[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 36-37]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA

  (Mr. LEWIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LEWIS. Mr. Speaker, yesterday Lucy McBath from metro Atlanta 
stood behind the President when he announced his actions to reduce gun 
violence.
  In 2012, her son, Jordan Davis, was killed simply for playing loud 
music. I could see the pain of her loss and the anguish on her face. It 
broke my heart.

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Jordan Davis is one of the 100,000 Americans killed in the last decade 
who are no longer with us due to gun violence.
  It is our duty to do all we can to protect all Americans. Every year 
mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, families and friends beg 
their government to act. Mr. Speaker, are we deaf to their cries? Are 
we blind to their suffering?
  President Obama is listening, and he is leading. A leader must be a 
headlight and not a taillight.
  Members of this House, we are not leading. His proposal is common 
sense and constitutional.
  Now, as Members, we must do our part. We must do what is right and 
what is just. It is long overdue.

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