Patrick Leahy actually said...

"If we want to keep firearms away from domestic abusers who are not supposed to have them anyway, we have to improve the background check system."

"I think what we are trying to do--and I hope people realize--on this committee is trying to write laws that protect the public."

"We have statistics that show women in this country are killed at an alarming rate by domestic abusers with guns."

"The law right now is a failure the way it is working."