Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this is what my constituent, Barbara Kelty, wrote to the Louisville Courier-Journal this morning: While polls continue to say that a majority of NRA members and a sizable majority of the American people support background checks and a majority of citizens support limiting magazine size, a majority in Congress at this point apparently does not favor either. How can that be? To me, it is evident that these Members of Congress do not feel obligated to us, the people who elected them, whom they represent. Rather, they feel beholden to the gun lobby which fattens their campaign chests. And it is obvious that the gun-making industry, which does not condone or support gun violence, benefits from the emotional rush of citizens exercising the right to buy protection for their families after these tragedies. We, the citizens, must do our bit to lobby Congress and remind them that our will takes precedence. Ms. Kelty is right. In Kentucky, three out of four people support background checks for every gun sale. More than 90 percent of the American people, and three-quarters of NRA members, support background checks, which have stopped nearly 2 million people from illegally buying guns. Still, 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues in the Senate to listen to the vast majority of Kentuckians and the American people and support background checks. ____________________”