Firearms Quotations

We have all read tragic stories in our local papers about gun accidents as a result of misuse. As lawmakers we can better promote safety and responsibility by encouraging gun owners to purchase gun safes to store firearms and keep them from falling into the wrong hands.

I think that it's very, very hard for the NRA to continue to defend the position that people who are on the terrorist watch list should be allowed to buy firearms in this country. That's their position. I don't know how they stand by it.

Companies in the eastern part of the United States are overburdened with their operating costs, and they're no longer competitive. It's a tragedy in the firearms industry.

Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm.

So many deaths could be prevented if measures were implemented to expand background checks and keep individuals like John Hinckley from ever buying firearms in the first place.

If anyone is involved in the trade of selling and buying firearms, they have to obtain a federal firearms license. That is the law of the land today, so to say that there's a loophole is disingenuous.

Winning the battle against trafficking in narcotics, humans or firearms will be a long-term war.

Do I stick with police-issue firearms or buy illegal weaponry to get an edge on the bad guys? Do I arrest a perp and let the system take care of him, or do I take him out myself and enforce justice on the street?

He taught Eddie everything. He was very generous with his knowledge. ... I started learning everything I could about wine making and the politics of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms who, at that time, controlled your life.

We think any time firearms are missing, it's a serious circumstance,