[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15334]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRESS NEEDS TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR DANGEROUS PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE 
                            ASSAULT WEAPONS

  (Ms. SANCHEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great sorrow and anger. 
Last night, more than 58 people were tragically murdered and over 500 
wounded in a senseless act of violence in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  The murderer was found to have 20 guns, including at least one 
automatic rifle. No person should be allowed to possess a weapon that 
makes indiscriminately killing human beings easier.
  It just baffles me that some of my colleagues don't agree with that 
basic premise. Not only do they not agree with sensible gun control 
measures like background checks and no fly, no buy, they won't even 
allow public research dollars to be used to research gun control and 
gun violence.
  Until Congress acts to make it harder for dangerous people to acquire 
these types of weapons, tragedies like this will continue to happen.
  How many more people have to die?
  How much more blood must be shed before Congress decides to act?
  Moments of silence and sympathy and prayers from Members of this body 
are not enough anymore. The time has come to act. We must act now.

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