Political Quotes

“On the issue of gun violence in America, I think about New York and the disastrous cashless bail law, which was put into effect and supported by the ranking member and continues to be supported by the ranking member, in which more than 80 percent of perps who are carrying and using a gun are released back out onto the street. I will quote New York City Mayor Eric Adams: ``When it comes to guns, this year, 2,386 people were arrested with a gun. Of those, approximately 1,921 are out on the street.'' Eric Adams went on to say: ``Arrested with a gun, out on the street.'' ``Gun arrests in custody, 19.5 percent. Out of custody, over 80 percent.'' ``How do you take a gun law seriously when the overwhelming numbers are back on the streets after carrying a gun?'' Eric Adams says very clearly that you can't take it seriously when you refuse to prosecute people who use guns in the commission of a crime. So many of my colleagues in New York have been so clueless about this. They talk about gun violence, but they have no problem allowing a criminal using guns in the commission of a crime to be put back on the street to do it again and again. It is wrong. If you want to crack down on gun violence in America, then prosecute criminals who use guns in the commission of a crime, but no, we don't want to do that.…”