On the recordOctober 2, 2017
When will it end? When will the carnage end? How many more times are we going to have to turn on our televisions or our phones or get a text message to talk about some other mass shooting in America? We have got to do something to stop this now. There is no reason that someone like the killer should have automatic weapons or semiautomatic weapons. I believe people have legitimate reasons to have guns, but not legitimate reasons to have automatic weapons to mow down so many innocent people. And it will happen again and again and again, because we refuse to do anything to have sensible gun control in this country. My heart goes out to the families, but thoughts and prayers are not enough. A moment of silence in the House is not enough. We need to do something now to have sensible gun control laws; otherwise, these words ring hollow. This country is hurting, and guns are doing it, guns in the hands of wrong people. Again, guns for hunters, guns to keep people safe, I am not opposed to that, but I certainly am opposed to automatic weapons. Nobody needs automatic weapons. They are weapons of war, and they should not be in the hands of anybody who is unstable. ____________________
