Background Quote by Charles B. Rangel

Congress can prevent future tragedies by requiring a background check for every gun purchase in America.

— Seth Moulton

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

I would like to save lives. Now you know, the gun lobby will say, "You can't stop everybody." And I would agree with that:…

— Hillary Clinton

Cause the registration of all firearms on some pretext, with the view of confiscating them and leaving the population defenseless.

— Vladimir Lenin

The Background Check Expansion Act will help prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands, and combat senseless gun violence.

— Alex Padilla

We need sensible gun safety measures. The federal government could do something about this; they could show up.

— Michael Nutter

I support common-sense measures like universal background checks to prevent guns from falling into the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill.

— Bill Foster

“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

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

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

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

We need commonsense measures, gun control measures, that save lives. I think that it is important that we keep the firearms out of the…

— Catherine Cortez-Masto