[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 340]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            ATTACK IN TUCSON

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is the shooter, not the gun. Not 
the bullets; not rejection by the Army; not the Internet; not radio 
talk shows; not the political climate; not people assembling to 
protest; not the press; and not bold speech that is to blame for the 
crimes by the terror from Tucson. Hold the assassin accountable. He and 
he alone should be judged. In this frenzied furor to make excuses and 
to find other causes for the crime, Congress itself would do well not 
to do violence against our Constitution.
  Those elites, even those in Congress, who think that they and they 
alone are now authorized to regulate speech, press, assembly, and the 
right to bear arms should understand they cannot use this assault and 
murder as an excuse to steal away the rights of citizens, all under the 
false illusion of making us safe from killers.
  The Constitution should not be imprisoned, for it is the terror of 
Tucson who should be locked in chains.
  And that's just the way it is.

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