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On the recordJuly 29, 2022
I think that we will spend most of our time here today where facts will be told and then rhetorical conversations will be told, as well. Fact: The Constitution, in the Second Amendment, does not prohibit the ban on assault weapons. Fact: H.R. 1808, led by Mr. Cicilline, allows gun owners to hold their guns. This deals with the transfer of guns. Fact: As we can see, the lives of our children are lost through carnage, bloodshed, and murder--fact--by the hands of an AR-15, an assault-style weapon. Fact: Our fellow citizens are killed by an AR-15, -14, an assault- style weapon. Fact: Mass carnage is not done by a knife, a BB gun. It is not done by throwing a water bomb or words. It is not done by taking a bus and running over citizens. It is done by assault-style weapons. So, I rise today to support H.R. 1808 because I am tired of a fact of doing nothing. Mayor Bowser has a right to complain about Governor Abbott generating individuals unfairly, unjustly, and wrongly to another jurisdiction. But the fact is that these weapons have killed. So, without any concern, we are now offering facts. Anyone that suggests that we are taking guns from good gun owners, we are not. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record three articles from The Washington Post, CBS News, and KXAN.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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