Background checks Quote by Barack Obama

Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for…

— Gabrielle Giffords

I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can make sure…

— Barack Obama

Right now - and this is something Donald [Trump] has supported, along with the gun lobby - right now, we've got too many military-…

— Hillary Clinton

The first thing is we got to make sure we try to keep guns out of the wrong hands. And I want comprehensive background…

— Hillary Clinton

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

We need to digitize gun-sales records, mandate universal background checks, close gun-show loopholes and straw-man purchases, ban high-capacity magazines, and push for a comprehensive…

— Emma Gonzalez

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

— Chris Murphy

We've had enough with loopholes in our gun laws that allow dangerous people to get their hands on guns.

— Dick Durbin

“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

We have to tighten our gun laws and keep guns out of the hands of criminals, the mentally ill, and domestic abusers.

— Richard Cordray

“When President Obama addressed the country on January 5, 2016, about his latest push for gun control, Bloomberg-funded research provided the “facts” that Obama…

— John R. Lott Jr

Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding background checks…

— Gail Collins