Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady. I believe that California's laws are far more sane than the laws of many other States, particularly the laws of my own State of Virginia. The situation we have today is that over 40 percent--almost half--of the guns purchased in this country don't have to go through a background check; 6.6 million firearm sales occurred at gun shows and through private arrangements that didn't have to go through a background check. That's not even fair to the retail sellers, who have to require the background check and comply with the law. It's almost as though you have two security lines at an airport--one in which you're going to have to stand and have the machine go around and check for metal and so on and then another line that you can just walk through without being checked. So which line would criminals choose?”