Background checks Quote by 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

We are going to trace more effectively, how these guns are ending up on the streets, to unscrupulous gun dealers, who often times are…

— Barack Obama

You can't really escape the fact that more reasonable gun regulations and procedures need to be in place, a strengthening and tightening of the…

— Michael Nutter

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

— Chris Murphy

Universal background checks work. You keep the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. That shouldn't be partisan - that should be something…

— John Hickenlooper

[Donald Trump] can`t reach out and push off at the same time when he says - he says we want the ban on assault…

— Jesse Jackson

I think again we're way out of balance. We've got to rein in what has become almost an article of faith that almost anybody…

— Hillary Clinton

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

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

— Michael Nutter

Should we have background checks, waiting periods? To drive a car you have to pass a test that shows you know how to drive…

— Michael D. Barnes

“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