Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today because we have a gun problem in the United States. This problem has been ongoing for years, but the continued events make this reality all the more stark. Kaylin Gillis was shot and killed for turning around in a driveway, something so many of us have done. Heather Roth and Payton Washington, two cheerleaders, were shot for mistakenly getting into a car they thought was theirs, something so many of us have done. Kinsley White and her parents were shot for retrieving a basketball in a neighbor's yard, something so many of us have done. Ralph Yarl was shot for ringing the wrong doorbell when picking up his siblings, something so many of us have done. All of this violence, not to mention the mass shootings in Dadeville, Louisville, and Nashville this month, reminds us that going about your daily life can quickly turn deadly in this country. Death should not be a consequence for simply living our lives. We cannot continue to look away from the thousands of lives taken by gun violence every year that barely register in the headlines. This past weekend, 17 people were shot in Chicago, including a 3- year-old from Calumet Heights and a 6-year-old from Woodlawn. The weekend before, 10 were killed and 26 wounded. Four were killed and 21 injured the weekend before that. Whether it is from a fight gone too far, an accidental discharge, a stray bullet, or death by suicide, guns make our communities more dangerous and restrict other people's freedoms.…”