On the recordApril 17, 2013
when we began this debate, we talked about strengthening the NICS system, we talked about how people who have mental illness should be added to the list so they might not get guns. And here, in one amendment, in one fell swoop, we will take 165,000 people off that list. Does my colleague, my dear friend from North Carolina, believe every single one of those people should be allowed to carry a gun? Of course not. If there are injustices to some of those folks, then let's have a system that deals with it. But you do not--you do not--in one fell swoop take 165,000 people, all of whom have some degree of incompetence, off the list. It is unbelievable that at a time when we are supposed to be strengthening the NICS system with people who are adjudicated or judged otherwise mentally ill, we are considering tonight taking a giant step backward and reducing the list. What is America going to think is going on in this body? I strongly urge a ``no'' vote. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
