I am absolutely horrified by what has happened in my adopted country in the past couple of days. It is absolutely incredible to think that so many people have died and been injured. As Senator Mark Daly said, it does not seem to matter how many massacres take place in the United States: they just cannot seem to get it. One would think the United States, being supposedly the most civilised and humane country in the world, would get the whole issue of guns. Since I went there 20 years ago, I have been amazed by the gun laws in the United States. A couple of years ago, when President Obama wanted to introduce background checks, 91% of the American people voted in favour of them, and in the US Senate, where I have many friends, they could not get 60 votes out of 100 to bring the matter to the floor. They have to get what is called cloture, or two thirds of the vote. They could not get 60 votes to debate it on the floor of the Senate. In my restaurants in Chicago, I have a photograph of a gun with a red line through it-----

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-----to show that people with guns are not welcome on my premises. It is legal in Chicago to carry a concealed weapon, but I do not know whether or not people coming to my restaurant are carrying them. We all know what alcohol can sometimes do and that rows can develop. We see this everywhere. It is very easy just to pull out the gun. It is part of their nature now. However, imagine that we could not get 60 votes to debate the matter in the US Senate. That is appalling, and there is no word today about doing anything with the gun laws. We in this House should send a strong message to Congress of our abhorrence of what is happening with guns in the United States. Again, I offer my sincere condolences to all 500 of those poor people - can you believe it - injured and, of course, the 60 poor people who have been murdered. This House should do something about it.