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From YouTube: Federal Gun Safety Legislation Press Conference
Description
Mayor Walsh will provide remarks and support for Senator Ed Markey's new gun legislation that incentivizes states to adopt common-sense licensing standards for all gun owners and dealers.
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A
Good
morning,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
joining
us
here.
Today
we
have
a
litany
of
law
enforcement
officials
who
have
joined
us
here.
This
morning
we
have
Sheriff
Steve
Thompkins
suffered
County.
We
have
Peter
contusion
sheriff
of
Middlesex
County.
We
have
cheap
chief
Robert
Furillo
of
the
Woburn
Police
Department.
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We
have
Fred
Ryan
the
Arlington
Police
Chief
Robert,
bon
journo,
the
Bedford
police
chief.
We
have
people
who
have
dedicated
their
lives
to
law
enforcement
and
we
very
much
appreciate
all
of
their
presence
here
today.
I
am
also
grateful
to
have
John
Rosenthal,
the
co-founder
of
stop
handgun
violence,
one
of
the
chief
advocates
of
gun,
Massachusetts
gun
safety
laws,
as
well
as
Michael
Kozue
of
project
right
and
angus
Mikolka
of
the
massachusetts
coalition
to
prevent
gun
violence.
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We
also
have
leaders
here
from
moms
demand
action
the
leaders
of
the
effort
to
make
sure
that
guns
stay
out
of
the
hands
of
those
who
should
not
have
them
in
communities
all
across
the
state
and
I
am
also
pleased
to
be
here
with
the
greatest
mayor
in
the
United
States
Marty
Walsh.
Everyone
in
Massachusetts
should
be
proud
that
we
already
have
the
strongest
and
most
potent
gun
safety
laws
in
the
United
States.
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It
is
in
part
due
to
these
laws
that
we
have
the
lowest
gun
death
rate
of
all
50
states,
but
we
know
that
there
are
still
too
many
of
our
residents
who
are
victim
of
gun
violence.
We
have
much
more
to
do.
We
need
to
stop
the
flow
of
illegal
firearms
into
our
state.
We
need
to
fight
the
NRA,
backed
effort
to
impose
any
state's
concealed,
carry
rules
on
every
other
state,
so
called
concealed
carry
reciprocity.
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What
we
don't
need,
our
president
Trump's
misguided
proposals
to
help
armed
teachers
in
our
schools
are
a
new
federal
commission
headed
by
Education
Secretary
Betsy
DeVos
on
Saturday
President
Trump
said
that
federal
Commission's
are
not
the
way
to
address
the
drug
crisis,
but
somehow
a
new
Commission
is
apparently
appropriate
to
address
gun
violence.
We
don't
need
another
Commission.
We
need
a
commitment
to
put
the
strongest
gun
safety
rules
on
the
books.
We
need
laws
like
that
which
we
have
here
in
Massachusetts.
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A
Farmar
Supreme
Court
justice,
Louis
Brandeis,
once
said
that
each
of
the
50
states
has
the
power
to
be
a
laboratory
for
developing
new
programs
and
policies.
Well,
right
now,
Massachusetts
serves
in
that
role
for
the
other
49
states
when
it
comes
to
gun
safety
legislation
thanks
to
our
state
hhor--,
as
well
as
the
individuals
up
here
with
me
today.
Our
gun
safety
bills
are
a
model
for
other
states
and
I
believe
for
the
United
States
Congress
to
follow.
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Over
the
past
two
decades,
Massachusetts
has
adopted
some
of
the
most
comprehensive
and
effective
gun
violence
prevention
laws
in
the
country
and,
as
a
result,
since
1994
we
have
reduced
gun
deaths
in
the
Commonwealth
by
40%
and
amongst
the
most
effective
of
our
laws,
the
firearms
licensing
requirements
in
Massachusetts.
Anyone
who
wishes
to
purchase
our
own
a
gun
must
first
apply
for
a
license
to
obtain
this
license.
Prospective
gun
owners
must
apply
an
interview
in
person
with
their
local
Chief
of
Police
are
an
authorized.
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Designee
police
chief's
also
have
tools
to
revoke
or
suspend
a
license
if
they
find
that
someone
should
not
be
allowed
to
continue
to
hold
a
license.
The
involvement
of
police
chiefs
in
the
licensing
process
is
key.
We
can't
overstate
that
enough.
Police
chiefs
know
the
residents
of
their
communities.
They
know
how
many
times
police
officers
have
been
called
to
a
home.
They
know
who
has
exhibited
behavior.
