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Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American psyche. It's never going to change.

The pervasiveness of guns in our society is destroying America.

There are too many guns in the hands of people that shouldn't have guns. There is too much gun violence in America.

Guns aren't the problem; sick people are.

I think guns are terrible.

I'm saying, let's learn to reacquire a respect for the power of guns. This culture is so indifferent and disrespectful of guns that we should be terrified.

It's amazing how easily people are led to fury and chaos. Unhappy people with guns are not going to make this country great.

Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones.

In truth, there is no rational argument for guns in this society. This is no longer a frontier nation in which people hunt their own food. It is a crowded, overwhelmingly urban country in which letting people have access to guns is a continuing disaster.

It's time that Americans dealt seriously with guns, getting in place strong and appropriate measures - there is no excuse for anything but the strictest controls.