Chris Murphy actually said...

"I think we're going to have one of the most powerful lobbying forces that this country has ever seen in the parents and relatives of those that were killed last Friday."

"If the assault weapons ban had been in place, Anderson, I fundamentally believe, I know a lot of parents in Newtown believe that there would be kids getting their Christmas presents this Christmas."

"I think there are a lot of NRA members who agree. I think Wayne Lapierre today is out of step with America, out of step with Newtown."

"I can't speak for Ian and Nicole, nor for the other parents, but I'm pretty sure that they don't think that change is more guns."