Background checks will never stop every criminal from getting their hands on a gun and every single act of gun violence -… — Lucy McBath 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
This week the White House proposed fingerprinting and photographing foreign visitors so they can do background checks. Officials in Saudi Arabia said… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Do not tell me that I have not shown courage in standing up to the gun people, in voting to ban assault… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding… — Gail Collins 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
“2.Stop only prohibited people from buying guns. The background check system is a mess. Virtually everyone who fails the check is someone… — John R. Lott Jr 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
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
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
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
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
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
[Donald Trump] can't reach out and push off at the same time when he says - he says we want the ban… — Jesse Jackson 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
Right now - and this is something Donald [Trump] has supported, along with the gun lobby - right now, we've got too… — Hillary Clinton 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
“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
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
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
“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