Lori Lightfoot Quotes

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

We must work to stop gun violence. I’ve consoled far too many parents whose children were taken too soon. We need to come together across party, racial, and religious lines. It’s time to take responsibility for making sure our babies grow up.

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.

Ending gun violence isn't political. This is personal.

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

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.

It's the sad truth that gun violence can often be prevented.

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.

Hillary Clinton has spent those decades before her time in public office and since her time in public office advocating for common sense measures to fight 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.

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

The key fallacy of so called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm law abiding citizens, while people bent on violence find firearms readily available.

My personal opinion is that guns kill people.

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

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.

Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

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

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.

I think that we should take the tragedy that happened in Newtown and have a full comprehensive dialogue about all issues, whether it has to do with mental health, whether it has to do with the social decline of our young people and some of the things that they are exposed to, whether it has to do with the firearms and guns.

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.