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Gun Violence in America

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 9, 2021
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. DEAN. Madam Speaker, another week, another week of gun deaths.

No matter where you live--Oxford, Michigan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; or, most recently, in my district, Pottstown--no matter where you are--a school, a place of worship, or your parked car--gun violence hunts down far too many innocent Americans and, quite frankly, can find any one of us.

Our inaction on gun safety, ghost guns, and gun violence has created a tragic version of Groundhog Day. Too often we and our children wake up to another headline about senseless, needless gun violence; one slaughter bleeding into the next.

Last week, Oxford High School became the 30th school shooting in 2021, with four dead and seven injured. Thirty times this year alone.

These are not isolated incidents. They join a long history of our Nation's failure to have an honest discussion about guns and gun violence.

Lawmakers have the responsibility to legislate and to protect our children and our neighbors from gun violence.

When will we wake up to a new day?

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