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A
That's
the
way
it
is
in
Massachusetts.
That's
the
way
it
should
be
across
the
United
States.
This
licensing
framework
has
proven
to
be
both
durable
and
effective.
There
are
fewer
deaths
from
gun
violence
in
Massachusetts
than
in
any
other
state
in
the
United
States,
and
the
fact
that
we
have
tough
but
sensible
laws
like
those
that
involve
our
police
chief
is
no
coincidence.
Well,
we
are
proud
of
this
success
here.
In
Massachusetts,
we
see
the
senseless
tragedies
of
this
epidemic
of
gun.
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Violence
continue
to
tear
communities
apart,
so
tomorrow,
I
will
introduce
a
bill
to
incentivize
other
states
to
adopt
firearms
licensing
requirements
like
those
that
we
have
here
in
the
state
of
Massachusetts.
This
bill,
the
making
America
safe
and
secure
act
or
the
Mass
Act
will
authorize
the
Department
of
Justice
to
make
grants
totaling
twenty
million
dollars
in
each
of
the
next
five
fiscal
years
to
states
that
implement
and
maintain
comprehensive
licensing
standards
for
gun
owners
and
dealers.
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In
order
to
be
eligible
for
these
federal
funds,
states
must
adopt
standards
like
those
we
have
here
in
Massachusetts,
including
giving
law
enforcement
officials
the
authority
to
deny
suspend
or
revoke
a
license,
but
this
is
just
the
kind
of
effective,
common-sense
gun
legislation
that
the
National
Rifle
Association
says
goes
too
far.
Now
the
NRA
says
it
represents
gun
owners,
but
we
all
know
the
truth.
The
NRA
represents
gun
manufacturers.
The
NRA
is
the
front
group
for
the
gun
makers,
who
care
only
about
profits,
not
about
the
people
killed
by
the
products
they
peddle.
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For
years,
the
NRA
has
been
pushing
a
big
lie.
They
say
any
limit
on
gun
purchases,
our
ownership,
no
matter
how
reasonable
is
an
assault
on
the
Second
Amendment,
but
the
police
chief's
up
here
today
and
all
across
Massachusetts
aren't
limiting
anyone.
They
are
protecting
every
one,
that's
their
job
in
their
community.
The
NRA
gun
safety
is
an
attack
on
American
freedom,
but
what
about
freedom
of
a
student
to
be
safe
in
her
classroom
or
a
moviegoer
to
be
safe
in
a
theater
or
a
parishioner
to
be
safe
in
his
church?
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That
is
why
we
need
strong
gun
safety
legislation
and
Massachusetts
has
the
most
life-saving
laws
on
the
books
on
issues
from
democratic
independence
to
today,
Massachusetts
has
been
the
leader
in
making
sure
that
we
set
the
course
for
the
rest
of
the
country.
This
is
one
more
of
those
issues,
so
what
I'd
like
to
do
now
is
to
introduce
the
great
mayor
all
this
very
safe
urban
city
of
the
great
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
Marty,
Walsh,.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
I
wonder
why
I
want
to
first
of
all
thank
senator
Maki
for
his
work
around
the
violence
that
we're
seeing
across
America
as
he
referenced
earlier
about
violence
throughout
the
country.
We
see
a
mass
murder
every
single
day
in
America.
If
you
total
the
amount
of
lives
at
a
loss,
I
applaud
him
in
his
work.
I
applaud
him
and
pushing
Congress
forward.
I
applaud
him
on
introducing
the
mass
act.
Certainly
that
bill
will
help.
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B
Also
it's
an
honor
to
me
to
be
here
with
so
many
Chiefs
and
represent
us
from
law
enforcement
from
throughout
Massachusetts
I
want
to
thank
Reverend,
Jeffrey
Brown,
who
just
came
in
with
us
who's,
no
stranger
to
dealing
with
the
aftermath
of
gun,
violence
in
our
city
and
our
Commonwealth
Reverend
Brown.
At
his
church
we
have
peace,
walks,
Commissioner,
Evans
and
myself
do
peace
walks
on
Friday
night,
so
I'll
be
starting
in
a
couple
weeks
and
I
want
to
thank
Reverend
Brown
for
being
here.
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B
So
thank
you
for
that
and,
lastly,
I
just
want
to
thank
I,
have
to
give
a
shout
out
because
he's
mine,
Commissioner
Evans,
it's
in
chief
Willie
gross
for
hosting
us
today,
but
also
for
the
great
work
that
you
do.
