Amendment Quote by Seth Moulton

“2.​Stop only prohibited people from buying guns. The background check system is a mess. Virtually everyone who fails the check is someone who is…

— John R. Lott Jr

So many deaths could be prevented if measures were implemented to expand background checks and keep individuals like John Hinckley from ever buying firearms…

— Charles B. Rangel

Every gun sold should require a background check, period.

— Gary Ackerman

I presented a bill that will address a glaring loophole that allows gun buyers to bypass a background check by purchasing guns as kits.…

— Brad Schneider

In Colorado, we passed universal background checks and magazine limits. We need to do that nationally, and we need to raise the purchase age,…

— John Hickenlooper

Universal background checks and closing existing loopholes can prevent prohibited purchasers, such as convicted felons, the dangerously mentally ill and domestic abusers from accessing…

— John Fetterman

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

— Wayne LaPierre

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

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

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

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