[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, in my district, the Fourth 
District of Georgia, the people are tired of gratuitous gun violence. 
Gun violence and gun deaths have risen by 8 percent over the last 
decade.
  Just this Friday night, a 35-year-old female was killed. Her brother 
had been killed a year earlier--both by gunfire. Saturday night, a 35-
year-old male was killed. His brother had been killed a year ago by 
gunfire--both of them. Families are being torn asunder. No family 
should have to live under that. A 38-year-old male not far from my 
office lost his life over a parking space over this past weekend.
  Gratuitous gun violence has to stop. There is something that Congress 
can do about it. We need to take action, little, small action like 
closing the gun show loophole. It makes a big difference. A little 
action like no fly, no buy makes a big difference. But this Congress, 
under the control of the NRA, is unable to do so.
  It is time for change.

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