Mike Thompson

This is probably--no, you did say--not probably. You said this is the most important issue facing our generation.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it nothing can succeed.

I would argue, personally, that the Concealed Reciprocity Act... is also way to help deter more gun crime.

We do everything we can to make sure law-abiding citizens can use their Second amendment rights.

I just want everybody to be aware that we are creating felons out of every ranching farm kid in North Dakota.

These grants help us provide school safety in divided into these scenarios in which they exist at that point and time.

I believe you really believe that the background checks are really going to save peoples' lives, but you will see that most of the people that committed the crimes actually stole the guns.

Law-abiding citizens follow the laws. So, if you are trying to stop gun violence, and most of the gun violence is caused by people that do not follow the laws, you are not really getting a solution that you want.

I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment.

I hope you realize that we all care. We want to reduce gun violence.

I want to tell the testifiers and the people that came today, I sincerely appreciate all of you coming here.

We need to reduce this and not have more moments of silence and deep thoughts and prayers. We have had enough of that. We need action.

We hope again that as this debate continues, that we realize that doing nothing is not acceptable.

A few weeks ago, Congressman Mike Thompson and Peter King introduced the Bipartisan Background Check Expansion Act (HR 8).

This is yet another demonstration that as Americans, we have much more in common than we have than that which divides us.

Congressmen Mike Thompson and Peter King introduced a bipartisan background check expansion Act to H.R. 8 on the anniversary of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords' near-fatal injury.

If we do nothing and maintain the status quo, 1 million Americans will be shot in the next decade.

The future belongs to you, and we are here to help you secure it.

The time is now to make sure that we get rid of the gaps and loopholes that defeat the purpose for which they were intended.

We must develop a broad multidisciplinary, multi strategy systems approach that is supported by good science and research.

Let me be clear: Firearm-related injury and death in America is not only a disease, it is a true public health crisis of the United States.

I am disappointed that in his lengthy State of the Union address last night, President Trump did not see fit to even mention the need to protect our citizens against gun violence.

We do not need more thoughts and prayers. We need a moment of action.

For too long, Congress has ignored the epidemic of gun violence that plagues this country.

Like most rights, the right secured by the Second amendment is not unlimited.