Sheila Jackson Lee: “A nightmare, a day of horror, and one that prayers and sympathy cannot quash the deep and piercing pain that the parents…”

“A nightmare, a day of horror, and one that prayers and sympathy cannot quash the deep and piercing pain that the parents of these babies in an elementary school, a Christian school in Nashville, had to experience this morning at 10 a.m., and the loved ones of the adults that suffered an untimely death. How long is this Congress going to diddle-daddle around? How long are we going to be divided over the reality that a 28-year- old who went to the school had two AR-15s and a handgun? Oh, there is always the talk about the Second Amendment. I honor the Second Amendment, but I do not honor the violence of an assault weapon. How many more babies can we lose? How many more stories like Uvalde can we tolerate? How many more parents, whose children's lives are just going to be snatched from them, are going to walk around like zombies? It is time now to ban the assault weapons. Ban them now. It is time to address mental health issues in a larger way. It is time for this Congress to come together. It is time to stop the nightmare and to stop the horror. How many more parents have to cry over dead babies? Ban assault weapons and do it now. ____________________”