Barbara Boxer: “I stand in support of the Daschle amendment. I want to get back to what it says. We heard a lot of excited debate, but…”

“I stand in support of the Daschle amendment. I want to get back to what it says. We heard a lot of excited debate, but here is what the Daschle amendment says. No. 1, we commend the million moms--by the way, I think there were more than a million people across this country--for exercising their rights to gather and to send a very strong message to the Congress; in this case: Save our children, stop the violence; stop the mayhem; stop the school shootings; stop the church shootings; do what we are supposed to do. It was a very clear message. We commend them today. Second, the Daschle amendment says bring back the five sensible gun laws that passed the Senate already, get that conference to meet, get the juvenile justice to meet, and send those laws to the President for his signature. Very, very simple. What does the other side say? I ask with great respect the Members on the other side who are great debaters. I was here last night until quite late, listening and debating. The other side says no laws are needed, a change in behavior is needed. They said: Laws don't change behavior. I will take that to its logical conclusion. If laws don't change behavior, why do we have laws against murder? Why do we have laws against rape? Why do we have laws that regulate products so when our kids pick up a doll, they don't choke on it? We do it to protect our citizens. We are a government of laws, not men. That was stated by our founders.…”