Battle Quote by John Hickenlooper

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

This is not a partisan issue. In fact, the vast majority of Democrats, independents and Republicans support universal background checks on gun sales.

— Dean Phillips

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

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

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

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

— Seth Moulton

I come from a state that has virtually no gun control. And yet, at political peril, I voted for an instant background check, which…

— Bernie Sanders

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

Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon.

— Joe Biden

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

— Chris Murphy

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

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