I want to protect our constitutional right to bear arms in a legal and thoughtful way with background checks that also don't… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
I believe law-abiding citizens ought to be able to own a gun. I believe in background checks at gun shows or anywhere… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Making improvements to our background check system and cracking down on illegal gun trafficking are common-sense ways to prevent violence without punishing… — Martin Heinrich Copy Share Image
Should we have background checks, waiting periods? To drive a car you have to pass a test that shows you know how… — Michael D. Barnes Copy Share Image
We are going to trace more effectively, how these guns are ending up on the streets, to unscrupulous gun dealers, who often… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The information hack contains facts discovered by the FBI in doing background checks for people seeking positions with the federal government. It's… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
There should be a background check every time a firearm is transferred. You shouldn't be able to go to a gun show… — Michael D. Barnes Copy Share Image
Cameras are dangerous. With no waiting period or background check, any whack-job could just stroll into a Wal-Mart and walk out with… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Then they show up at the door and the reality is that they are 5-foot-8, 240 pounds and have not run a… — Charlene Li Copy Share Image
The first thing is we got to make sure we try to keep guns out of the wrong hands. And I want… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I respect the Second Amendment. But I believe there should be comprehensive background checks, and we should close the gun show loophole,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of people support background checks. Which means even people who can't pass a background check support background checks. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I think about what we need to do, we have 33,000 people a year who die from guns. I think we… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What I put forward was an amendment that would have temporarily halted immigration from high-risk terrorist countries, but would have started it… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
To end the crisis [of gun violence], we have to regulate -or, in the case of handguns and assault weapons, completely ban… — Josh Sugarmann Copy Share Image
Like it or not the American people support the term 'background check,' they support the concept of it even though they know… — Alan Gottlieb Copy Share Image
We're being overrun by people who live in poor and corrupt countries who come to the USA to get work. But we… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
In 1999, the NRA leadership in Washington, pretty much the same people intact, were for (expanded background checks.) — Joe Manchin Copy Share Image
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… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
Background checks, waiting periods, reports of transfers, and access to mental health records have not stopped the legal sale of firearms to… — Colleen Hanabusa Copy Share Image
Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems.… — James Lee Copy Share Image
When it comes to the issue of background checks, let’s be honest – background checks will never be 'universal' – because criminals… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image