Every
single
day,
the
men
and
women
of
the
Boston
Police
Department
Congress
needs
to
understand
the
severity
of
this
issue,
not
the
day
after
a
shooting
happens,
but
the
month
after
it
happens
how
many
more
mass
shootings
in
schools
do
we
do.
B
We
need
to
have
to
move
this
needle
forward
we're
proud
of
the
students
of
parkland
for
taking
a
stand,
we're
proud
of
the
students
here
in
Boston
for
taking
a
stand
and
throughout
the
Commonwealth.
It
had
a
profound
effect
on
our
students
here
in
Boston.
Now
it's
time
to
take
advantage
of
my
notes,
a
momentum,
but
take
advantage
of
this
sensitive
time
in
our
country
and
demands
real
positive
change.
B
Nationwide
send
imake,
proposes
common-sense,
gun
legislation
and
incentivizes
police
departments,
use
reasonable
criteria
for
licensed
gun
owners,
including
the
use
of
a
comprehensive
background
check
it
maps
out
other
cities
and
towns
to
follow
Massachusetts
example
of
safe,
sensible
gun
policies,
but,
of
course
one
shooting
is
one
too
many
shootings
young
people
in
our
neighborhoods
across
our
city
face
this
violence.
Every
single
day
the
Boston
Police
Department
is
working
hard
every
day
to
get
guns
off
our
streets,
they've
been
working
with
responsible
gun
owners
to
help
prevent
gun
laws,
gun
theft
and
trace
illegal
guns.
B
The
trail
of
them
Commissioner,
Evans
gonna,
talk
more
about
that
shortly.
We're
also
working
here
in
Boston
Nash,
originally
to
halt
the
flow
of
guns.
Anyone
who
says
that
cities
and
towns
are
too
divided
to
find
common
grounds
on
gun
policy
is
clearly
mistaken.
We
can
work
together
and
we
are
working
together.
We've
held
for
regional
gun
summit
so
far
engaged
86
cities
and
towns
all
across
the
six
New
England
states
we're
sharing
strategies
and
building
relationships.
We're
partnering
with
researchers
and
safety
advocates
like
every
town
for
gun
safety
and
I'm
with
ethics.
B
We've
engaged
we're
engaging
responsible
gun
owners,
we're
bridging
divides
between
different
cultures
and
views.
We
have
seen
across
towns,
cities
and
even
state
lines.
If
we
can
do
that,
the
federal
government
can
do
that
as
well.
Like
I
said
it's
time
to
act
now
far
too
often
during
these
days
following
a
gun
related
tragedy,
the
conversations
begin
to
quiet
down
our
country
moves
on
to
the
next
story
of
the
day
we
forget,
but
we
can't
let
this
happen
any
longer.
Protecting
our
people
and
our
communities
must
be
our
number
one
priority.
B
Our
government
must
value
human
lives
more
than
it
values
guns.
The
president
is
still
talking
about
arming
schools,
keeping
our
schools
safe
means
keeping
guns
out
of
our
schools.
No
community,
no
family,
no
child
should
ever
have
to
fear
for
their
lives
or
go
through
this
pain.
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
the
senator
for
bringing
this
message
to
Washington
I
want
to
thank
the
Boston
Police
Department
for
working
every
day
to
keep
our
kids
and
our
city
safe
and
I.
C
Thank
You
senator
and
thank
you
mayor
for
highlighting
the
need
to
have
Universal
gun
legislation.
I
think
is
the
mayor
and
the
senator
pointed
out.
Massachusetts
has
the
lowest
gun
deaths
of
any
state,
and
that
happens
because
of
local
control
and
our
policies
in
this
street.
You
know
as
commissioner
of
the
licensing
unit
we
closely
scrutinized
everyone
who
comes
into
this
particular
building.
If
they
want
a
firearm
license,
you
know
nobody
will
get
a
license
if
they've
been
convicted
of
a
felony.
If
they've
been
involved
in
domestic
violence
after
they've
been
institutionalized
for
mental
illness.
C
You
know
those
are
the
things
we
clearly
watch
for.
We
also
make
sure
they're
engaged
in
qualifying
at
the
range
they
live
fire
in
under
certain
restrictions.
They
can't
carry
again,
such
as
in
the
schools
but,
more
importantly,
if
they
want
to
carry
concealed,
they
have
to
give
us
a
legitimate
reason
why
they're
carrying
and
that's
what
bothers
me
about
this
reciprocity
reciprocity
issue.
