[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AMERICA'S GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC

  (Mr. JEFFRIES asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, we were elected to protect and serve the 
American people against all enemies, foreign and domestic. One of the 
best ways that we can uphold this sacred duty is to deal with the gun 
violence epidemic that we have in America, which claims the lives of 
more than 11,000 people each year.
  One of the things that we should be doing is passing legislation to 
prevent individuals who are on the FBI's terrorist watch list, because 
they are suspected terrorists, from being able to purchase guns. To me, 
this seems to be a no-brainer.
  If you are not able to fly because you are a suspected terrorist, you 
should not be able to purchase an AK-47, an AR-15, or another weapon of 
mass destruction which is not used to hunt deer, but is used to hunt 
human beings.
  It is time for House Republicans to stop functioning as wholly owned 
subsidiaries of the NRA. It is time to cut the puppet strings from the 
gun lobby. It is time to do the business of the American people and 
pass sensible gun violence prevention legislation.

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