Background Checks Quotes - Page 2

• To end the crisis [of gun violence], we have to regulate -or, in the case of handguns and assault weapons, completely ban -the product. We are far past the [point] where registration, licensing, safety training, background checks, or waiting periods will have much effect on firearms violence.

  Josh Sugarmann

  Past, Gun, Assault Weapons

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• Like it or not the American people support the term 'background check,' they support the concept of it even though they know it won't work to keep guns out of the hands of criminals they figure 'well if criminals aren't supposed to have guns what's the big deal about a background check,'

  Alan Gottlieb

  Gun, Hands, People

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• Every gun sold should require a background check, period.

  Gary Ackerman

  Gun, Checks, Should

  "Third gun control bill proposed since Tucson shootings" by Sahil Kapur, www.rawstory.com. January 13, 2011.

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• I would like to save lives. Now you know, the gun lobby will say, "You can't stop everybody." And I would agree with that: You can't stop everybody. Isn't it worth stopping as many as possible, saving as many lives as we can? And I think comprehensive background checks and trying to keep guns outta the wrong hands would help us do that.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Gun, Hands

  "ranscript: Clinton talks Orlando, Sanders, campaign with Telemundo". Interview With José Díaz-Balart, thehill.com. June 14, 2016.

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• Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding background checks because they think it'll be a lot more paperwork. And it probably would make it more difficult to sell guns at, say, a flea market.

  Gail Collins

  Crazy, Gun, Thinking

  "Guns, Guns, Guns". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. April 3, 2013.

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• Background checks, waiting periods, reports of transfers, and access to mental health records have not stopped the legal sale of firearms to legitimate buyers.

  Colleen Hanabusa

  Waiting, Records, Mental Health

  "Hawaii Has Shown That Gun Control Works" by Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2013.

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• I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.

  Wendy Davis

  Believe, Gun, Wind

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• We're being overrun by people who live in poor and corrupt countries who come to the USA to get work. But we got to regain our sovereignty, we're going to control our border, and there will be border security tied to the pathway to citizenship. There will be an earned pathway to citizenship. It will be available to everybody who works hard, pays a fine, passes a background check.

  Lindsey Graham

  Country, Hard Work, Usa

  "Meet The Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. April 7, 2013.

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• I want to protect our constitutional right to bear arms in a legal and thoughtful way with background checks that also don't want people to get shot and murdered, but it doesn't mean that you can't own a gun.

  Kimberly Guilfoyle

  Mean, Gun, Thoughtful

  "Critics pan Obama's threat to bypass Congress". "The Five" with Kimberly Guilfoyle, Bob Beckel, Eric Bolling, Dana Perino, and Greg Gutfeld, www.foxnews.com. January 16, 2014.

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• Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.

  Trey Gowdy

  Assistants, Telling The Truth, Checks

  "CIA Director Petraeus' resignation: Is it really just because of an extramarital affair?". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. November 9, 2012.

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• [Donald Trump] can`t reach out and push off at the same time when he says - he says we want the ban on assault weapons, because they`re so very dangerous, and background checks on guns, given the level of violence in the country, he says he wants more guns to make us more secure.

  Jesse Jackson

  Country, Gun, Assault Weapons

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Do not tell me that I have not shown courage in standing up to the gun people, in voting to ban assault weapons, voting for instant background checks, voting to end the gun show loophole and now in a position to create a consensus in America on gun safety.

  Bernie Sanders

  Gun, Assault Weapons, America

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The FBI background check would show that Rudolph Giuliani had an out-of-control affair with his Press Secretary while he was mayor of New York.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  New York, Rudolph, Affair

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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