American people Quote by Alan Gottlieb

Background checks will never stop every criminal from getting their hands on a gun and every single act of gun violence - but the…

— Lucy McBath

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

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 not have…

— Jen Psaki

Background checks are an important part of keeping guns out of the wrong hands, but they are only as good as the information in…

— Roy Cooper

Obama, Bloomberg and nearly every politician and gun-ban zealot pushing for a universal background check system are on record supporting mandatory gun registration, outright…

— Wayne LaPierre

“2.​Stop only prohibited people from buying guns. The background check system is a mess. Virtually everyone who fails the check is someone who is…

— John R. Lott Jr

“it might be time to correct some of the massive flaws in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The biggest problem is that…

— John R. Lott Jr

Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining powerful…

— Gabrielle Giffords

Background checks applied universally and nationally would take millions of illegal guns off the streets of our cities.

— Chris Murphy

Criminals get their hands on guns. Juveniles who aren't permitted to own them get their hands on guns. So how about we just agree…

— Josh Shapiro

“3.​Background checks as de facto registration. It is not just other countries that use gun registries as a tool for mass confiscation. People in…

— John R. Lott Jr

There's a reason that you hear something like 90 percent of our country wants universal background checks, but we can't get it passed legislatively.…

— MJ Hegar