Chris Murphy Quotes

Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.

A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.

The ban on assault weapons was a good and necessary law that was allowed to lapse through the influence of special interests.

It's clear to me that the NRA isn't going to stop trying to meddle in making this a safer state.

My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to the point that guns are actually the only unregulated consumer product in America. Think about that. It's stunning.

Let me share some facts with you about the law in most of our country. California is in many ways a little different from the rest of the world, and California has better gun laws than many states, although California's need to be improved.

The so-called assault weapons ban is a hoax. It is a political appeal to the ignorant. The guns it supposedly banned have been illegal for 78 years. Did the ban make them 'more' illegal? The ban addresses only the appearance of weapons, not their operation.

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.

When President Obama first unveiled his gun control proposals recommending a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and better background checks, there seemed to be momentum behind the effort. But then the proposals ran into a wall.

Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.

The Newtown massacre created a tipping point on the gun debate in America.

Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns.

You can have 90% of the people for gun control, but the National Rifle Association will still prevailed. They go out and work harder.

A powerful lobby [the National Rifle Association] dins into the ears of our citizenry that these gun purchases are constitutional rights protected by the 2nd Amendment.

Gunpowder Trade Association

Once they ban rifles, they're gone forever.

It's just unbelievable to me that the National Rifle Association has so much power.

It should be a badge of shame to have an A-rating from the NRA.

I'm the original co-sponsor of an assault weapons ban.

Politicians need to rethink their reflexive invocations of the Second Amendment and the idea that the gun lobby is too powerful to challenge.

While New York City cannot prevent other jurisdictions from selling firearms, it has taken a powerful stance against guns by divesting pension funds from gun manufacturers.

We must permanently reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban and the restrictions on high capacity magazines.

The NRA has become financially dependent on more and more guns being sold - especially the expensive ones. In turn, the NRA has stated that its top legislative priority is to protect gun makers by advocating for legislation that benefits them.

I think that there should be an assault weapons ban.

The NRA isn't a boogeyman, it's a grass-roots organization made up of 5 million law-abiding Second Amendment supporters.