Political Quotes

“let me say at the outset that I support the second amendment, which provides Americans with right to keep and bear arms. Many of my constituents have a great love for the land and a tradition of sportsmanship. I have long maintained that abiding citizens have constitutional guarantees to own firearms and that these guarantees should be upheld. However, I do not believe that in crafting the Constitution, our Founding Fathers intended to give citizens the right to bear arms of mass destruction. Every day I turn on the news or read the newspaper, I find yet another gun related death. Our streets, playgrounds, and schools have become shooting ranges. The very fabric of American society is being torn apart by a pull of the trigger. Let me qualify, that each pull of the trigger on an semiautomatic assault weapon can mean 30 shots emptied in just 5 seconds. Semiautomatic assault weapons are specifically engineered for the purpose of killing. These weapons are simply tools used to enhance criminal activity.”