Martha MacCallum Quotes

We must urge a national dialogue on better methods of curbing preventable gun violence, and address the need for mental health awareness and access to psychiatric services in this country.

Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

We have to change the culture of mass violence we have.

Where there are sick people and easy access to guns, there will be terror …. Maybe we should rethink this whole gun control thing.

There is considerable merit to the notion of treating gun violence as a public health matter.

There is no one single solution to the gun violence issue, nor are there any easy answers.

The problem of gun violence goes beyond the countless demographic differences between people.

Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School three years ago, we have lost over 90,000 Americans to gun violence. This is a manmade crisis that needs to be treated as the public health epidemic it has become.

We need a comprehensive strategy that includes expanding criminal background checks for all commercial gun sales, dedicated federal law to combat gun trafficking, and a strong commitment to mental health services.

It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

Supporting mental wellness is crucial to any goal of decreasing gun violence in America.

Guns aren't the problem; sick people are.

Stop using the word’s “gun control”. All the 2nd Amendment enthusiasts hear is CONTROL. Let’s use “gun violence”, “gun safety” and other terms that are less confrontational.

Everyone agrees that there are individuals who are seriously mentally ill and should not have guns.

America has a right to the Second Amendment, but the people of America have a right to safety and the prevention of gun violence in their community.

Gun violence is a plague in all of our communities, and we must come together to stop it.

Background checks will never stop every criminal from getting their hands on a gun and every single act of gun violence - but the evidence is clear that it's the single most effective policy to help keep guns out of dangerous hands and save lives.

We have to continue to do the work, because we can't see people lose their lives over senseless gun violence.

There is a growing consensus in the private sector that companies can and should take action to address the problem of gun violence in our country.

I'm someone who's seen firsthand the effects of gun violence. I've had to carry a gun to do my job in the war. And I know as well as anyone that this violence has no place on our streets, in our schools, in our concerts, so we've got to do something about it.

There are numerous groups across the country, both local and national, that are working to prevent gun violence in our communities.

The vast majority of Americans are asking for common-sense legislation to protect our families, our friends, and our communities from gun violence.

You can only explain America's gun violence problem through guns, because mental illness doesn't automatically lead to violence, and it doesn't lead to violence anywhere else but America.

More guns are not the answer to keeping our kids and our communities safer.

It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem.