Chris Murphy actually said...

"The gun lobby had been incredibly effective for 30 years in stopping the passage of a federal prohibition on trafficking."

"For the first time, we now have federal crimes that prosecutors can use and threaten to use to unwind these trafficking rings."

"This bill in and of itself saves a whole bunch of lives between red flags and taking guns away from domestic abusers and new tools to stop gun trafficking."

"I think Republicans are going to see that there are a lot of folks who sign up for their cause in the wake of this who might have stayed on the sidelines."