[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           STOP GUN VIOLENCE

  (Ms. KELLY of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I have spoken on this floor many 
times about gun violence. This summer, many of us took to the House 
floor and shut this Chamber down for 26 hours, demanding that Congress 
do something to stop gun deaths. We almost lost a colleague, Gabby 
Giffords, to this violence. We stand not too far from the Gabe 
Zimmerman Room memorializing the brave staffer who lost his life in 
that Tucson shooting.
  I often question if the loss of one of our own family members would 
be enough for us to act. Just 2 weeks ago, we learned that our esteemed 
colleague Danny Davis' grandson, Javon Wilson, was shot and killed in 
Chicago. He was only 15. Javon joins the list of over 700 Chicagoans 
killed by guns this year.
  To those Members that have offered their condolences to Congressman 
Davis, I say this: True concern and compassion requires some action. We 
can start with the bipartisan background check legislation. We have to 
start somewhere. Do something so no parent or grandparent has to feel 
this pain--Congressman Davis' pain--ever again.

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