Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, there have been 914 cases of non-self- defense killings by private citizens holding permits to carry concealed loaded handguns in the last 10 years, which translates into 1,119 Americans dead by homicide, mass shooting, suicide, and murder of police officers under concealed carry permit laws in the States. In Florida, for example--I saw my friend, Mr. Rutherford, up there-- in August, concealed handgun permit holder, Everett Miller, shot and killed two Kissimmee, Florida, police officers. Now, if you want to give everybody the right to a concealed carry permit in your States, fine. But don't impose that on the people of Maryland. We have got our own laws, thank you. Since January, we have had 397 gun massacres in America defined as a slaying of four people or more. Two of them--Las Vegas, which left 58 people dead, and Sutherland Springs, which left 26 people dead--are among the 10 worst massacres in American history by gun. The American people want to end this reign of terror. But what do our friends do on the other side? Do they bring us the universal criminal background check legislation favored by more than 90 percent of the American people of every political party to plug the gun show loophole, the internet loophole, and the 7-Eleven parking lot loophole? No. Do they bring to the floor the bill to criminalize bump stocks which they promised to us? No. No such luck.…”