Political Quotes

“the other night a constituent called my office and asked me to vote against this bill. I could tell that he was knowledgeable about guns. So he read me the list of weapons that would be banned. He said, ``Those are not legitimate weapons.'' Mr. Chairman, 5 years ago, on a school playground in my district, 5 children were murdered and dozens injured because they could not get out of the way fast enough. The weapon that was involved was purchased legally. Mr. Chairman, people do have the right to keep and bear arms. We should resist any attempt to deny law-abiding citizens weapons for personal protection, sport, and pleasure. Banning the continued manufacture of these tools of mass destruction does not ban that right. Let us sum up the courage today to end the policy that give street gangs, criminals, and deranged killers access to more fire power than our police, and let us give our children on our school playgrounds a fighting chance to get out of the way.”