Expanding background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms is simple, popular, and commonsense. — Alex Padilla 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
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
Universal background checks and closing existing loopholes can prevent prohibited purchasers, such as convicted felons, the dangerously mentally ill and domestic abusers… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
There are corporate private investigators, companies doing very forensic background checks on people. They buy data, they get their own data... They… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
Background checks applied universally and nationally would take millions of illegal guns off the streets of our cities. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere, for anyone. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
Universal background checks work. You keep the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. That shouldn't be partisan - that should… — John Hickenlooper 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
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
Obama, Bloomberg and nearly every politician and gun-ban zealot pushing for a universal background check system are on record supporting mandatory gun… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
There's a reason that you hear something like 90 percent of our country wants universal background checks, but we can't get it… — MJ Hegar Copy Share Image
“None of these shootings, nor others that the president has mentioned, would have been stopped if background checks on private transfers had… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Democrats could pass universal background checks if only they addressed three seemingly straightforward problems: 1.Who pays for it? Gun buyers and sellers… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
Sometimes the FBI is assigned to do background checks on people who are coming into government in the executive office of the… — James Comey Copy Share Image
“Here is how they came up with it: Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown organization set up a website pretending to sell guns, but no… — John R. Lott Jr 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
So many deaths could be prevented if measures were implemented to expand background checks and keep individuals like John Hinckley from ever… — Charles B. Rangel 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
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
I support common-sense measures like universal background checks to prevent guns from falling into the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally… — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
There's no reason that there shouldn't be universal background checks to ensure guns don't get in the hands of people who should… — Jen Psaki 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
If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon. — Joe Biden 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
If [lawmakers] lose elections in part because of their votes on the background-check bill or their position on the terror gap bill,… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Background checks are an important part of keeping guns out of the wrong hands, but they are only as good as the… — Roy Cooper 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
In 1999, the NRA leadership in Washington, pretty much the same people intact, were for (expanded background checks.) — Joe Manchin Copy Share Image
The FBI background check would show that Rudolph Giuliani had an out-of-control affair with his Press Secretary while he was mayor of… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“The reason there are so few attacks that use out-of-state guns is that in both cases these individuals could have passed background… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
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
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 don't believe anybody has a right to own any kind of a firearm. I believe in order to obtain a permit… — John Silber Copy Share Image
“MY ASS IS WORTH MORE THAN YOUR INCONVENIENCE ... that's my response to anyone opposed to universal background checks. If Ted Nugent… — Quentin R. Bufogle 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
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