Jeff Sessions Quotes

If there's one crime for which there has to be a certainty of punishment, it is gun violence.

We have to tighten our gun laws and keep guns out of the hands of criminals, the mentally ill, and domestic abusers.

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.

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

Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.

It is high time our government take action and do everything in its power to help reduce gun violence in America and save lives.

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

I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country.

What I don't want to do is restrict law-abiding citizens from their Second Amendment rights, which are focused on freedom. I point out all the time. Remember, bad guys aren't stupid, they're just bad.

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

The people of Chicago have made it very clear that they favor sensible restrictions on gun ownership.

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.

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.

We've got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch.

The Brady Act was passed in response to what Congress described as an 'epidemic of gun violence.'

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.

I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.

[Referring to gun control:] You've got to protect your legitimate sportsman and hunter, but by God, you've got to protect your police officers too.

What better way to help health prevention than to ban all handguns.

Illegal guns don't belong on our streets and we're sending that message loud and clear. We're determined to see that gun dealers who break the law are held accountable, and that criminals who carry illegal loaded guns serve serious time behind bars.

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.

You can’t take the hard-line NRA position. That’s a loser.

Obviously, we think it's important to make sure that firearms do not get in the hands of people who are criminals, convicted felons or adjudicated as mentally ill.

You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment.