[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 18062]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I hold in my hand simple, one-page 
legislation, H.R. 3626, that passed on the floor of the House today by 
voice vote. Mr. Speaker, it was a gun bill. It was to extend and to 
ensure that undetectable firearms would be regulated so that plastic 
guns cannot pose a danger to law enforcement or the police.
  Mr. Speaker, I wonder why we cannot come together to stop the kinds 
of killings at Sandy Hook and Aurora by passing universal background 
checks, or the bill that I introduced, which is a gun safety and 
storage bill. For the likes of a young man by the name of Braveon who 
died in the hands of strangers in my district 2 weeks ago, or the young 
man, 16 years old, who just was shot this past weekend in a local park, 
or two teenagers that died 3 or 4 weeks ago while 19 were shot at a 
house party, all using guns got on the underbelly of life. Not stopping 
stash houses, or keeping guns from going from one hand to another 
without a background check.
  A simple bill was passed, Mr. Speaker. I ask: Is there any heart in 
this Congress to pass reasonable gun safety legislation to save the 
lives of our children and to stand against violence, gun violence? 
Enough is enough.

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