Background Checks Quotes:

Should we have background checks, waiting periods? To drive a car you have to pass a test that shows you know how to drive your car safely, you should have to do the same thing with guns.

- Michael D. Barnes

topic: Gun, Car, Waiting, Background Checks

There should be a background check every time a firearm is transferred. You shouldn't be able to go to a gun show and buy guns without a background check. There are Internet gun sales, classified ads in the newspapers - and you can buy guns without background checks.

- Michael D. Barnes

topic: Gun, Able, Internet, Background Checks

We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone.

- Wayne LaPierre

source: "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. January 30, 2014.

topic: Gun, Thinking, Criminals, Loopholes, Background Checks

I believe law-abiding citizens ought to be able to own a gun. I believe in background checks at gun shows or anywhere to make sure that guns don't get in the hands of people that shouldn't have them.

- George W. Bush

source: George W. Bush at the third Presidential Debate in Tempe, Arizona, www.cnn.com. October 14, 2004.

topic: Believe, Gun, Hands, Law Abiding Citizen, Background Checks

Ninety percent of people support background checks. Which means even people who can't pass a background check support background checks.

- Bill Maher

topic: Mean, People, Support, Background Checks

When it comes to the issue of background checks, let's be honest - background checks will never be 'universal' - because criminals will never submit to them.

- Wayne LaPierre

source: "NRA: More Gun Control Not A Serious Proposal" by Christina Wilkie, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 29, 2013.

topic: Issues, Criminals, Honest, Background Checks

The first thing is we got to make sure we try to keep guns out of the wrong hands. And I want comprehensive background checks.

- Hillary Clinton

source: Source: www.washingtonpost.com

topic: Gun, Hands, Trying, Background Checks

Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place feel at least as passionate, at least as mobilized and well-funded as the NRA and the gun manufacturers are because the politics in Congress are such where even members of Congress who know better are fearful if they vote their conscience and support common sense measures like background checks, they're worried they're going to lose.

- Barack Obama

topic: Gun, Mass Shootings, People, Nra, Background Checks

When I think about what we need to do, we have 33,000 people a year who die from guns. I think we need comprehensive background checks, need to close the online loophole, close the gun show loophole. There's other matters that I think are sensible that are the kind of reforms that would make a difference that are not in any way conflicting with the Second Amendment.

- Hillary Clinton

source: Source: www.christianpost.com

topic: Gun, Thinking, Years, Background Checks

What I put forward was an amendment that would have temporarily halted immigration from high-risk terrorist countries, but would have started it up, but I wanted them to go through Global Entry, which is a program where we do background checks.

- Ted Cruz

source: Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

topic: Country, Risk, Immigration, Background Checks, High Risk

There's no doubt that I respect the Second Amendment, that I also believe there's an individual right to bear arms. That is not in conflict with sensible, commonsense regulation.

- Hillary Clinton

source: Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

topic: Believe, Doubt, Second Amendment, Background Checks

Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems. I'm not going to deny that there are errors, because in any system that involves human beings or technology, there are going to be errors.

- James Lee

topic: Technology, Errors, Agency, Background Checks, Government Agencies

Then they show up at the door and the reality is that they are 5-foot-8, 240 pounds and have not run a mile in years. A background check is not going to help you with that.

- Charlene Li

topic: Running, Reality, Feet, Background Checks

Right now - and this is something Donald [Trump] has supported, along with the gun lobby - right now, we've got too many military- style weapons on the streets. In a lot of places, our police are outgunned. We need comprehensive background checks, and we need to keep guns out of the hands of those who will do harm.

- Hillary Clinton

source: Source: time.com

topic: Military, Gun, Hands, Background Checks

Making improvements to our background check system and cracking down on illegal gun trafficking are common-sense ways to prevent violence without punishing law abiding gun owners. We owe it to the American people to take real action to reduce gun violence in our communities.

- Martin Heinrich

topic: Real, Gun, Law, Trafficking, Background Checks

The information hack contains facts discovered by the FBI in doing background checks for people seeking positions with the federal government. It's a treasure trove which can easily be used for blackmail and other reasons by the enemy.

- Donald Trump

source: "CNN Newsroom" with Carol Costello, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2016.

topic: Government, People, Enemy, Blackmail, Background Checks

If [lawmakers] lose elections in part because of their votes on the background-check bill or their position on the terror gap bill, then there will be a rethinking of this issue within the Republican conference.

- Chris Murphy

source: Source: www.motherjones.com

topic: Issues, Bills, Gaps, Lawmakers, Background Checks

One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees without mandating any background checks whatsoever. Now we've seen what happened in San Bernardino. When you are letting people in, when the FBI can't vet them, it puts American citizens at risk.

- Ted Cruz

source: Republican Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. December 15, 2015.

topic: Eight, People, Risk, Background Checks, Syrian Refugees

I think the American people are gonna be reasonable with what do you do with someone who has been in this country for 10 or 12 years who hasn't otherwise violated our laws - because if they're a criminal they can't stay. They'll have to undergo a background check, pay a fine, start paying taxes. And ultimately, they'll given a work permit and that's all they're gonna be allowed to have for at least 10 years.

