Political Quotes

“We are trying to set up a computer check across the United States, so if you purchase a firearm, there is a way for States or the Federal Government to check and see whether you have a history of having committed a felony or a history of mental illness, and in that situation States are saying, ``Of course we do not want to sell a gun to you.'' And that is the basic Brady law. Most people support it because it is eminently sensible that we want to keep guns out of the hands of people who are likely to misuse them. I think everybody supports that. The NRA and the people on the other side of the issue even support it. The Federal Bureau of Investigation does these background checks by computer. They have said that, ``When we do these background checks, we will charge the prospective gun purchaser, the one who wants to buy the gun, for our cost in doing the background check.'' And of course that sounds reasonable to me.”