Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank the ranking member for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an article by Mark Kelly entitled…”

“I thank the ranking member for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an article by Mark Kelly entitled ``Good Guys With Guns Can Be Dangerous, Too. Don't Gut Conceal Carry Laws. Why is Congress about to Vote to Loosen Gun Laws Again;'' a letter from Major Cities Chiefs Association opposing H.R. 38; a letter from the chief of police from the City of Houston; and, finally, a report from the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. `Good Guys With Guns' Can Be Dangerous, Too. Don't Gut Concealed Carry Laws why is congress about to vote to loosen gun laws again? (By Mark Kelly) That day in Tucson, amid a gun tragedy, one of the heroes almost got shot. It was Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, and a mentally ill young man who'd gotten his hand on a gun opened fire on my wife, then- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), and her constituents at an event in a Safeway parking lot. He shot my wife in the head at close range, injured 12 others and took the lives of six people. One victim was a 9-year-old girl. After Gabby's would-be assassin dropped the full magazine as he sought to reload his gun and continue his rampage, people tackled him, kicked his gun away, subdued him as they waited for law enforcement to arrive and brought an end to the chaos. They were heroes. The chaos nearly continued, though. Because the man who murdered those innocent people wasn't the only one there with a loaded, concealed gun.…”