{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hudson.house.gov/press-releases/hudson-takes-on-pelosi-in-assault-weapon-debate", "Hudson Takes on Pelosi in Assault Weapon Debate", "2022-07-29", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Richard Hudson", "H001067", "hudson.house.gov", "hudson", "https://hudson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) addressed the U.S. House of Representatives following Speaker Nancy Pelosi in opposition to H.R. 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.\n\n\"Here they go again. Once again, my colleagues across the aisle have rushed to exploit your fear and the pain of victims, to rush out a gun control measure that will do nothing to save lives or address the root causes of violence....This and other gun control measures like red flag laws, they make the other side feel better. But today\u2019s bill will do nothing but disarm law-abiding citizens.\" said Rep. Hudson. \"The simple truth is criminals don\u2019t follow the law. If they did, think about this, if criminals followed the law, we wouldn\u2019t have any crime.\"\n\nImage\n\n\"I rise today in opposition to HR 1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.\n\nHere they go again. Once again, my colleagues across the aisle have rushed to exploit your fear and the pain of victims, to rush out a gun control measure that will do nothing to save lives or address the root causes of violence.\n\nI say exploit your fear and I point to the Speaker of the House [who] just stood in this well with a poster that had a toy gun on it and wants you to feel scared about that. Well I have a 6-year-old son and he has toy guns. He knows about muzzle discipline. He knows you don't put your finger on the trigger. He knows you don't point it at people. I am able to teach my son gun safety and make him safer. You don't live through fear.\n\nThis and other gun control measures like red flag laws, they make the other side feel better. But today\u2019s bill will do nothing but disarm law-abiding citizens.\n\nCongress has tried this before. In 1994, a 10-year assault weapons ban was first enacted.\n\nThis ban did not stop violent crime or prevent heart wrenching tragedies like Columbine. Yes, Columbine happened while we had an assault weapons ban.\n\nIn fact, after the ban ended, the Department of Justice issued a report that concluded: \u201cShould it be renewed, the ban\u2019s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement. Assault weapons were rarely used in gun crimes even before the ban.\u201d That's the Department of Justice.\n\nThe results are in folks. A so-called assault weapons ban does not work. But what it does is it takes away your rights and it leaves you vulnerable.\n\nThe simple truth is criminals don\u2019t follow the law. If they did, think about this, if criminals followed the law, we wouldn\u2019t have any crime.\n\nBut when you criminalize guns, only criminals are going to have guns.\n\nSo I urge you to vote no on this legislation, and yield back.\"\n\nWatch Rep. Hudson's full remarks here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hudson.house.gov/press-releases/hudson-takes-on-pelosi-in-assault-weapon-debate"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9530140087008476, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}