Political Quotes

“We can also read editorials in the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, the Charlotte Observer, the New York Times, and more. Now listen specifically to the pleas of gunshot victims and their family members. Listen to Patrick Korellis, of Chicago, whom I have met. He was shot in a classroom 9 years ago at Northern Illinois University by a man who had a serious mental illness. He wrote to me and he said: I was shot in my classroom by someone who was mentally ill, and was able to obtain guns and a lot of ammunition because the background checks weren't strong enough. Rolling back some of these background checks doesn't make any sense, and will allow more people to get through the loopholes. Now listen to Janet Delana of Wellington, MO. She wrote to Congress: My daughter Colby, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who lived at home with her father and I, received monthly Social Security disability payments for her mental illness. In 2012 she used the money from her disability check to buy a gun at a local gun dealer. Because she was ill and suicidal, I had contacted the gun dealer and begged him not to sell her a gun. However, my pleas were ignored and the dealer sold her a gun anyway because Colby passed the background check. An hour later, she shot her father to death and tried once again to take her own life. She is now in an institution for life, and my husband is gone. Janet said: This SSA Rule is vital.…”