[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11907]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    SENSIBLE GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, the tragic events that happened in Aurora, 
Colorado just shows us in this country that if we don't have sensible 
gun control legislation, then shame on us; then we're the fools.
  Nobody is against Second Amendment rights, and nobody is not for 
giving legitimate people the ability to own guns. But what the shooter 
was able to obtain on the Internet or in a gun shop, without any kind 
of background check whatsoever, to me, is unconscionable and makes no 
sense whatsoever.
  I think that this Congress has to come together and find out what 
language we can put in sensible gun control legislation to make sure 
that when someone buys weapons, they don't have 100 and 200 and 300 and 
1,000 times the amount of ammunition that they would need, that a 
reasonable person would need, for any reasonable event.
  My heart goes out to the victims in Aurora and to their families. 
This tragedy should never happen again.

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