[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 43 (Monday, March 8, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN CONTROL

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, this week our colleagues on the other side 
of the aisle are proposing more gun control measures under H.R. 1446 
and H.R. 8.
  Mr. Speaker, our Constitution protects all your rights, not 
selectively by the State or issue. One bill makes you ask permission 
via background checks with no limits when and how you can purchase a 
firearm. If they don't complete their work in time, then no gun for 
you.
  This is an indefinite delay of your rights.
  Another supposed background check bill is designed to make criminals 
out of Americans who are merely trying to help out others. Under this 
bill if a neighbor with issues, domestic violence, or maybe a suicidal 
situation decides to give you their gun for safekeeping, you could end 
up with a fine and a year in prison--$100,000 fine and a year in prison 
for helping them by possessing that gun for them.
  The same if someone has a problem with stalking or domestic violence. 
Maybe you loan a woman a gun. You could be also threatened with 
prosecution under that guise.
  Neither of these bills work because they violate a simple truth: 
criminals don't follow gun laws. They are criminals. I have a more 
reasonable path: amendments to guarantee your rights under the Second 
Amendment.

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