[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18429-18430]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PUT DOWN THOSE GUNS

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Today is New Year's Eve. While we debate going 
over the fiscal cliff at midnight, there are people somewhere in 
America planning to shoot their guns in celebration at midnight. Put 
down those guns. Millions of people have died or been injured due to 
this dangerous celebratory custom. Put down those guns.
  If I were in my district of Miami today, I would be participating in 
a press conference that we started 10 years ago, calling an end to this 
deadly custom. As a result, celebratory gunfire has largely disappeared 
from our county. It is a result of repeated demands and media events 
over and over again. Now people get it. Remember, what goes up must 
come down. Bullets are no exception. Instead, hug your kids. Light a 
candle. Resolve to sell your gun in the next community gun buy-back 
initiative. Say a prayer for all of the precious children who have lost 
their lives to gun violence in our Nation, especially those babies we 
lost most recently in Connecticut.
  Put down those guns. Don't even think about it. Because one bullet--

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just one bullet--will kill the party. Please, America, put down those 
guns.

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