C
That
is
being
highlighted
in
Washington
to
think
that
other
states
who
have
no
licenses
well,
their
residents,
will
be
able
to
come
to
Boston
and
carry
that's
something
we
have
to
strongly
oppose
because
then
we'll
have
more
more
of
a
gun
issue
here.
So
I
want
to
thank
Senator
for
representing
us
in
Washington
on
that
issue.
Clearly
we
get
too
many
guns
into
the
city
of
Boston
because
of
laxed
laws
outside
of
our
Commonwealth
back
in
2013
we
did
a
gun
study
and
it
showed
basically
that
of
the
3200
guns
we
carried.
C
We
recovered
in
those
six
years,
85%
of
those
guns,
weren't
from
the
first
legitimate
owner,
64%
of
them
where
people
were
arrested
for
illegal
possession.
Only
32%
of
those
guns
actually
were
bought
from
Massachusetts.
What
we
found
was
25
of
them.
25%
came
from
the
I-95
corridor
and
when
I
say
that
I
mean
North,
Carolina,
South,
Carolina,
Georgia,
Virginia,
25%
of
our
guns
came
that
way
and
20%
of
our
gangs
came
from
Maine
in
New
Hampshire.
C
C
Last
year
we
took
754
guns
off
the
streets
of
the
city.
494
of
them
were
crime
guns.
This
year
were
only
two
and
a
half
months
along
we've,
already
taken
130
gangs
off
the
street
in
80
of
those
for
crime
guns.
You
know
last
Friday
we
locked
up
to
17
year-olds
in
our
city
for
murder
a
week
earlier,
18
year-olds
for
murder
all
for
a
homicide
with
a
gun
on
Kenwood
streets.
Oh
no,
we
lost
five
young
kids
to
violence
that
day,
because
four
of
them
are
incarcerated
and
one
17-year
old
lost
his
life.
C
That's
the
damage
that
one
gun
can
do
in
our
city.
You
know
I'll,
always
look
back
when
me
and
the
mayor
first
came
into
office
when
a
nine-year-old
was
shot
by
his
14
year
old
brother
playing
with
guns.
That's
the
stuff
that
bothers
us
and
I.
Think
if
more
people
had
to
see
what
we
see
in
the
city,
the
mayor
go
into.
These
parents,
houses,
I,
think
they'll
have
a
better
understanding.
Why
we're
tough
on
violence?
C
So
you
know
we
can
all
how
all
the
toughest
laws
in
the
world
here
in
Massachusetts,
but
you
know
when
you
can
go
across
the
state
line
and
basically
purchase
them
without
a
license
or
a
permit.
It
does
no
good,
so
I
want
to
commend
senator
Mackey
for
what
he's
doing
mayor
Walsh
from
day
one
when
we
took
when
he
took
office.
Our
main
priority
has
been
stopping
the
violence
in
this
city.
One
deaths
is
way
too
many
and
we'll
continue
to
work
every
day
to
keep
this
city
safe.
C
But
our
number
one
priority
and
I
can
tell
you
every
day
is
to
get
the
guns
off
the
state
off
the
street.
I,
don't
know
how
many
press
conferences
I've
been
homicide,
scenes
where
I
constantly
say,
there's
way
too
many
guns
on
the
street.
So
what
we're
proposing
here
is
it's
great
I.
Just
hope
that
we
have
some
luck
in
Washington
because,
honestly,
they
don't
seem
to
be
getting
the
message
after
what
happened
in
parkland,
what's
happening
across
the
country,
I
don't
know,
what's
going
to
take
but
now's
the
time.
C
A
D
Good
morning
before
I
get
my
remarks,
I
would
like
to
also
echo
the
thanks
to
mayor
Walsh,
to
Commissioner
Evans
to
all
of
the
law
enforcement
personnel
standing
behind
us
to
Reverend
brown,
to
John
Rosenthal,
to
Peter
Carr,
to
Xion
the
president
of
the
Massachusetts
sheriffs
Association,
and
to
the
social
service
agencies
that
really
lift
up
the
banner
every
day.
Foot
neat,
but
for
what
needs
to
get
done
here
and
finally,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Senator
Markey
over
his
long
storied
career.
D
I
also
believe
that
we
have
not
done
enough
to
keep
our
children
and
our
community
safe
from
the
dangers
of
firearms.
The
provisions
laid
out
in
the
mass
act
are
all
of
the
commonsense
no
brain,
a
variety
that
should
be
accepted,
acceptable
to
even
the
most
ardent
protectors
of
the
second
amendment.
