Advocating Quote by Joycelyn Elders

There is considerable merit to the notion of treating gun violence as a public health matter.

— Peter Bergen

You can't stand for too many things. You can't use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I…

— Meg Whitman

There are certain things in gun control that have a certain public appeal, but when you're legislating you need to look at the research…

— Kim Campbell

I work tirelessly advocating for gun violence prevention and promoting common-sense gun laws that could spare other parents the pain of having their child…

— Lucy McBath

Surely there are common-sense reforms that we should, and must, take in order to keep our children and our communities safe. I take these…

— Paul Tonko

I constantly hear from residents throughout my community about the need for common sense action in Congress to reduce gun violence.

— Mikie Sherrill

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

We have been embarked on what I would call a proactive strategy that looks at our gun violence as a public health crisis, which…

— Lori Lightfoot

I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country.

— Barack Obama

I am committed to advancing common sense solutions to address our nation's gun violence epidemic.

— Dean Phillips

We can begin to address the issue of guns by teaching our young people how to deal with situations in nonviolent ways. Someone said…

— Joycelyn Elders

It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter…

— Adam Cohen