[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1669]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           GUN VIOLENCE MYTHS

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, last Sunday 5 people were killed and 25 
injured in four mass shootings in New York, Florida, Illinois, and 
Mississippi. Yet, Congress has done nothing to reduce gun violence in 
America.
  While this is happening, opponents to commonsense, responsible gun 
safety legislation are spreading misinformation and sharing myths, 
myths such as: criminals don't exploit loopholes to buy guns; there is 
no gun show loophole; the assault weapons ban that was previously in 
place didn't work; and strong gun laws don't reduce gun crimes.
  It is time that we start calling out these myths and correcting the 
record with the facts. In the coming days, I will be doing just that on 
my Web site and through social media to help build support for 
commonsense, responsible gun safety legislation.
  After all, Mr. Speaker, facts should guide us in doing our work and 
doing all that we can to reduce gun violence in America.

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