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> [ ... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... \[which\] would give the Treasury Department health and safety authority over the gun industry, and any rational regulator with that authority… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/immediately-call-on-congress-to-pass-far-reaching-industry-regulation/)

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## More by Josh Sugarmann

> [Handguns are a public-health problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/handguns-are-a-public-health-problem/)

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> [ ... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... \[which\] would give the Treasury… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/immediately-call-on-congress-to-pass-far-reaching-industry-regulation/)

[Josh Sugarmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-sugarmann/)

> [One tenet of the National Rifle Association's faith has always been that handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns. For once,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/one-tenet-of-the-national-rifle-association-s-faith-has-always-been/)

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> [ You can't get around the image of people shooting at people toprotect their stores and it working. This is damaging to the \[guncontrol\] movement. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/you-can-t-get-around-the-image-of-people-shooting-at-people-toprotect/)

[Josh Sugarmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-sugarmann/)

> [The word 'hate' is a very carefully chosen word. There's got to be a real sense of revulsion and disgust. People are looking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/the-word-hate-is-a-very-carefully-chosen-word-there-s-got-to-be-a/)

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> [ To end the crisis \[of gun violence\], we have to regulate -or, in the case of handguns and assault weapons, completely ban -the product.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/to-end-the-crisis-of-gun-violence-we-have-to-regulate-or-in-the-case/)

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> [Assault weapons—just like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearms—are a new topic. The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/assault-weapons-just-like-armor-piercing-bullets-machine-guns-and/)

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> [Fear, physical pain, and death are just part of the price Americans pay for the easy access of handguns. It is estimated that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/fear-physical-pain-and-death-are-just-part-of-the-price-americans-pay/)

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> [Although the District of Columbiahas had a ban on handgun sale and possession since 1976, Washingtonresidents are held hostage by the lax gun laws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/although-the-district-of-columbiahas-had-a-ban-on-handgun-sale-and/)

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> [Americans are ready to hate somebody -- and it's going to be the gun industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/americans-are-ready-to-hate-somebody-and-it-s-going-to-be-the-gun/)

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> [Today's N.R.A. is, in reality, nothing more than a gun industry trade association masquerading as a shooting sports foundation. The organization's agenda is increasingly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/today-s-n-r-a-is-in-reality-nothing-more-than-a-gun-industry-trade/)

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> [The NRA is right...handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-sugarmann/the-nra-is-right-handgun-controls-do-little-to-stop-criminals-from/)

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