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On the recordMay 5, 1994
today's debate is not about guns. It is about politics. Congress is getting phone calls. People are saying, ``Vote `no''' vote ``no''; from good Americans who believe Congress will ultimately take away their guns. As a former sheriff, let me remind Members today that Congress is getting no phone calls from the graves of victims in cemeteries all over America. It is time to stand up. The President is right. Ladies and gentlemen, there is a limit to this madness. Mario Andretti cannot drive his Indianapolis 500 race car on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and you do not need a machine gun with a grenade launcher and a bayonet to kill a rabbit. Congress, stand up. This vote will hurt me today politically, but a ``no'' vote by Jim Traficant and by this Congress will hurt America.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing the political implications of gun control legislation during a House floor debate.

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