Chicago Quote by Christie Hefner

Gun violence in the U.S. is an epidemic.

— Adam Cohen

“Every place that has banned guns (either all guns or all handguns) has seen murder rates go up. You cannot point to one place…

— John R. Lott Jr

“Gun violence touches every class, color, and community, with thirty-three thousand people dying from guns each year—an average of ninety a day. That’s a…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

We have to tackle the plague of gun violence, which is a big contributor to a lot of the problems that we're seeing today.

— Hillary Clinton

...It is statistically irrefutable that those American cities with stringent "gun control" (e.g. N.Y.C., D.C., Chicago, L.A.) have higher crime rates. It is also…

— Kenneth W. Royce

Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not include suicides or the…

— Ronald Reagan

Probably fewer than 2% of handguns and well under 1% of all guns will ever be involved in a violent crime. Thus, the problem…

— Gary Kleck

As our city and country begin the long, rocky road of recovery from COVID, we still must avoid the pitfalls of another deadly public…

— Eric Adams

Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on media attention…

— Ethan Zuckerman

While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many…

— Martin O'Malley

The gun violence epidemic is out of control and it's a crisis that is too glaring to ignore.

— Ritchie Torres

. . when the target of crime is armed, there is more law present, more public policy present, and more public interest served than…

— John Longenecker