Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator for that question. You just have to look to the data for the answer. We have had pretty robust survey data on the question of support for expanding background checks or support for denying access to guns for people on the no-fly list. It is universal. Everyone wants these changes. Republicans want them; Democrats want them. Non-gun owners want them; gun owners want them. The vast number majority of NRA members support the bipartisan provisions that we are proposing for bipartisan action today. I would suggest the same thing is true for protecting victims of domestic violence. This has nothing to do with being a Republican or a Democratic gun owner or a non-gun owner. When you tell people that somebody who has a restraining order lodged against them shouldn't get a gun, everybody nods their head. I thank Senator Klobuchar for being such a leader on that particular issue because it is one in this basket of changes we are requesting that is controversial only here. It is controversial only in Washington, DC, and in the political arenas of this country. It is not really controversial out in the broader American public. I thank the Senator.”