Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator talking about what a limited ask we are making here. Let's talk about the scope of the limitation on gun ownership. We are asking that those people who are on a terrorist watch list and on a no-fly list be added to those who are those prohibited from buying guns. We have data that tells us how many of those individuals are buying guns every year because they can match one list to the other, even though they don't intersect in a way that prohibits the purchase. What we know is that there are only about 200 sales at gun stores every year from people who are on those lists. So we are talking about a minuscule limitation on the right, which is to take a small handful of individuals who have been placed on a terrorist no-fly list, and saying that they shouldn't be able to get a weapon and building into it a process to grieve that limitation so if there is a mistake that is made, you can have your right restored. We are talking about a few hundred sales a year. You could say: Oh, it is a few hundred sales, so why does that matter? Well, if you get it wrong once, it is a mass slaughter. It is a small number of sales, a minuscule limitation, with potentially enormous reward when it comes to public safety.”