Background checks Quote by Hillary Clinton

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

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

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

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

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

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

We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere, for anyone.

— Wayne LaPierre

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

We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone.

— Wayne LaPierre

Expanding background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms is simple, popular, and commonsense.

— Alex Padilla

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