I have been pleased to receive petitions from groups that seek a range of new gun control measures and groups and individuals who believe additional laws are unnecessary or unwise.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'd like to see a comprehensive gun control bill brought to the floor, but if we have to do it in several votes, that's fine, too. But give us the vote. Let us make our case to our colleagues on the floor and have a vote.
I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.
I support gun control. But speaking honestly about the combustible mix of race and guns may be more important to stopping the slaughter in minority communities than any new gun-control laws.
Petitions are ridiculous.
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 recommendations very seriously, and will listen to the voices of my constituents to ensure I do everything I can to help prevent gun violence.
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action.
You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment.
There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in any way - be done about any guns whatever, anywhere.
I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.