The Second Amendment right is 'not unlimited,' and that like other rights, it is subject to reasonable regulation.
I also want to thank Senator Pat Leahy, Chairman of the full Committee, for giving this opportunity to us to have this h...
We cannot deal with this in isolation community by community.
We have to work very closely with our State and local partners in a collaborative approach to gun violence.
Straw purchasing is a dangerous act that supplies many criminals in the city of Chicago and across the United States.
All of these proposals are based on common sense; all of them have strong support among the American public.
Some say we should just enforce the laws that are on the books, but that is not enough.
I have joined with Chairman Leahy in cosponsoring legislation relating to straw purchasers.
Criminals will not subject themselves to a background check so they do not go into the gun shops.
Our biggest problem in Chicago, according to Superintendent McCarthy, who came to Chicago from New York, is that we are ...
Well, that is what it is all about, then?