Chip Roy: “I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. Fact: This assault weapons ban bill is unconstitutional. Chairman Nadler…”

“I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. Fact: This assault weapons ban bill is unconstitutional. Chairman Nadler even recognized, when he stated that ``the problem is that these weapons are in common use.'' And in Heller, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights clearly protects firearms in common use. This is an unconstitutional piece of legislation. Fact: The assault weapons bill will ban weapons in common use, and my colleague will most assuredly target citizens to take their guns. In the words of Democratic perpetual candidate Beto O'Rourke: Hell, yes, we are going to take your AR-15 and your AK-47. That is the truth, and everyone knows it. Don't hide behind it. Everybody knows precisely what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are doing. Fact: Less than 2 percent of all prisoners had a firearm obtained from a retail source at the time they committed their crimes. Only 13 percent of the offenders in State prison populations obtained their firearms from retail stores. Criminals usually don't get their guns at gun stores through legal channels. That is a fact. Another fact: Upwards of 80 percent crimes are committed by people with prior arrest records, often by people with prior convictions for violent crimes or prior weapons offenses, and almost none of our gun control proposals--and particularly this one--are targeting this group. That is the truth. Those are the facts.…”