"I value and respect the rights that are provided by our Constitution. However, I find it very hard to believe that our founders intended those rights to go so unreasonably unchecked."
"It strikes me that what Heller said is the absolute prohibition of gun ownership is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment."
"It would make even less sense to be bound solely by history."
"There are burning fires of violence in that community, and we have to pool our resources and work collaboratively."
"the violence that cuts short all these lives--is beyond our reach because of the Second Amendment, and my answer to that is an emphatic no."
"The Supreme Court did not suggest in Heller or McDonald or in any other case that uniquely within the Constitution the Second Amendment protects a certain fixed set of objects."
"The only people who should be disturbed by common-sense gun laws are people who should not have guns in the first place."
"I think it is fairly obvious and rational to believe some of these gang bangers are never going to walk into a gun dealer."
"I do not think anyone is saying that there should not be a right to bear arms."
"I disagree. When you take a look at where these guns come from, 25 percent plus are sold in the surrounding towns around the city of Chicago, not in the city."
"Tell us about the lives that were saved in Tucson and what it had to do with magazines."