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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, September 22, 2016: Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. (4th District) explains his opposition to PA House Bill 2258.
For more information on PA House Bill 2258, visit: http://bit.ly/2d1RaAi
A
Are
there
any
speeches
on
the
part
of
the
majority
chair
recognizes
councilman
Jones,
Thank
You?
Mr.
chairman,
first
let
me
thank
my
colleagues,
president
Clark
and
councilman
Johnson
for
being
on
the
forefront
of
dealing
with
the
issue
of
the
proliferation
of
firearms
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
They've
been
on
top
of
their
job
since
I've
got
here
with
President
Clarkin,
since
councilman
Johnson
has
gotten
they've
been
putting
this
in
the
forefront
of
the
issue,
but
I
rise
today
to
talk
about
the
proposal
of
House
Bill
2258.
A
Once
again,
a
republican
from
harrisburg
is
telling
philadelphia
how
to
deal
with
gun
violence
in
our
city
in
Perry
County,
where
representative
mark
keller
represents.
We
believe
there
has
only
been
one
murder
all
year
and
my
heart
goes
out.
That's
one
too
many
murders
compared
to
208,
year-to-date
and
Philadelphia.
A
A
The
number
of
guns
manufactured
in
the
United
States
grew
from
2.9
million
in
2001
to
5.5
million
in
2010,
which
was
the
highest
volume
in
the
history
of
his
country.
Where
do
these
guns
come
from
sometimes
from
corrupt
firearms
dealers
statistics
suggest
that
criminals
purchase
these
guns
from
these
corrupt
Firearms
licensed
dealers,
knowing
good
and
well
there's
a
big
chance
that
they
will
never
get
caught,
selling
them
to
people
who
have
nefarious
reasons
for
purchasing
them.
A
They
do
so
under
the
cloak
of
the
N
are
a
feeling
safe
that
they're
right,
Second
Amendment
rights
will
be
protected
by
them.
Where
do
these
guns
come
from?
Sometimes
you
can
go
in
a
bar
and
rent
them
just
like
in
a
redbox
movie
that
you
get
often
too
often,
people
are
coming
from
out
of
state.
They
go
to
the
Carolinas
where
gun
purchases
are
relatively
frequent
and
easy
to
do
and
then
bring
them
back
here.
Another
way
that
these
guns
find
their
way
here
are
through
straw
purchases.
A
They
are
conducted
openly
and
at
a
suggestive
manner
that
a
person
comes
with.
Another
person
picks
out
the
gun
that
they,
like
the
other
person
with
them,
offers
correct
and
true
ID,
and
then
they
want
off
passing
off
the
gun.
Whether
these
guns
come
from
I've
been
to
North
Philadelphia
and
Clark's
district
I've
been
to
South
Philadelphia
in
Kenyatta's
district
I've
been
to
Jamie
Blackwell's
district
I've
been
to
the
hitter
lens
of
the
Northeast,
and
I
can't
find
a
gun
manufacturing
company
in
Philadelphia.
So
where
do
these
guns
come
from?
A
They
are
often
traffic
and
done
so.
There
are
over
400
guns,
diverted
into
illegal
armed
4440
thousand
guns
diverted
into
illegal
migration
into
our
city.
So
where
do
these
guns
come
from?
Well,
let
me
tell
you
what
they're
doing
when
they
get
here
to
date,
we've
had
two
hundred
and
sixty
six
murders.
A
Each
year
on
the
seventh
floor
of
this
building,
the
evidence-room
melts
down
3,000
guns
that
have
been
used
in
the
commission
of
a
crime,
not
in
Perry
County,
not
where
representative
Keller
comes
from,
but
in
Philadelphia,
so
I
want
to
say
that
they've
been
over
30
447
assaults
with
a
gun
this
year.
Thus
far,
most
recently
five
people,
as
my
colleague
Councilwoman
Blackwell,
talked
about,
we
had
murder
mayhem
over
the
weekend,
14
people
wounded
two
police
officers
shot
in
the
span
of
48
hours.
I
watched
a
movie
of
a
Clint
Eastwood
movie.
A
Philadelphia
county
has
the
largest
share
of
gun
violence
in
any
other
county
in
the
Commonwealth,
so
this
is
not
survival
of
the
fittest.
I
do
support
sec,
Amendment
rights,
but
Perry
County
ain't
Philly
county
and
when
he
has
his
hearings,
I'll
be
there
to
tell
him
that
personally,
so
I
want
to
thank
this
council
for
being
stand-up
men
and
women
in
a
sit-down
world,
Thank
You
mr.
chair.
Thank
you.