[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19799]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TERRORIST GUN LOOPHOLE

  (Ms. JUDY CHU of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. Speaker, my constituents in San 
Bernardino County are still reeling from the horror of last week's 
attack in the city of San Bernardino, as is everybody throughout the 
Nation. Fourteen people died, at least 21 were injured, and thousands 
are asking: What now?
  There are people who are afraid that their office, shopping plaza, or 
community could be next, which is why already country officials in my 
area and elsewhere are seeking ways to tighten and improve security so 
that an attack like this does not happen again. They cannot be alone in 
this endeavor. It is time for Congress to act.
  We cannot let terrorists on our own U.S. terrorist watch list buy 
guns. If you are considered too dangerous to board a plane, you are too 
dangerous to buy a gun. That is why closing this loophole is just 
common sense. Yet, over the past 11 years, 2,000 suspected terrorists 
have walked out of stores with a lethal firearm. Ninety percent of them 
have been able to buy guns, no questions asked. We have left a huge 
hole in our counterterrorism efforts, and it is time we close it.

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