Marc Morial Quotes

We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people.

Elevate those guns a little lower.

If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals.

The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning.

Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!

With my history, unfortunately, with my family suffering through gun violence, it's something that I feel passionately about, that even though the odds are certainly always uphill, that doesn't mean that I will stop fighting to try to change that.

Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.

But I'm not particularly comfortable around guns.

Nobody is denying we should investigate and do what we can to prevent gun crime in our cities and towns. But, we should not scapegoat the American gun owner for complicated, cultural problems we are just beginning to understand.

I'm not comfortable around guns.

Getting guns off the streets does make communities safer. We can't stand here and say because we don't have the perfect solution, we shouldn't try.

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

I support gun control. But speaking honestly about the combustible mix of race and guns may be more important to stopping the slaughter in minority communities than any new gun-control laws.

The gun culture that is so negative for America will never be a part of the culture of Australia.

The last thing we want is more military style assault weapons on our streets …. When the family gun becomes an assault weapon then that is the gun that will be stolen.

Gun Control is Being Able to Hit What You Aim At

America should affirm and establish that in no instance should the guns go in advance of the perfect right.

We cannot continue to trade our children’s lives against the gun industry’s profits…. It is time to stop killing our children.

We will never get anywhere in fighting the pistol until we convert public opinion to the belief that the revolver has no value as a weapon of defense.

Let’s not sacrifice the lives of our children to the 2nd Amendment

Guns are not a defense. Guns are a risk.

Stop using the word’s “gun control”. All the 2nd Amendment enthusiasts hear is CONTROL. Let’s use “gun violence”, “gun safety” and other terms that are less confrontational.

I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious.

I've done hundreds of interviews on guns. I'm against people who use guns. I don't like guns, but I've never yelled at anyone.