Political Quotes

“Indeed so, because when children are acculturated to violence, they get it off the television, off the same CDs, off the same networks, they get it out of the same Hollywood, we really are one Nation. Nothing, ironically, proves that more than the way in which these guns have touched every part of our Nation. I very much thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt) for his very cogent intervention. Mr. Speaker, I would like to put into the Record what the million moms want. They are way beyond our modest gun legislation where we are trying to close a gun loophole, and where we are trying to get gun safety locks. They think that any rational human being should be doing that and should do it quickly. They are asking for licensing and registration. They say each would work very simply and without a new bureaucracy. They say that the licensing would mean that before one got a gun, one would complete a basic safety course. Would anybody want a gun without in fact making sure that she understood everything that was associated with that gun? There would be a check to ensure that the person was not a criminal who committed a violent crime, or a mentally ill person. There would be a photo and a thumbprint, and of course, that like any license, it would have to be renewed periodically. Then they say they also want gun registration. The nerve of them. We have to register for almost everything. I have to make sure my car is registered because the time for that is due this year.…”