Carolyn B. Maloney: “the NRA apparently has never seen a gun it didn't like. The ``R'' in NRA clearly no longer stands for rifle; I say it…”

“the NRA apparently has never seen a gun it didn't like. The ``R'' in NRA clearly no longer stands for rifle; I say it stands for reprehensible. It managed to hold Congress hostage for years over the Brady bill. Now the NRA is really insulting our intelligence. It's suggesting that it would be a blow to democracy for Congress to regulate guns whose sole purpose is to kill as many people as possible as quickly as possible. Violent crime in our country has reached atrocity proportions when in a few seconds of gunfire, a violent and deranged person can slaughter dozens of innocent people. Doctors from all over the world come to America's major cities for intensive training in emergency medicine. It is a sad commentary on our American way of life--and death--that in our emergency rooms, they will receive more experience in treating penetration wounds in one night than they would in a whole year back home. It boggles the mind to imagine how we can fail to limit the availability of weapons and ammunition which have no legitimate sporting purpose. The American people and the people of New York City that I represent want safe streets and neighborhoods for themselves and their children. They don't buy the NRA argument that the second amendment should allow some screwball with a street sweeper to blow away whole playgrounds full of their children.”