It's going to put more police officers on the street.

Help us. Help us. Stand up for law enforcement. Stand up for safety. Stand up for the kids of this country.

The Brady bill has already helped to save lives.

I believe there's something wrong with our country being the site of 90 percent of the youth homicides in the entire world, don't you?

It took 7 years to pass the Brady bill... it's already beginning to save lives.

I hate to be crass about it, ladies and gentlemen, but I'll bet you if Steve could get up here and say again, he would gladly trade his wife's chances for that maniac with a six-shooter revolver.

Americans have the right to know that when their child goes to school, the other children are packing books, not guns.

I want 100,000 more police officers for community policing.

Our crime bill will hire 100,000 new police officers and expand community policing.

We're here today to address the issue of violent crime.

It will prevent now, we know based on research, thousands of handgun murders all across our country.

I think there is now a clear bipartisan commitment for the 100,000 police officers on the street.

I intend to give the folks on the front lines the resources and the support they need to win the fight against crime.

Putting more police on the streets will do more to reduce crime than anything else we can do.

This is the first step, but only the first step we have to take in restoring the conditions of civilized life to a lot of our cities.

I think the margin of Mayor Lanier's reelection is evidence that people know that if you properly deploy trained personnel, it just doesn't serve to catch criminals quicker, but because of the relationships they develop in the community and their visibility, it actually reduces crime.

Put those 100,000 police officers on the street.

More police reduces crime; it doesn't just help you catch criminals.