Anna Eshoo: “This is an amendment that is directed at removing from the books an agreement that Smith & Wesson, gun manufacturer in…”

“This is an amendment that is directed at removing from the books an agreement that Smith & Wesson, gun manufacturer in the United States of America, in my view, stepped up to home plate and struck an agreement, struck an agreement. Now, any major business, corporation in this country, I do not think, steps up to home plate to put themselves out of business. So, number one, this does not hurt their business, but what it is directed toward is protecting children. I think that is very smart of Smith & Wesson because it is a very effective marketing tool. Now, this marketing tool of this amendment now comes along and cloaks itself in the Constitution that no Federal agency should be able to enter into an agreement such as this; and so, therefore, constitutionally we need this amendment to undo this agreement. I think that is hogwash, I have to say. All of the mothers and fathers that came to Washington, D.C., to march, what were they saying? They were saying that in this country we have had enough. We do not want to bury our own children. Guns are dangerous; and in the hands of little ones, fatalities happen over and over and over again.”