Political Quotes

“Mr. President, my colleagues, it is not a coincidence that in 2020, gun sales in this country spiked by 40 percent. It is an extraordinary increase in gun sales. And homicides in this country increased by 30 percent. Violent crime is increasing in the country. You can't miss that if you turn on the news at night. And there can be no doubt that our Nation's gun laws--the loosest and most loophole-ridden in the Nation--are a primary contributor to this spike in gun crime. I want to spend just a few minutes this afternoon making sure that all of my colleagues understand that if we want to do something about violent crime in this country, then you cannot continue to close your eyes to the fact that we are allowing criminals all across this country to traffic dangerous weapons that are being used in gun homicides. First, let's burst the bubble of the gun lobby. Their primary argument is that more guns keep people safer. Well, that is not true. It has never ever been true. Study after study tells you what your common sense should already tell you. In fact, one study makes it very plain. On a nearly one-for-one basis, the more guns you have in your community, the more crime you are going to have. One study said this. What they found was that for communities that saw a 1-percent increase in gun ownership--guess what they also saw. A corresponding 1-percent increase in gun homicides.…”