917]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               GUN SHOWS

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, this week we learned that one of the 
handguns used by the Pentagon police shooter originated in a Las Vegas 
gun show. As this incident reveals, anyone wanting to attack us would 
best be advised to shop at a gun show. That is because gun shows don't 
require sellers to have licenses or maintain records. This loophole 
fosters a Wild West environment where criminals and terrorists can 
flaunt local, State, and Federal laws just to get their weapons just 
like the Pentagon shooter.
  A recent gun show audit revealed that 74 percent of sellers 
approached by investigators completed sales to people who appeared to 
be criminals or straw purchasers. Gun shows will sell to people who are 
so dangerous we won't even let them board an airplane.
  If we're serious about protecting our Nation, we have got to get 
serious about closing the gun show loophole.

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