[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 12016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               SMART GUNS

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise once again 
to highlight the harmful, hypocritical influence of the gun lobby in 
America.
  Just last week, The New York Times columnist, Joe Nocera, relayed the 
story of Andy Raymond, a Maryland gun dealer who faced death threats 
and hate mail from pro-gun radicals, all for trying to sell a gun that 
could save lives, the smart gun.
  Smart gun technology is a breakthrough, one that could prevent 
thousands of accidental deaths and keep criminals from using stolen 
guns, yet intimidation and threats keep these products from the market 
while the gun lobby stands idle.
  Last month, Senator Markey and I called on the NRA to denounce these 
so-called activists and their threats. They are all that stands between 
consumers and safer gun technology, and we cannot allow harassment and 
threats to continue while 45 Americans are shot, on average, in a gun 
accident every single day in America.
  Smart guns can stop this.

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