[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19604-19605]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CLOSE THE TERRORIST GUN LOOPHOLE

  (Mr. GALLEGO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, we shouldn't allow terrorists who want to 
kill innocent Americans to have easy access to guns. It is just that 
simple, and that is just common sense.
  Yet, any individual on the no-fly list considered too dangerous to 
get on a plane can walk into any gun store in America and walk out with 
a weapon of their choice.
  We are facing an epidemic of gun violence in this country, yet House 
Republican leadership is unwilling to even close the most dangerous 
loophole like this one that exists today.

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  Speaker Ryan has said that ``keeping America safe should not be a 
partisan issue.'' I strongly agree. We should set politics aside and do 
what is right for the American people by passing commonsense gun laws 
and stopping senseless acts of violence in our communities.
  The cost of inaction in Congress is borne by thousands of mourning 
families here in America.
  It is time for Congress to step up and take meaningful action by 
closing the terrorist gun loophole and keeping dangerous people from 
buying guns.

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