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Walter Tucker: “I rise today in strong support of the ban on assault weapons. Mr. Speaker, today is an annual day of national prayer…”

On the recordMay 5, 1994
I rise today in strong support of the ban on assault weapons. Mr. Speaker, today is an annual day of national prayer, and yet, Mr. Speaker, the media has said and has pretended that we do not have a prayer to pass this bill. Well, Mr. Speaker, if we ever needed a prayer, we need one today, because assault weapons have got to be taken off our streets. We are not talking about quashing the right for upstanding citizens to own weapons or their constitutional right to own firearms. We are talking about 19 specific types of firearms that are high-powered, that are combat-type firearms, that must be taken off our streets. It is a national day of prayer, Mr. Speaker, and I hope that we get a prayer through and ban assault weapons like we should in this country.
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Walter Tucker
Democratic · California
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Speaking in support of the ban on assault weapons during a national day of prayer.

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