Quote

Obviously, we think it's important to make sure that firearms do not get in the hands of people who are criminals, convicted felons or adjudicated as mentally ill.

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

In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police.

There is no reason for anyone in this country, anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have, to use a handgun... and the only way to do that is to change the Constitution.

We should have a system of licensing and registration, we should treat firearms the same way that automobiles are treated so that people have to pass a safety test.

I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizen's makes our families and our communities more safe, not less safe.

Very rarely do firearms restrictions affect criminals. They really only affect law-abiding citizens.

Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

Unless they're a fugitive or a felon, or adjudicated mentally ill, we're not against them buying guns at all.

But there are 90 million gun owners in the United States. Only 3.5 million want the insurance and magazines and the various things you get for joining the NRA.