[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3219]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN CONTROL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Speier) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, on February 25, in Hesston, Kansas, a 
disgruntled coworker killed Renee Benjamin, 30; Josh Higbee, 31; and 
Brian Sadowsky, 44, with an imported Serbian AK-47-type assault weapon.
  ATF has the power to ban these weapons. President George H.W. Bush 
demanded a ban in 1989. Ironically, his son, President George W. Bush, 
was pressured by the NRA when he took office to repeal the importation 
of the assault weapon ban.
  Today I am introducing the Imported Assault Weapons Ban, a bill that 
would ban the importation of these assault weapons once and for all. 
This continued bloodshed must stop. But, somehow, my colleagues 
continue to accept outrageous violence as part of everyday life.
  In February 2016--just last month--there were 35 mass shootings, 
which is to say 35 acts of violence where four or more people were 
wounded or killed. That is more than one per day.
  Here are the real people who died because of gun violence in 
February. Sadly, I don't have time on the floor today to name those who 
were injured, but those who died include the following:
  Marvin Douglass Lancaster, III, age 21, was killed while in an adult 
club on February 6 in Tampa, Florida. Christopher Houston, 20, was also 
shot there and died later.
  Carlos Doroteo, 49, was killed while walking in his neighborhood on 
February 6 in Los Angeles, California.
  Jennifer Jacques, 42; Arthur Norton, 58; and Phinny Norton, 60, were 
killed by Jennifer's 19-year-old son Dylan in their home on February 6 
in Uvalde, Texas.
  Ernesto Ayber, 29, was killed on February 7 in Rochester, New York.
  Joseph Villalobos, 22, and Jonathan Avila Rojas, 33, were killed 
inside a nightclub on February 7 in Orlando, Florida.
  Carlos Bates, 29, and Isaiah Major, III, 43, were killed at a Mardi 
Gras parade on February 7 in Pass Christian, Mississippi.
  Dwight Hughes, Jr., 21, was killed on February 7 in Chicago, 
Illinois.
  Trisha Nelson, 28, was killed by her fiance, who was angry about 
parking, as she fled their car on February 12 in Plymouth, Minnesota. 
Her fiance was later killed in a shootout with police.
  Armando Curiel, 17; Raul Lopez, 19; and his brother Angel Lopez, 20, 
were killed in an SUV on February 18 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Michael Broadnax, 41, was killed in a driveway on February 19 in 
Vallejo, California. His son, Bomani Broadnax, 22, died later of his 
injuries.
  Officer James Lee Tartt, 44, was killed in a shootout on February 20 
in Iuka, Mississippi. His family had just moved into their new home 
just a month earlier.
  Manual Ortiz, 28, was killed at a bar on February 20 in Tampa, 
Florida. He had a month-old son.
  Mary Lou Nye, 62; Mary Jo Nye, 60; Dorothy Brown, 74; and Barbara 
Hawthorne, 68, were killed in a parking lot on February 21 in 
Kalamazoo, Michigan. The gunman then killed Rich Smith, 53, and son 
Tyler Smith, 17.
  Emma Wallace, 37, was killed in a car on February 21 in Hazelwood, 
Missouri.
  The Buckner family, including mother Kimberly, father Vic, 18-year-
old daughter Kaitlin, and 6-year-old daughter Emma, were killed at 
their family home on February 23 in Phoenix, Arizona. Their son, the 
shooter, was killed by police.
  A deputy sheriff, Corporal Nate Carrigan, 35, was killed while 
serving an eviction notice on February 24 in Bailey, Colorado.
  Lana Carlson, 49, and her sons Quinn, 16, and Tory, 18, as well as 
their neighbor, Donna Reed, 68, were killed at their home by Lana's 
husband on February 25 in Belfair, Washington.
  Crystal Hamilton, 29, was killed by her husband on February 27 in 
Woodbridge, Virginia. Officer Ashley Guindon, also 29, was killed while 
responding to the scene. It was her first shift as a police officer.
  An unidentified man was killed in a parking lot on February 28 in 
Riverside, California.
  May the dead rest in peace, the wounded recover quickly and 
completely, and the bereaved receive comfort. These are the faces of 
Americans gunned down because we lack the guts to do anything about gun 
violence.

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