every night on television we see the horrors of war. We see children killed in places whose names we didn't even know. But I want to talk today about a war on much more familiar grounds, our own beloved America. There was a small story in the Washington Post 2 days ago of two children killed by gunfire. There was not a big headline. Well, no wonder. Because an average of 13 children a day are killed in America from gunfire in America. In 1993, there were over 24,000 murders in this country, and 17,000 of those were from gunfire. Mr. Speaker, it is time we had a peace treaty in America. It is time we stop the violence.
Elizabeth Furse: “every night on television we see the horrors of war. We see children killed in places whose names we didn't even know.…”
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Addressing gun violence and its impact on children in America.
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