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Remembering the Passage of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

Floor Speech

Date: April 4, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Guns

Mr. Speaker, February of this year marked the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. Since becoming law, it is credited with stopping more than 2.1 million gun sales to prohibited purchasers, including convicted felons, domestic abusers, and fugitives.

The recent tragedy of 2 days ago at Fort Hood brings to light again the issues of PTSD, mental illness, and what our men and women in uniform have suffered throughout all of our wars, and I mean all of our wars.

We cannot continue to ignore Virginia Tech; Fort Hood; what our colleagues Gabby Gifford and Ron Barber endured; Aurora, Colorado; Sandy Hook; Washington Navy Yard; Littleton; and Fort Hood again, just to name a few. These incidents--the families, communities, the friends--cry for action.

Mr. Speaker, let us act by at least bringing H.R. 1565, the King-Thompson bill, to this floor.


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