"An important part of this committee and its actual role is government reform and oversight."
"Let me be clear. Gun manufacturers do not cause violence, and the Second Amendment is not to blame for violence in this country."
"I would submit that people are voicing their opinions with their pocketbooks, and I think that is a very, very strong opinion across the Nation."
"Democrats want to somehow blame gun manufacturers for violent crime."
"President Biden made the claim that gun manufacturers are, quote, 'the only industry in America that is exempt from being sued by the public, the only one.'"
"I disagree completely with your statement that the AR-15 is a weapon of war."
"We are here today because Democrats on this committee are bound and determined to politicize the horrible, tragic events that occurred in Uvalde, Texas."
"I take issue with that term as I have never known a gun to be violent."
"I just want everyone to know that the firearms industry is not exempt from being sued by the public for a myriad of things."
"It may be objected that if weapons that are most useful in military service, M-16 rifles and the like, may be banned, then the Second Amendment right is completely detached from the prefatory clause."
"That statement says that the Second Amendment protects weapons that are of primary use to a militia; and what is a militia? A militia is all able-bodied personnel that can be called up in defense of a..."