"Our kids are living in fear, every single time they set foot in a classroom because they think they`re going to be next. What are we doing?"
"But by doing something, we at least stop sending this quiet message of endorsement to these killers, whose brains are breaking, who see the highest levels of government doing nothing."
"Yes, and this is a product in part of how the industry has changed, right?"
"I understand my Republican colleagues will not agree to everything that I may support. But there is a common denominator that we can find. There is a place where we can achieve agreement."
"The industry a few years ago, sort of was facing a crisis because fewer and fewer Americans were owning guns."
"And so, why don’t we just do something about it? My plea was honest, really. I mean, I don’t want to call out Republicans tonight. I just want to ask them, please, please, whatever you can vote for, c..."
"I truly can`t imagine anything more ghoulish, more -- just morally repugnant, than to go cheer on the cult of American guns three days after this in the state where it happened."
"It`s unthinkable. It`s unthinkable. And I just know that that community will never ever recover from this."
"And I want to be clear, well, I want to make sure people understand that every single day, there are over 100 people dying from guns."
"Yes, there’s a celebration of violence in this nation which has gotten demonstrably worse over the last decade. And it has become a country that is just awash in guns. Ownership of a weapon is a way t..."
"Yes. Listen, my heart is exploding for Texas, but also for these families in Sandy Hook that I know so well. They’re literally reliving their nightmare right now. I’m a parent. I’m literally talking t..."