The gun lobby is certainly politically powerful, but it loses as many races as it wins. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
There are numerous groups across the country, both local and national, that are working to prevent gun violence in our communities. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
The anti-gun-violence movement was essentially asleep from 1994 to 2012, and during that time, the gun lobby built up enormous political power. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
You can just assume that better law enforcement response is going to quell the epidemic of gun violence in this country. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
If you want to change our gun laws, the best thing you can do is find a group that speaks to you… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Republicans are going to have to come to the conclusion that there's a political price for standing against 90 percent of their… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
There's zero evidence, empirical or anecdotal, that more guns leads to less gun crime. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
If we have a president who asked for a mandate on combating gun violence, as Hillary Clinton is requesting, that's going to… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
The NRA has become financially dependent on more and more guns being sold - especially the expensive ones. In turn, the NRA… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
People should remember that in the 2000s, the gun lobby got a lot passed: they got riders added to appropriations bills. They… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
There are all sorts of shades of gray when you're working on economic policy and tax policy and health care policy. There's… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
It can be frustrating that, despite widespread support for common sense gun safety measures, Congress is moving at a snail's pace. But… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
You can only explain America's gun violence problem through guns, because mental illness doesn't automatically lead to violence, and it doesn't lead… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful story for the gun lobby to tell that if you just load up schools with weapons, you'll be safer.… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
It would be devastating for America if Donald Trump won, and it would be devastating for the anti-gun-violence movement. But we would… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
What we do in Connecticut is ban assault weapons. We ban high-capacity magazines. We have true universal background checks, and we require everybody to… — Chris Murphy Copy Share
Anytime somebody loses a presidential election, there are lots of explanations. — Chris Murphy Copy Share
I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military power. — Chris Murphy Copy Share
The political alliance between the House of Saud and the conservative Wahhabi clerics is as old as the nation, and the alliance has resulted… — Chris Murphy Copy Share
In Connecticut, we have passed some of the strongest anti-gun-violence laws in the nation. We don't restrict anybody's Second Amendment rights. — Chris Murphy Copy Share
There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the long term,… — Chris Murphy Copy Share
There's no denying that if I were designing a health care system from scratch, I'd build a Medicare for All system. — Chris Murphy Copy Share
It would be devastating for America if Donald Trump won, and it would be devastating for the anti-gun-violence movement. But we would be on… — Chris Murphy Copy Share
I do not understand how people can look at the rapid spread of extremism all across the globe and not understand that it is… — Chris Murphy Copy Share
