On the recordDecember 9, 2015
This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill nor send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. My motion to recommit would incorporate H.R. 1076, a Republican bill titled the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015, into the underlying bill. {time} 1645 The bill is straightforward. It says if you are on the FBI's terrorist watch list, then you don't get to walk into a gun store, pass a background check, and leave with a weapon of your choice. It is an outrageous loophole. And we know it allows dangerous people to easily get guns. Since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the United States. And more than 90 percent of all suspected terrorists who tried to purchase guns in the last 11 years walked away with the weapons they wanted. If there is one thing both sides of this House can agree on, it is keeping guns from terrorists. I know my colleagues on the other side have expressed some concerns. So let's address them. You are worried that there are names on the list that shouldn't be there. This is a legitimate concern. So let's scrub the list. You are worried that it is difficult to get off the list if you are wrongly put on it. This bill has an appeals process. You are concerned about denying people their Second Amendment rights. Well, I am a gun guy. I own guns. I support the Second Amendment.…
