"National legislation will prevent other states' flawed..." - Quote by Barack Obama

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”

“I'm measuring my actions against that inner voice that for me at least is audible, is active, it tells me where I think I'm on track and where I think I'm off track.”

“That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.”

“Guns are bad, I tell you.”

“I'm consistently on record and will continue to be on record as opposing concealed carry.”

“Assault weapons ban reintroduced.”

“My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who can do just unbelievable damage. We're the only developed country on Earth where this happens. ... And it happens once a week. And it's a one-day story. ... The country has to do some soul-searching on this.”

“What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.”

“Part of my focus on what we need to do around smart gun safety laws is recognize we have to have more enforcement around gun dealers.”