Newt Gingrich: “we need prisons, not press releases, as an answer to crime. There is a great deal of press release material coming up…”

“we need prisons, not press releases, as an answer to crime. There is a great deal of press release material coming up this week on the House floor, but I urge Members to look at the facts about what is going on. I want to lock up every violent criminal, I want them to serve a full sentence, I am prepared to pay to build the prisons that are necessary. I believe there are things we can do to make America safe. But if we read what the President said in the morning paper, he is just factually wrong. He cited a gun which killed a policeman in Menomonee Falls, he cited the wrong gun. The gun that killed the policeman is not on the list that is supposed to be banned. Mr. Speaker, the fact is the bans do not work and the 650 types of guns that are not banned are equally lethal to the guns that are to be banned. I urge my colleagues, do not vote for press releases, do not vote for propaganda. Vote for real sentences for violent criminals. Vote to build real prisons. Mr. Speaker, what we need are prisons, not press releases.”