[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4931]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, we all want to prevent gun 
violence, but anything we do must start by respecting the Second 
Amendment.
  Sadly, a Member of this House ignored that constitutional right last 
week. She claimed that banning certain kinds of gun magazines would 
somehow stop killers from killing. She actually said that if Congress 
would ban gun magazines, they will simply disappear as they're used up. 
Of course, that's not true. You see, gun magazines are reloadable, much 
like a stapler.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope I can be an asset to my colleagues who may not 
know how guns work. As a gun owner and an Air Force veteran myself, 
I've actually exercised my Second Amendment rights. Perhaps those of us 
who understand the subject matter should lead the effort to stop gun 
violence.
  My colleague's poor understanding of guns will lead to poor policy. 
Here's some reading material to help bring her up to speed. It's called 
the Second Amendment. It says, ``The right of the people to keep and 
bear arms shall not be infringed.''

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