Gun Reform Quotes

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

The courage and leadership March for Our Lives has shown is a testament to the power our young people have in this country, to make our country stronger while protecting our friends, families, and loved ones. The work survivors and advocates across the country have done to keep families safe matters.

I think that we should ban so-called junk guns. I think we should ban assault weapons like the weapons used here [in Fort Worth], yes. I think that the kinds of weapons that have no legitimate use for hunting or the kind of weapon that a homeowner would use, I think they should be banned, yes, those kind of weapons.

When politicians send their thoughts and prayers with no action, we say, 'No more.'

Why are guns the only unregulated consumer products in America? We regulate toy guns and teddy bears, but we do not regulate a product that kills 4,600 children a year.

Our tears are not enough. Our words and our prayers are not enough. If we really want to honor these twelve men and women, if we really want to be a country where we can go to work and go to school and walk our streets free from senseless violence, without so many lives being stolen by a bullet from a gun, then we're gonna have to change. We're gonna have to change.

I think every parent was horrified at what happened in Newtown, Conn.

We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!

I tend to agree with my husband, that to continue the conversation about something that is an important topic, particularly now, which is that of gun control, through his narrative, which is actually what's happened, I don't think it was a conscious decision of, "That's what we're going to do," but that's what seems to have happened, and that's not a bad thing.

It can be frustrating that, despite widespread support for common sense gun safety measures, Congress is moving at a snail's pace. But remember that great change takes time.

I'm trying to push for common-sense gun reform and mental illness reform so we can make sure that these individuals that have a criminal background that are mentally unstable and have a history of domestic violence are no longer able to get a gun.

In 1999, the NRA leadership in Washington, pretty much the same people intact, were for (expanded background checks.)

Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.

We have other legislation that all of you are aware that I have been so active on, with my colleagues here, and that is to shut down the gun shows.

And nobody is talking about taking guns away from hunters or sportsmen or banning all guns. Nobody is talking about that.

The inability to pass reasonable gun safety laws after the Newtown massacre is something that weighs heavily on my mind.

Whose child has to die next?

President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.

We must band together to call for gun-control legislation. We must act in ways that promote the dignity and value of human life.

Amazing how the White House, celebrities and gun control groups happen to repeatedly push for new initiatives in an organized fashion at the same time.

When I think about what we need to do, we have 33,000 people a year who die from guns. I think we need comprehensive background checks, need to close the online loophole, close the gun show loophole. There's other matters that I think are sensible that are the kind of reforms that would make a difference that are not in any way conflicting with the Second Amendment.

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

What will be the final straw that finally forces Congress to at least open up formal debate - let alone introduce a bill, pass it, and have it signed into law - that curbs the scourge of gun deaths across the country?

There are so many things going on in this world that are unbelievable. A lot of gun violence and police brutality.

I believe what I call common sense gun reform. Plus, a revolution in mental health, making sure that if people are having a nervous breakdown, or are suicidal, or homicidal, they get the care they need when they need it. I think the vast majority of the American people can support and agenda composed of those features.