D
We
already
know
that
more
than
90%
of
voters
and
90%
of
gun
owners
support
background
checks
and
72%
of
NRA
members
also
support
background
checks
further
at
least
90%
of
voters
and
more
than
90%
of
gun
owners
support
laws
to
prevent
people
with
mental
illnesses
from
buying
a
gun.
Clearly,
there
is
no
single
solution
to
ending
gun
related
violence.
D
Instead,
it's
an
effort
that
rests
on
our
country's
greatest
strengths,
which
is
courage,
innovation
and
concern
for
our
fellow
citizens.
Consider
this
statistically
during
the
time
that
I've
been
at
this
podium,
someone
in
this
country
was
shot
to
death.
In
fact,
90
Americans
will
be
killed
by
guns
in
the
next
24
hours.
Unfortunately,
in
the
next
12
months,
thousands
thousands
of
Americans
may
well
lose
their
lives
as
a
result
of
gun
use.
We
as
a
society,
can
no
longer
be
comfortable
with
this
degree
of
bloodshed
and
tragedy.
D
E
It's
I
find
it
fascinating
that
a
piece
of
legislation
that
has
worked
so
well
in
one
state
has
never
really
been
considered
to
be
applied
on
a
national
level
and
once
again,
as
Ed
Markey
has
had
this
long
and
storied
career
in
so
many
years
in
Congress
and
he
gets
elected
to
the
United
States
Senate
and
you
would
think
many
would
say:
I'm
gonna
ride
my
time
out,
I'm
gonna
ease
off
into
the
rest
of
my
career.
I'm
gonna
relax
a
little
bit.
E
He
has
redoubled
his
efforts
because
he
knows
that
he
has
this
opportunity
to
protect
our
communities
and
to
save
lives.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
law
enforcement.
That's
with
me,
Chief
Commissioner,
Evans,
chief
gross,
all
the
other
law
enforcement
I'd
like
to
especially
thank
deputy
superintendent,
Pauline
Wells
from
Cambridge
Police
Chief
Mike
lawn
from
Watertown
Police
Department,
Chief,
Bob
Bongiorno
from
Arlington
from
Bedford
Police,
Department,
Chief,
fred,
ryan
from
arlington
police
department,
all
great
leaders
that
know
their
communities
that
know
their
communities.
E
Sadly,
even
in
the
wake
of
that
horrible
tragedy,
Congress
failed
to
act
once
again
and
the
results
of
that
inaction
have
been
devastating.
Behind
the
talking
points
in
partisan
rhetoric,
there
are
people
whose
lives
have
been
forever
changed
by
gun
violence.
In
fact,
the
ocean
Washington
posted
an
analysis
suggesting
that
150,000
people
experienced
an
on-campus
shooting
in
some
way
since
Columbine
in
1999.
E
Two
decades
ago,
I
made
my
maiden
speech
on
the
floor.
The
legislature
arguing
in
favor
of
the
assault
weapons
ban
in
1997
I,
received
a
rare
standing
ovation
from
my
maiden
speech.
That
was
just
want
to
be
clear.
That
was
that's
just
a
joke.
Everyone
gets
a
standing
ovation
on
their
maiden
speech.
So
let
me
just
clarify
that
in
case
you
actually
print
that
put
that
anyplace.
But
I
will
say
this
not.
This
is
sort
of
a
joke.
The
very
first
one
to
stand
for
that
ovation
was
Marty
Walsh.
Who
was
with
me.
E
We
started
with
me
that
year,
a
good
friend
and
a
longtime
friend,
but
imagine
we
did
that
in
1997.
We
addressed
so
many
of
these
issues
and
we're
still
so
far
behind
since
that
time,
gun
violence
and
its
impact
on
public
safety
and
public
health
have
remained
priorities
for
me
in
our
administration
of
the
Middlesex
Sheriff's
Office
and
for
sheriffs
across
the
state.
We
have
a
we've,
been
addressing
gun
violence
in
all
forms,
including
suicide
by
firearm.
This
is
something
that
people
tend
to
forget
about.
E
E
20
years
later,
I
stand
from
that
speech
as
a
new
role,
as
Middlesex
sheriff
dedicated
to
working
with
my
state
county
and
local
and
partner's
several
of
whom
are
here
today,
but
I
also
stand
here
as
the
father
of
three
school-aged
children
who
is
troubled
by
this,
who
mourns
for
every
child,
every
parent,
every
family
impacted
by
gun,
violence.
I
don't
want
my
children
to
be
lucky
that
they
weren't
involved
in
a
school
shooting
I
simply
want
them
to
be
safe.
