Political Quotes

“Firstly, the NRA put a bulletin out to urge people to vote for this. They said: ``We must ensure that antigun jurisdictions do not harass travelers.'' Mr. Speaker, that is the purpose of this bill from the NRA, that nine antigun jurisdictions, State legislatures that have restrictive gun laws, cannot harass travelers, cannot see that their State has the same laws that their citizens have from people out of State. When my friends on the other side talk about being concerned about the Second Amendment and dedicating their lives to it and seeing that irresponsible people don't get guns, when we tried to bring a no fly, no buy law, they weren't for it. They talked about due process. But have they brought a due process bill to the floor for people who are on the no-fly list? No. People who are on Social Security who can't manage their own affairs, they passed a law that said they should get guns when they couldn't before. That is not in keeping with what they are saying. This bill violates States' rights, puts guns in the hands of people that States don't want them to have. There are seven States that don't allow people under 21, unless they are in the military, to have a gun permit. This Federal law would override those seven States. Mr. Speaker, this is a bad law. It is the NRA's law. We should have had amendments considered in committee, but we didn't because the NRA didn't want them. {time} 1515”