Gun Safety

Floor Speech

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Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, ``Teen killed in shooting that led to crash near ER in Charlotte.''

``Man shot and killed in uptown Charlotte.''

``Man found shot to death in Thomasville July 4th.''

``Man shot in Freeman Mills Shopping Center.''

``Shooting outside Florida Street Grocery Store in Greensboro.''

``Winston-Salem woman caught in crossfire.''

The media and my Republican colleagues have focused attention on which words we have used instead of the need to define the terms. As a former educator, let me define the word ``epidemic.''

Webster defines it as something ``affecting a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, a community, or a region at the same time.''

The headlines I cited earlier define the term ``gun violence epidemic,'' an epidemic faced in my home State of North Carolina and across this country, an epidemic so vast that it took the life of Kevin Rodas, a 7-year old boy shot while playing in the front yard of his Charlotte home.

Let's cure these epidemics. Pass sensible, bipartisan gun safety legislation to prevent future acts of gun violence like Orlando or the one that took little Kevin's life back in my district.

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