,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
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,,repres5tatives  ,augu/ #ae1 #bjbe,mr4 
,goldman ( ,new ,york 7= himself & ,mr4 
,nadl]7 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2   
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on         
,ov]sight & ,gov]nm5t ,re=m             
,,resolution  ,condemn+ ! tragic act (  
gun viol5ce on ,july #bh1 #bjbe1 9 ,new 
,york ,city t l$ to "o ( ! deadlie/ mass
 %oot+s 9 ! city's hi/ory1 & call+ =    
/rong]1 compreh5sive ,f$]al action to   
prev5t gun viol5ce nationwide4  ,:]eas1 
on ,july #bh1 #bjbe1 a gunman ) a hi/ory
 ( m5tal illness op5$ fire inside a ,new
 ,york ,city (fice build+ locat$ 9      
,midt[n ,manhattan1 kill+ #d            
individuals1 includ+ #a ,new ,york      
,police ,dep>tm5t 7,,nypd7 (fic]1 &     
injur+ sev]al o!rs1 be=e tak+ 8 own     
life2 ,:]eas ! %oot+ m>ks ! deadlie/    
mass %oot+ 9 ,new ,york ,city 9 #be     
ye>s2 ,:]eas ! victims includ$ ,,nypd   
(fic] ,did>ul ,islam1 leav+ beh9d 8     
pregnant wife & #b "y *ildr52 ,al&      

,eti5ne1 an on-duty security (fic] &    
union memb]2 ,wesley ,le,patner1 an     
executive at ,black/one & community     
lead]2 & ,julia ,hyman1 a "y associate  
at a real e/ate firm 9 ! build+2 ,:]eas 
! %oot] us$ a milit>y-/yle semiautomatic
 rifle t w\ld be unlawful to possess "u 
,new ,york's assault weapons ban b 0    
assembl$ legally 9 ,nevada1 a ,/ate )   
weak] gun laws & regulations2 ,:]eas !  
%oot] pur*as$ & us$ l>ge-capacity       
ammunition magaz9es t are unlawful to   
possess 9 ,new ,york b 7 legally        
available 9 ,nevada2 ,:]eas ! %oot]     
travel$ across ,/ate l9es f ,nevada to  
,new ,york ) ! weapon1 z well z a h&gun 
& additional ammunition1 = ! purpose (  
execut+ ?is s5seless mass %oot+2 ,:]eas 
! pat*work ( ,/ate gun laws 9 ! ,unit$  
,/ates und]m9es public safety & ! w ( ! 
p 9 ,/ates ) /rong gun safety laws1 su* 
z ,new ,york1 :o rema9 at ! m]cy ( !    
weake/ gun laws 9 ! c\ntry2 ,:]eas !    
ov]:elm+ p]c5tage 7#gh p]c5t7 ( guns    
recov]$ & trac$ f crime sc5es 9 ,new    

,york ov] ! la/ #aj ye>s come f out (   
,/ate2 ,:]eas ,congress has ! p[] &     
responsibility to enact commons5se      
,f$]al gun safety legislation to uni=mly
 address ,am]ica's gun viol5ce epidemic2
 ,:]eas ,f$]al laws requir+ univ]sal    
backgr\nd *ecks1 bann+ weapons ( w>1 &  
prohibit+ gun own]%ip = ^? :o are an    
extreme risk 7r$ flag laws7 c\ld h      
prev5t$ ?is mass %oot+2 &  ,:]eas a     
majority ( ,am]icans support commons5se 
gun safety measures & recognize ! urg5t 
ne$ to r$uce gun viol5ce )\t infr++ on !
 ,supreme ,c\rt's int]pretation ( !     
,second ,am5dm5t3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x  ,t !
 ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 condemns
 ! s5seless act ( gun viol5ce t occurr$ 
9 ,new ,york ,city on ,july #bh1 #bjbe2 
7#b7 honors ! lives ( ! #d victims &    
ext5ds its deepe/ condol5ces to _!      
families & lov$ ones2  7#c7 recognizes !
 brav]y ( ,new ,york ,police ,dep>tm5t  
(fic] ,did>ul ,islam1 security (fic]    
,al& ,eti5ne1 & all fir/ respond]s :o   
risk$ _! lives to protect o!rs2  7#d7   

ackn[l$ges t ,/ates ) /rong gun laws are
 endang]$ by ,/ates ) weak gun laws1 & t
 ! traffick+ ( fire>ms across ,/ate l9es
 puts ! safety ( all ,am]icans at risk2 
&  7#e7 ackn[l$ges t ,congress has a    
duty to pass compreh5sive ,f$]al gun    
safety legislation 9 ord] to prev5t     
future trag$ies & address ! epidemic (  
gun viol5ce 9 ! c\ntry4