Charles E. Schumer Quotes

I'm concerned about how and why there is no gun control.

We have to take the guns away from these people that have them and they are bad people that shouldn't have them.

Right now - and this is something Donald [Trump] has supported, along with the gun lobby - right now, we've got too many military- style weapons on the streets. In a lot of places, our police are outgunned. We need comprehensive background checks, and we need to keep guns out of the hands of those who will do harm.

I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns.

If it's OK to register cars and license drivers, why is it not OK to impose similar legal responsibilities on gun owners?

It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.

I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state.

We all share the same goal to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them, while fully protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding, responsible Americans.

The Second Amendment is very important, but we have to have commonsense gun safety.

Even though New York is the safest big city in the nation, there are still far too many illegal guns on our streets. Nearly all of them arrive from out of state - and most are sold by a small group of rogue gun dealers who refuse to obey federal laws.

There are certain things in gun control that have a certain public appeal, but when you're legislating you need to look at the research on what works, what doesn't, and what really has an impact, recognizing you're never going to do away entirely with gun violence

Any idiot, especially one who is prepared to die, who has a gun, can start shooting up people.

Well, I would love it if they could take all the guns away. Unfortunately, you can't do that so you hope that good people in the world have them to protect the people who can't protect themselves.

Here at home, for goodness's sakes, we have to finally pass a law prohibiting people on the terrorist watch list from being able to buy a gun in the United States of America.

Gun control responsibilities are taking police officers off the street and adding to crime.

Because I support the Second Amendment doesn't mean that I want people who shouldn't have guns to be able to threaten you, kill you or members of your family.

I think again we're way out of balance. We've got to rein in what has become almost an article of faith that almost anybody can have a gun anywhere at any time. And I don't believe that is in the best interest of the vast majority of people.

Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat.

Our supportfor assault weapons ban is very broad...I think we've got all the police, we have all the mayors virtually - the conference of mayors, mayors against guns. We have medical experts, we have virtually dozens of religious organizations of every creed supporting us. We have just lists and lists.

A lot of guns there's no need for civilians to own those those are for military

I am calling for common sense gun safety measures to protect people.

If a law could keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be virtually no gun crime at all.

I kind of think we have too many guns in this country.