following in a bathroom. And that's where you see all of these accidental discharges happening. The New York City police department, they actually keep a statistic, I guess that they have so many officers they have this happen a lot of times. They keep a statistic on how many purely accidental, non-provoked discharges of weapons they have by their trained officers. It was 21 in 2010, it was 15 in 2011, and I remind you, these are people highly trained and skilled, taught every day how to store and shoot their weapon and yet accidents still happen. I'd ask the body tonight to really consider about the policy that we're changing. And have an honest debate, don't let a few people sending you a hundred emails speak for your constituents. Use your common sense. Ask yourself, do you want the person next to you drinking and handling a firearm? And don't vote for this bill unless the answer to that is yes. Thank you Mr. Speaker. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Rep. Blust, please state your purpose. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Speak briefly on the bill, Mr. Speaker. [SPEAKER CHANGES] The gentleman is recognized to debate the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Thank you Mr. Speaker, members of the House. I wasn't going to speak on the bill and I really don't intend to, now I'll leave that to others, I did just want to respond as far as Judiciary A committee I chair was brought up. We did have a full and thorough hearing on the bill. One of the regrettable things I think every member of this body incurs, is committee time is limited when you have members filing a lot of bills and a huge committee agenda, there often isn't- there aren't hours upon hours to have a hearing. But we did thoroughly hear this, and when Rep. Jackson brought up 5 amendments, I asked him clearly, can you put- and we might- and I told him we might not be able to hear- the time might not permit to hear all of these, do you have any particular order, can you prioritize them and he said it did not matter, so to come into this body now, and complain that one amendment wasn't heard, is just somewhat misleading to the body. By the time we got to the final amendment, we had 2 minutes left and I had announced earlier we would take a vote, we have to be out under the rules, but 10 minutes til the hour, we had been in there almost 2 hours, and there was not time in my judgement to hear another amendment and vote on the bill in 2 minutes. So I just don't like that not- like that implication- or not implication, said plainly, and I do think, members in here, that if you say something loud and with vehemence you ought to be able to yield to a question and back up what you tell the body. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Ladies and gentlemen, it is the intent of the chair to take the vote on at least second reading tonight, and if there is objection we will carry it over. According to the rules, we're to end business til 10:00. The chair, at the appropriate time if there is objection, to continuing past 10 it requires simple majority to suspend the rule and move forward, but at this point the chair does intend to remain here as long as it's necessary, to take third- to take at least second reading on this bill. Rep. Ross, please state your purpose. [SPEAKER CHANGES] To speak on the bill [SPEAKER CHANGES] The lady is recognized to debate the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. This bill, just to remind the public that might be listening, I'm sure there might be something better on TV, but the public should know what this bill is going to allow. This bill is going to allow guns that are currently prohibited from being certain places, in these places. And so let me just remind you where those places are: As Rep. Jackson said, they're going to be allowed in bars and restaurants. They're also going to be allowed on green ways, and in park areas. They're going to be allowed in certain stadiums. And they're going to be allowed on the campuses of our colleges and universities. Well, I think that's a mistake. I have all four of these types of establishments in my district. And probably more than any single one of you. But Raleigh, just this year, was voted one of the safest places in America. We don't need your