Political Quotes

“My question is a followup on that. After we tried to do the Manchin-Toomey amendment to put commonsense measures into place--as law-abiding gun owners do every day--did you have anybody in Connecticut come and say to you that the Manchin-Toomey amendment would take away their gun rights and make it so they can't keep their gun, can't own a gun, or can't buy a gun? Because, in fact, for those who took time to read it, we protected the Second Amendment greater than it had ever been protected. We protected law-abiding gun owners so they are able to do what the Second Amendment right gives them the right to do. We never banned anything because we know the law- abiding gun owners will do the right thing. I think in West Virginia and I would say in Connecticut that 70 to 80 percent of the real ardent collectors, shooters, sportsmen say it makes sense. They don't mind getting a background check. Why we hit a roadblock, I don't know. Did you have anybody coming to you in your State and saying: Senator Murphy, please don't vote for that because I don't want you to take my rights away.”