Political Quotes

“I rise to talk about the continuing toll of gun violence on America and my home State of Illinois. For several months now, New York Times columnist Joe Nocera has published what he calls ``The Gun Report.'' It is a daily compilation of stories about shootings across America. This report, posted online on the New York Times Web site, is startling. It is one thing when you hear the dry numbers about 87 Americans killed, 200 wounded every day by gun violence, but Joe Nocera's report goes beyond the numbers. It shares some of the details from the news reports of these shootings. For example, Mr. Nocera's report for Monday describes shootings that took place over this last weekend. The tally of shootings in America goes on to fill 19 paragraphs. Let me read just some of the descriptions of the shootings that took place over this last weekend right here in our beloved country: A 12-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the face by his 11-year-old friend Friday morning in Camden, NJ. Two Minneapolis, Minn. police officers were shot and wounded at a traffic stop in the Uptown district Friday afternoon. Avery Williams, 22, and Jamario Troutman, 24, died and a third man is in serious condition after a Friday afternoon shooting in West Palm Beach, Fla. Tamara Logan, 44, teacher's aide was shot multiple times in the head area outside McKinley Elementary School in east Erie, Pa., Friday morning.…”