E
I
cannot
imagine
that
day
that,
sadly,
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
parents
across
this
nation
have
had
when
it's
a
normal
day,
you're
going
about
your
life,
it's
a
good
day
and
everything's
good.
In
your
life
and
you
get
that
one
phone
call
that
tragically
and
horrifically
changes
your
life
forever,
especially
when
your
children
are
in
a
place
where
you
knew
they
should
be
safe.
E
Only
444
were
sourced
back
to
Massachusetts,
meaning
that
more
than
700
of
those
weapons
were
came
from
out
of
state
and
the
commissioners
right
right
down
that
95
corridor
a
little
bit
north
further
south
is
where
these
weapons
come
in.
The
mass
act
is
a
common-sense
piece
of
legislation
built
on
a
proven
and
tested
legal
framework,
something
that
we
in
Massachusetts
have
proven
works.
It
is
based
upon
the
idea
that
local
authorities
who
know
the
kinds
of
interactions
positive,
negative
and
those
involving
underlying
mental
health
issues,
their
officers
are
having
in
those
communities
understanding.
E
They
know
the
people
within
their
communities
and
they
know
the
values
of
their
communities
as
well.
Police
chiefs
are
the
eyes
and
ears
of
communities
best
positioned
to
make
determinations
on
suitability
for
firearms
and
licenses,
but
also
that
individuals
should
have
their
due
process
rights
to
appeal
any
denial,
suspension
or
revocation
through
the
courts
as
well
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Senator
Markey
for
this
leadership
on
this
issue
once
again
taking
an
example
that
has
been
tried
and
true
and
has
worked
and
now
trying
to
take
it
to
the
rest
of
the
nation.
F
Thank
you
and
Senator
Markey.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
leadership.
Senator
Markey
is
not
new
to
this
I'm
in
the
late
90s.
He
spearheaded
filed
legislation
and
got
a
ban
on
chinese-made
assault
weapons.
There
is
no
reason
on
this
planet.
Then
anyone
needs
a
military-style
assault
weapon,
whether
it's
made
in
China
or
here
in
Springfield
Mass,
like
the
weapon
used
at
Parkland.
That
was
a
made
in
Massachusetts
Smith
&
Wesson
ar-15
the
same
weapon
used
in
Aurora
Colorado
to
shoot
71
made
in
Massachusetts.
F
F
800,000
Americans
have
died
from
guns
today,
over
300
will
be
shot
and
roughly
a
hundred
will
die
every
30
minutes.
A
kid
under
20
years
old
is
shot
every
three
hours.
A
kid
dies
in
Massachusetts
we've
reduced
the
rate
of
gun
deaths
by
40
percent
since
1994,
yet
roughly
60
to
70
percent
of
guns
used
in
crime
in
Massachusetts,
come
from
out
of
state.
F
Imagine
if
Maine
New,
Hampshire
Vermont
Georgia
Florida,
you
name
it
replicated
our
simple,
common-sense
gun
laws
that
make
us
safer,
like
every
other
consumer
product,
yet
toy
guns
and
teddy
bears
are
regulated,
that
little
red
dot
on
the
end
of
the
barrel
is
a
federal
regulation.
So
law
enforcement
knows
it's
a
toy.
F
F
Yet
when
we
did
this
in
1998,
Smith
&
Wesson
run
the
largest
handgun
makers
in
America.
Comply
with
all
could
comply
with
all
of
our
gun
laws
and
our
manufacturing
standards.
Today,
90%
of
Smith
&
Wesson
weapons,
including
the
weapon
used
at
Parkland
and
Aurora,
wouldn't
comply,
so
they
become
a
part
of
the
problem
versus
the
solution.
F
The
gun
industry
has
a
role
to
play
to
support
law
enforcement
and
we
should
be
very
proud
of
what
our
elected
officials
and
our
law
enforcement
are
doing
from
Mayor
Walsh
here
in
the
city
to
the
governor,
who
supports
these
gun
laws
and
our
senator,
who
is
tireless
absolutely
tireless
and
has
not
given
up.
In
fact,
it's
one
of
the
most
optimistic
people
I
have
ever
met
and
that's
pretty
tough
dealing
with
organized
crime
in
Washington.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
go
Massachusetts.
G
We
also
work
with
many
people
behind
me,
including
the
mayor,
the
commissioner,
the
chief
on
gun,
buyback
programs
in
our
neighborhood
I'm,
working
with
police
and
youth
activities,
I'm
having
please
work
with
residents
on
solving
issues
within
their
community.
We
work
with
the
sheriff
on
a
variety
of
issues.
