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Assault Weapons Ban of 2022

Floor Speech

Date: July 29, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, 26 souls, including 20 babies massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Parkland, Buffalo, Uvalde; the common denominator, an AR-15-style assault weapon, the weapon of choice.

Eight of the 10 deadliest mass shootings involved an assault weapon. We cannot be numb to this needless violence. It is long past time for us to act.

In Connecticut, the tragedy at Sandy Hook changed our lives forever. These are unspeakable tragedies. They are avoidable tragedies; and they are happening in our schools, our grocery stores, our places of worship.

The legislation before us today will reduce the prevalence of assault weapons, ban the purchase of assault weapons, get them off of our streets, make our communities safer, protect our children, save their lives.

Is that not the noblest of goals, to save lives? We have the opportunity to do that in this body today. Enough is enough.

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