Political Quotes

“I support this assault weapons ban because the time has come to halt the arms race in the United States and a ban be placed on these weapons of war. Semiautomatic assault weapons are lethal killing machines, designed to tear the life out of another human being as quickly and efficiently as possible. Street gang members, drug traffickers, and other criminal elements prefer these weapons because they intimidate as well as they perform. That we are even having to debate whether people should have access to these machines of death is a sign of how irrational this issue has become. These weapons do not belong on the streets, because if people have assault weapons, they are going to use assault weapons. Yesterday, Mrs. Gloria Ghee, a mother in my district told me of the death of her son Yrral who was shot over 30 times with an AK-47 in broad daylight on a lovely morning in September. His body was so mutilated that she could barely recognize the person in the coffin as her son. Who is willing to tell her that the life of her child is not worth our taking action to prevent the manufacture and importation of these kinds of weapons?”