On the recordFebruary 23, 2016
There is senseless gun violence. Over the past weekend in our community, a young man who was 19 years old, who worked in a pizzeria, was gunned down. The story says that, during this robbery, he attempted to respond to the killer's demands. In spite of that, he was gunned down--murdered. We have listened to the sad but eloquent comments of our colleagues from Michigan of vicious gun violence--of a person with 11 guns in his home. Yes, as many say, people kill; guns don't--but they use guns to kill. It is time for this Congress, as many police officers have said to me, to get its hands around the rampage of guns and gun violence, of senseless killings, of bad guys--some good guys--killing people with guns. It is important to close the gun show loophole, to be able to use and to demand science and safety restraints. I am appalled, but I am outraged. Enough is enough of innocent people being killed by gun violence. ____________________
