On the recordMay 4, 1994
I recently heard a spokesman for guns argue that assault weapons ban makes no sense because guns that will be banned are no different than many others that will not be. I am not a weapons expert, and I do not know that fine difference between an Uzi and a street sweeper, but what I do know is that the 19 weapons banned by this legislation now make up 85 percent of all assault weapons traced to crime. I also know that in San Diego, my community, a few weeks ago this type of weapon was used to injure a police officer during an 11-hour standoff with the SWAT team at an apartment complex. Last October, at another apartment complex not far away, a similar assault weapon was used to kill a woman and a 9-year-old child. Both of these would be banned if this bill passes. For those who say that 'guns don't kill people, people kill people,' let me paraphrase from the last campaign: 'It is the guns, stupid.'
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