- Marco Rubio

source: Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

topic: Country, Thinking, Years, Paying Taxes, Background Checks

Cameras are dangerous. With no waiting period or background check, any whack-job could just stroll into a Wal-Mart and walk out with a semi-automatic. Now, for years I've been pressing for stricter regulations on cameras, especially around our elected officials. Too many political lives have been cut short by some crazed shooter.

- Stephen Colbert

topic: Jobs, Cutting, Years, Elected Officials, Political Life

We are going to trace more effectively, how these guns are ending up on the streets, to unscrupulous gun dealers, who often times are selling to straw purchasers. And cracking down on the various loopholes that exist in terms of background checks for children, the mentally ill.

- Barack Obama

source: Source: www.politico.com

topic: Children, Gun, Selling, Loopholes, Purchasers

I come from a state that has virtually no gun control. And yet, at political peril, I voted for an instant background check, which I want to see strengthened and expanded. I voted to ban certain types of assault weapons which are designed only to kill people.

- Bernie Sanders

source: Source: www.nbcnews.com

topic: Gun, Assault Weapons, People, Background Checks

This week the White House proposed fingerprinting and photographing foreign visitors so they can do background checks. Officials in Saudi Arabia said this will only increase anti-American feelings in the Mideast. Is that possible? Gee, you hate to have people dislike us for no reason. Things were going so well.

- Jay Leno

topic: Hate, White, People, Background Checks, Saudis

I don't believe anybody has a right to own any kind of a firearm. I believe in order to obtain a permit to own a firearm, that person should undergo an exhaustive criminal background check. In addition, an applicant should give up his right to privacy and submit his medical records for review to see if the person has ever had a problem with alcohol, drugs or mental illness... The Constitution doesn't count!

- John Silber

topic: Giving Up, Believe, Gun, Medical Records, Right To Privacy

In 1999, the NRA leadership in Washington, pretty much the same people intact, were for (expanded background checks.)

- Joe Manchin

topic: People, Nra, Checks, Background Checks

To end the crisis [of gun violence], we have to regulate -or, in the case of handguns and assault weapons, completely ban -the product. We are far past the [point] where registration, licensing, safety training, background checks, or waiting periods will have much effect on firearms violence.

- Josh Sugarmann

topic: Gun, Past, Safety, Registration, Licensing

Like it or not the American people support the term 'background check,' they support the concept of it even though they know it won't work to keep guns out of the hands of criminals they figure 'well if criminals aren't supposed to have guns what's the big deal about a background check,'

- Alan Gottlieb

topic: Gun, Hands, People, Background Checks

Every gun sold should require a background check, period.

- Gary Ackerman

source: "Third gun control bill proposed since Tucson shootings" by Sahil Kapur, www.rawstory.com. January 13, 2011.

topic: Gun, Checks, Should, Background Checks

I would like to save lives. Now you know, the gun lobby will say, "You can't stop everybody." And I would agree with that: You can't stop everybody. Isn't it worth stopping as many as possible, saving as many lives as we can? And I think comprehensive background checks and trying to keep guns outta the wrong hands would help us do that.

- Hillary Clinton

source: "ranscript: Clinton talks Orlando, Sanders, campaign with Telemundo". Interview With José Díaz-Balart, thehill.com. June 14, 2016.

topic: Thinking, Gun, Hands, Background Checks

Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding background checks because they think it'll be a lot more paperwork. And it probably would make it more difficult to sell guns at, say, a flea market.

- Gail Collins

topic: Crazy, Thinking, Gun, Background Checks, Flea Markets

Background checks, waiting periods, reports of transfers, and access to mental health records have not stopped the legal sale of firearms to legitimate buyers.

- Colleen Hanabusa

source: "Hawaii Has Shown That Gun Control Works" by Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2013.

topic: Waiting, Records, Mental Health, Firearms, Background Checks

I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.

- Wendy Davis

topic: Believe, Gun, Wind, Background Checks

We're being overrun by people who live in poor and corrupt countries who come to the USA to get work. But we got to regain our sovereignty, we're going to control our border, and there will be border security tied to the pathway to citizenship. There will be an earned pathway to citizenship. It will be available to everybody who works hard, pays a fine, passes a background check.

- Lindsey Graham

topic: Country, Hard Work, Usa, Border Security, Background Checks

I want to protect our constitutional right to bear arms in a legal and thoughtful way with background checks that also don't want people to get shot and murdered, but it doesn't mean that you can't own a gun.

- Kimberly Guilfoyle

topic: Mean, Gun, Thoughtful, Background Checks

Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.

- Trey Gowdy

topic: Assistants, Telling The Truth, Perjury, Background Checks

[Donald Trump] can`t reach out and push off at the same time when he says - he says we want the ban on assault weapons, because they`re so very dangerous, and background checks on guns, given the level of violence in the country, he says he wants more guns to make us more secure.

- Jesse Jackson

source: Source: www.msnbc.com

topic: Country, Gun, Assault Weapons, Background Checks

Do not tell me that I have not shown courage in standing up to the gun people, in voting to ban assault weapons, voting for instant background checks, voting to end the gun show loophole and now in a position to create a consensus in America on gun safety.

- Bernie Sanders

source: Source: www.msnbc.com

topic: Gun, Assault Weapons, America, Background Checks, Gun Safety

The FBI background check would show that Rudolph Giuliani had an out-of-control affair with his Press Secretary while he was mayor of New York.

- Lawrence O'Donnell

topic: New York, Rudolph, Affair, Background Checks