Andre Carson: “Mr. Chairman, it is most unfortunate and unwise to sit here on the floor and hear all of the rhetoric from the…”

“Mr. Chairman, it is most unfortunate and unwise to sit here on the floor and hear all of the rhetoric from the proponents of this amendment try to align its substance as being anti-Clinton and anti-liberals. When children pick up guns, they are not political. They do not know who manufactures a gun. They do not know whether or not it has a trigger lock on it. They just know they pull the trigger. I think it is most unfortunate, given the outbreak of violence around this country where innocent people have died at the hands of an innocent person until they pull the trigger, it would be most unfortunate if we supported this amendment. I want to applaud Smith & Wesson, even though I am not a gun owner and a gun user, for exerting corporate responsibility. That is what it is. If my colleagues adopt the Hostettler amendment, with all deference to the gentleman from Indiana, if my colleagues adopt his amendment, however, it would have a chilling effect on other companies who are willing to take steps in the right direction in promoting gun safety.”