There is massive gun trafficking that ferries guns from those five Southern States with weak gun laws up I-95 to States like New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

If you are serious about doing something about violence, gun violence, and other: ... not serious people.

We stand ready to pass legislation to address the serious issues facing all Americans if our Republican colleagues will let us.

Here in New York, one of the largest and most complex cities in the world, local leaders have pursued violence intervention, diversion programs, targeted law enforcement and youth engagement programs that have pushed crime and…

Compare that to Mr. Jordan's Ohio, where the homicide rate is 73 percent higher than in Manhattan.

Gun violence is now the leading cause of death of children in America and kills 40,000 Americans a year.

In light of the testimony just heard, what is the mechanism for the Committee to transfer this hearing to Ohio, where the crime rate is significantly greater than here in New York?

If someone is a victim of a gun crime in New York City, dollars to doughnuts that gun was not originally purchased in New York State.

Crime prevention is a serious topic, and it deserves serious discussion, but that's not what this hearing is about.

One of the things I think that Congress has a responsibility to look at, although we don't have jurisdiction over State criminal prosecutions, obviously, or local prosecutions, what is the evidence with respect to the focus on exclusively…

We must pass universal background checks. We must implement red flag laws to keep guns away from those who are a danger to themselves and others, and we must reinstate the assault weapons ban.

We know that the timing isn't a coincidence because, as soon as it became obvious that the Manhattan District Attorney was getting ready to charge Mr. Trump with crimes, Mr. Trump's lawyers sent a letter to the Chair telling him to use the…