Political Quotes

“I have stood shoulder to shoulder with him fighting for second amendment rights. I own guns. I used to be a gun dealer. I am a hunter. I will go to the wall protecting the second amendment rights to own a firearm. I think it is important. It is part of the Constitution. I think we should do that. ATF has been charged with the responsibility of enforcing our Federal gun laws. It is not a popular thing to do. I would suggest, from comments the gentleman from Michigan, there is probably not a law enforcement agency in this country that you cannot go into and find one of these anecdotal stories where someone was mistreated. Unfortunately, that is the nature of the business because a lot of decisions have to be made under pressure, and sometimes those decisions are not correct, and we will admit they are not correct. I only say, to single one agency out, as we are doing here, is poorly misdirected. If the gentleman persists with his amendment, I am considering offering an amendment to the amendment which would include in this exclusion the FBI and U.S. Marshals Office. Let's include them all. The gentleman is totally off base. The whole purpose of the exclusionary bill that we are offering anyway does not allow anyone to go in on a raid without just cause. You still have to have a warrant, you still have to do it right.”