James Comey Quotes

Even though New York is the safest big city in the nation, there are still far too many illegal guns on our streets. Nearly all of them arrive from out of state - and most are sold by a small group of rogue gun dealers who refuse to obey federal laws.

If a law could keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be virtually no gun crime at all.

When it comes to stop-and-frisk, you know, Hillary Clinton is talking about takes guns away.Well, I'm talking about taking guns away from gangs and people that use them.

Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders.

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

We must get rid of all the guns.

Far too often we see attention paid to the firearm and not the criminal.

There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence.

If it was up to me, no one but law enforcement officers would own hand guns.

While law enforcement officers are working hard in Illinois to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, they face a nearly impossible task because of weak gun laws in surrounding states.

In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police.

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.

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

Gun control responsibilities are taking police officers off the street and adding to crime.

I get it. You have the right to have guns. But look, let's forget that right. Let's forget the pleasure you get safely on your range, because it's in the wrong hands in other places.

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.

The first step is to take weapons off the streets and to put more police on them.

What is wrong with keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people?

When you have 4,000 people killed in Chicago by guns, from the beginning of the presidency of Barack Obama, his hometown, you have to have stop-and-frisk.

The answer to crime is not gun control, it is law enforcement and self-control.

They say if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. Well, those are precisely the people who need them!

I think there should be a law - and I know this is extreme - that no one can have a gun in the U.S. If you have a gun, you go to jail. Only the police should have guns.

We have to tackle the plague of gun violence.

I hope we will come together as a nation and do whatever it takes to keep guns away from people who have no business with them.

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby.