[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 36]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE

  (Mr. CARTER of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a voice of warning 
for all Americans.
  This administration's recent executive orders designed to further 
restrict Americans' Second Amendment rights is a dangerous move. Make 
no mistake, this administration will not be satisfied until all 
Americans no longer have the right to possess firearms.
  This latest round of executive orders serves only to harass and 
intimidate law-abiding citizens. Nothing the President has proposed 
would have stopped a single tragedy. Americans have as much right to 
the protection of their homes and their families with firearms as the 
President does while sitting in the Oval Office.
  As a firearm owner myself, from a family of firearm owners, and a 
defender of the Second Amendment, I want to remind the administration 
that the right to bear arms was settled in 1791. It is not up for 
debate.

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