We
work
with
John
Rosenthal,
who
was
really
instrumental
it's
starting
the
push
to
have
a
grow
fault
community
center.
G
So
there's
a
history
of
working
together
and
I
believe
that
with
people
behind
me
and
the
people
that
we
all
work
with,
that,
we
can
make
a
critical
step
in
challenging
the
status
quo.
What's
going
on
on
this
issue,
we
come
today
to
support
senator
Marquis
NASA
as
a
vehicle
to
encourage
other
states
to
adopt
stronger
gun
licensing
standards.
We
in
the
community
who
experienced
the
impact
of
gun
violence
are
committed
to
working
with
Senator
Markey,
to
take
and
taking
specific
action
and
making
a
difference.
Enough
is
enough.
G
Listen
to
the
voices
from
parkland,
Las,
Vegas,
Sandy,
Hook,
and
so
many
other
communities,
including
right
here
in
Boston.
Now
it's
not
the
time
to
wait
both
locally
and
nationally.
We
should
learn
from
the
best
practices
and
share
what
works
well.
Senator
mark,
proposing
through
the
masa,
is
an
important
step
in
the
right
direction
in
addressing
the
crisis
of
gun
violence
that
we
face.
Let's
work
together
to
look
at
effective
gun
laws
and
how
we
can
decrease
the
flow
of
guns
that
are
purchased
in
other
states.
They
have
less
restrictions
that
are
coming
into
Massachusetts.
A
Thank
you
so
much
so
so
this
is
the
the
18
that
we
have
here.
The
police
chief's
tell
me
that
the
single
most
important
reason
why
we
have
the
lowest
gun,
fatality
rate,
gun
injury
late
rate
in
the
United
States,
is
that
any
individual
has
to
go
into
the
police
chief
in
all
351
cities
and
towns
to
get
permission
to
have
a
license
to
own
a
gun.
That
is
the
single
greatest
protection,
because
the
Chiefs
know
their
cities
and
towns
better
than
any
one
else.
A
They
know
who
would
be
a
danger
if
they
had
a
gun
in
their
home.
That's
why
this
is
so
important.
It
works
here
in
Massachusetts,
but
to
make
Massachusetts
fully
safe.
We
need
it
to
work
across
the
whole
country.
That's
why
I
have
introduced
this
legislation.
It
will
provide
incentives
to
all
49
states
to
put
the
same
kind
of
laws
on
the
books
that
empower
the
Chiefs
to
do
their
job
across
the
entire
nation.
So
let
me
stop
there
and
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
A
Well,
in
this
legislation,
we
have
providing
twenty
million
dollars
a
year
for
the
next
five
years
that
will
help
to
defray
the
cost
for
a
city,
a
town
or
a
state
across
the
country.
To
do
it,
it's
not
a
mandate,
but
it
provides
the
financial
incentive
for
those
states
to
take
up
that
responsibility.
My
own
view
this
should
be
a
national
law
like
banning
gun
sales
in
gun
shows
our
being
able
to
purchase
an
insta
gun
on
Instagram,
which
is
still
possible
in
our
country.
A
H
A
In
1994,
when
we
had
a
similar
epidemic,
which
was
breaking
out
in
our
country,
I
was
successful
in
putting
on
the
books
the
ban
of
the
importation
of
Chinese
Cesana
pens
at
$80
apiece,
that
was
a
million
Chinese
assault
weapons
a
year
at
$80
apiece
that
were
absolutely
populating.
Every
city
in
town
across
this
country,
I,
was
successful
in
94.
That
would
be
an
additional
23
million
assault
weapons
across
this
country.
If
that
law,
that
ban
was
now
not
in
place
and
it
is
still
in
place.
A
Unfortunately,
domestically
the
ban,
which
was
put
on
for
the
sale
of
guns
produced
here
in
the
United
States,
expired
after
10
years
in
2004.
I.
Think
what
we're
seeing
is
a
Children's
Crusade
across
this
country.
I
think
what
we're
seeing
is
something
that
is
very
powerful.
The
voices
of
these
young
people
and
I
don't
think
it's
going
to
go
away.
I
think
that
Congress
is
going
to
have
to
deal
with
the
reality
that
this
year
it's
going
to
be
a
voting
issue
across
our
country.
A
The
gun
safety
is
now
something
animated
by
the
voices
of
young
people
who
are
going
to
demand
that
the
Congress
do
something
about
it.
So
I
think
this
takes
us
back
to
1994.
