American Quote by Joe Biden

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

Like it or not the American people support the term 'background check,' they support the concept of it even though they know it won't…

— Alan Gottlieb

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

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

— Chris Murphy

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

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

There's a reason that you hear something like 90 percent of our country wants universal background checks, but we can't get it passed legislatively.…

— MJ Hegar

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

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

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

Every gun sold should require a background check, period.

— Gary Ackerman

We are alarmed that a known or suspected terrorist can go to a federally licensed firearms dealer where background checks are conducted, pass that…

— Stanley A. McChrystal