Lori Lightfoot 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.

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.

I constantly hear from residents throughout my community about the need for common sense action in Congress to reduce gun violence.

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

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.

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

You can just assume that better law enforcement response is going to quell the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

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

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

The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals.

We must get rid of all the guns.

While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many American lives to gun violence.

In the absence of a Congress ready to act to reduce gun violence, we will keep working to create a different Congress.

This is not the beginning of American civilization where we need guns because it's the Wild, Wild West... There should not be guns in our society, and we all know that; politicians know that.

I am open and willing to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on a variety of appropriate measures we can take to prevent firearms from getting into the wrong hands and mitigate future tragedies.

Guns aren't the problem; sick people are.

Getting guns off the streets does make communities safer. We can't stand here and say because we don't have the perfect solution, we shouldn't try.

No American should live in fear of going to work or sending their kids to school. Let's end the fear. Let's enforce existing gun laws.

Not One More Death. Not One More Dollar

America should affirm and establish that in no instance should the guns go in advance of the perfect right.

Guns are not a defense. Guns are a risk.