Political Quotes

“First, I thank my colleague from Illinois, Congresswoman Kelly, for her leadership in this fight to reduce gun violence and for bringing us together this evening, as she has so many times, speaking so eloquently about gun violence, the effect in her district, and around our country. Tonight, I would like to focus on a particular type of gun violence. It is one that happens every 16 hours in America, when a woman is fatally shot by a former or current intimate partner. Here are some more horrific facts: In 8 out of 10 gun deaths involving intimate partners, the victims are women. The majority of mass shooters killed their intimate partner during their rampage, and the perpetrators of domestic violence are the shooters in more than half of all mass shootings. Abused women are five times more likely to be killed by their abuser if their abuser has access to a firearm. All of this adds up to a grisly reality: American women are 16 times more likely to be killed by gunshot than women in any other developed country. You don't have to look very hard to see there is something very wrong with this picture. The most powerful Nation in the world, with our proud tradition of innovation and ingenuity, appears to be completely impotent in reducing gun violence. At least that is what our Republican leaders would like us to believe.…”