Andre Carson: “certainly no disrespect is intended to my colleague from Indiana (Mr. Souder). I have come to this microphone before…”

“certainly no disrespect is intended to my colleague from Indiana (Mr. Souder). I have come to this microphone before this year criticizing Congress for meddling. I think this is another clear example of how Congress meddles in areas in which he or she has no business. I was reminded of a story in my district where a lady came home with her baby from the hospital, her 2-year-old was playing at her feet, went on the couch and got a gun, shot it, a 2- year-old, mind you, and killed the mother and the newborn baby. If the gun had been protected, that tragedy would have never existed. Homicides remain unabated, especially among kids from 14 to 18. A lot of those guns are stolen from people's homes. If we had a mechanism that would prevent those kind of incidents, perhaps all of society would be better. I would encourage you to vote down this amendment with no deference to the author.”