Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator for the question and for specifically referring to the GAO report. Over 10 years, 91 percent of people who were on the terrorist watch list who tried to buy a gun was successful in buying a gun--9 out of 10 times. The reason this is such an important issue that the Senator brings up is because, as he knows, people who are trying to commit political crimes against Americans, people who are trying to commit acts of terror against Americans, are increasingly turning to the firearm--to the assault weapon rather than to the IED or the explosive--in order to perpetuate their terror attack. So as studies have shown us--studies I referred to earlier today--the weapon of choice in homegrown domestic terror attacks is the firearm. Why wouldn't we do everything in our power to take that weapon of choice away from those individuals? We are making this country less safe every day that we allow for 9 out of 10 individuals who are on the terrorist watch list who seek to buy guns to buy them. By the way, as the Senator knows, that 1 out of 10 isn't denied a gun because he is on the terrorist watch list, that 1 out of 10 is denied a gun because he is on another list, because that individual has committed a crime that has caused him to be prohibited from buying a weapon. I yield to the Senator for a question. (Mr. TOOMEY assumed the Chair.)”