We
saw
our
similar
outcry
that
came
from
this
country
and
I
think
this
year,
we're
going
to
see
real
change,
take
place
either
in
Congress
now
or
at
the
polling
booth
in
November.
This
is
now
a
voting
issue
and
young
people
are
not
going
to
let
it
go
away.
The.
I
I
A
Our
goal
is
to
take
away
the
excuses
that
may
exist
across
the
country.
The
Chiefs
here
are
saying
quite
clearly
that
we
can
do
everything
in
Massachusetts
to
make
ourselves
the
safest,
but
we're
not
safe
unless
Maine
in
New,
Hampshire
and
Vermont
are
also
adopting
similar
standards.
That
means
their
Chiefs
going
into
a
situation
where
they
interview.
Anyone
who
wants
to
own
a
gun
I
can't
guarantee
that
it's
going
to
be
sufficient,
but
it
takes
away
the
excuse
that
it's
going
to
cost
money,
and
we
all
know
that
our
Chiefs
don't
believe.
A
This
is
an
interference
with
the
Second
Amendment
rights
of
people.
It
goes
to
their
right
to
be
able
to
protect
their
communities
and
I.
Think
we're
beginning
today,
something
that
ultimately
is
going
to
be
injected
into
the
national
debate,
but
at
least
into
our
regional
debate
of
why
other
states
don't
adopt
the
same
standards
which
are
Chiefs.
A
There's
no
question
that
Massachusetts
usually
goes.
First,
we
went
first
on
gay
marriage.
We
went
first
on
universal
health
care.
Those
things
are
now
the
law
of
the
land
ten
years
ago.
No
one
would
have
believed
that
was
possible.
So
Massachusetts
once
again
has
set
a
standard.
It's
for
gun
safety.
It
works
the
Chiefs,
the
law
enforcement
leaders
in
our
state
want
to
see
that
as
a
standard
for
the
communities,
especially
that
abut
our
state
because
they
know
where
the
guns
come
from,
that
are
used
in
the
crimes
that
are
committed
in
our
state.
A
So
I
think
that
what
we
did
in
mass
she
sits
on.
Other
issues
was
ultimately
replicated.
What
we're
doing
here
on
crime
fighting
is
also
ultimately
going
to
be
modeled
across
the
entire
country.
I,
don't
have
any
question
about
it.
You
have
to
start
somewhere
today.
We
start
this
effort
to
have
Massachusetts,
be
the
model
once
again
for
the
rest
of
the
country.
I
A
We
begin
with
a
hundred
million
dollars
over
five
years,
which
would
be
more
than
enough
to
defray
the
cost,
especially
in
the
early
years
for
communities
to
adopt
a
gun
safety
standard
that
is
identical
to
that
which
we
have
in
Massachusetts,
with
the
police,
police
chief's
doing
the
interviewing.
And
then,
if
more
funding
is
needed
in
the
subsequent
years,
then
we
would
I
think
based
upon
the
model,
as
it
was
working
across
the
country,
be
able
to
find
the
funding
for
that
as
well.
A
A
Just
understand
we're
having
a
debate
right
now,
where
the
president
once
again
had
to
back
away
from
what
he
had
promised
in
his
meeting
with
the
members
of
Congress,
and
that's
because
the
NRA
continues
to
hold
the
United
States
Congress
in
a
vice-like
grip,
but
I
think
the
young
people
in
our
country
are
saying
they
want
to
make
nra
stand
for
not
relevant
anymore
in
American
politics
and
I.
Think
we're
much
closer
to
that
day
than
we
were
a
month
ago
before
partly.
G
A
Obviously,
it
will
require
presidential
leadership
as
well.
I
went
to
president
Trump
personally
to
gain
his
support
for
the
fentanyl
device,
which
can
detect
fentanyl
through
packaging,
and
the
President
signed
my
bill
just
last
month
to
protect
against
that
occurring.
My
goal
will
be
to
convince
President
Trump
as
well
that
this
is
just
a
common-sense
way
of
doing
it
with
the
police
chiefs
exercising
their
right
to
protect
the
communities
which
they
are
sworn
to
protect.
H
A
It
also
requires
for
the
licensing
of
gun
dealers
as
well,
so
that
we
have
that
kind
of
additional
protection
which
is
in
place
and
so
in
both
instances,
licensing
of
individuals,
licensing
of
gun
dealers,
Massachusetts,
has
the
toughest
laws
and
Massachusetts,
obviously,
as
a
result,
has
the
lowest
gun
fatality
gun
injury
rate
in
the
country.
Thank
you
all.
So
much.