[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16278-16279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               IT IS TIME TO GET REAL ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE

  (Ms. ADAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, it is time to get real about gun violence in 
America. As the entrusted voices for millions of Americans, we have a 
responsibility to address gun violence. In our schools, in our movie 
theaters, and even in our churches the threat is ever present.
  Most recently a dangerous individual went on the campus of a 
community college in Roseburg, Oregon, and opened fire, taking nine 
lives and injuring seven. My thoughts and prayers are with the family 
and friends as they mourn.
  Chris Mintz, a veteran from Randleman, North Carolina, was among 
those injured while rushing into the crossfire in an effort to defuse 
the situation. I am honored by his bravery, and I wish him a speedy and 
full recovery.
  From Newtown to Blacksburg, to Aurora, to Charleston, these senseless 
shootings are becoming far too common. It is not just mass shootings 
that are bothersome because every day 88 people die because of gun 
violence. That is more than 30,000 Americans killed every year.
  How many lives must be lost before we say that now is the right time 
to pass commonsense legislation to keep guns out of the wrong hands? We 
can make a difference. We must, but we must take action now.

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