Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 2,485
In her words: “It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn’t even allowed to board an airplane in this country can purchase as many real guns he wants with no questions asked.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 1,943
In his words: "Gun shows, simply put, have become a paradise for illegal firearms sales because felons frequent gun shows to avoid having to go through a background check."
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 1,489
In his words: "But the fact of the matter is, when we look at the number of murders in the United States in 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see large companies, large countries, the UK, Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year. And we're at 9,500…There has got to be a reason for that. We don't have more madmen, we have more guns."
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 1,134
In her words: "I am not saying that these sensible gun laws would have stopped this killer but I do know this: It should not be easy for a killer to obtain a weapon that can kill or wound 20 people in just a few heartbeats--and stop those heartbeats.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 500
In his words: “As someone who served in the Army, I have great respect for firearms and responsible gun ownership. The Gun Show Background Check Act is a responsible and common sense approach to preventing firearms from winding up in the hands of criminals and straw purchasers.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 377
In his words: “Law abiding citizens, armed with concealed weapons, are too often turning what would otherwise be unpleasant but not catastrophic events, such as fender-benders and commuting hassles, into tragedies.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 353
In his words: “When the equivalent of an entire classroom full of kids is killed by gun violence, it underscores the need for common-sense, effective gun safety measures that respond to the level of violence in our communities…Acknowledging that gun ownership is a basic right does not absolve us from the constitutional and moral responsibility to protect innocent children."
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 305
In her words: “We don't want to take their guns away. We want them registered. We don’t want them crossing state lines...”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 268
In her words: “Either the laws aren't sufficient or the laws were broken."
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 248
In her words: "Guns kill. And those who glamorize gunplay or worship gun ownership do no service to humanity."
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 231
In her words: “I have always supported law enforcement having access to all of the information they need to keep us safe, fight against gun violence and keep guns out of the hands of criminals.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 199
In his words: “The cost of gun violence in the United States each year is more than $100 billion. While gun violence is the result of many factors, the availability of guns to children, felons and mentally unstable individuals is a major problem.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 172
In his words: “It is becoming painfully obvious that the easy availability of handguns constitutes a growing national crisis of public health and safety, one that calls for a powerful, wide-ranging response from Congress.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 135
In his words: “As gun violence spirals out of control in Philadelphia, with more than 200 homicides already this year, police in our city and law enforcement across the nation need every tool at their disposal to crush the trade in illegal weapons.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 118
In his words: “Too many times, for too long we have seen blood in our streets from senseless, pointless, lethal gun violence. Our charge is to end that violence, not add to it. There are too many guns on the street as it is, but there are also too many people too willing to use them. Let’s not make it easier for those who feel the need to conceal a weapon to carry it across state lines and into your neighborhood or my neighborhood.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 112
In her words: “I am encouraged by the bipartisan support for providing child safety locks to responsible gun owners…But we have to provide locks that work. California has already set strong and flexible standards. The federal government should follow California’s lead and develop the same standards for Project ChildSafe. Only strong and reliable locks will protect our children from further acts of senseless violence.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 107
In his words: “As we remember the lives lost and forever changed by the massacre at Virginia Tech three years ago, let us come together as a nation in continued vigilance against gun violence. Following the tragedy, improvements to our nation’s background check system were enacted. But a gaping hole in our nation’s gun laws still remains and it’s putting our communities and college campuses at risk. At guns shows across the Commonwealth, anyone can walk in buy a semi-automatic weapon without so much as a background check. Congress must act to close the gun show loop hole. We owe it to the victims at Virginia Tech and everyone whose lives have been touched by the horrors of gun violence.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 101
In his words: "Terror camps know full well how easy it is to purchase firearms in the United States. It is printed in their training manuals. This Congress has recklessly enabled gun dealers to stock a deadlier inventory than ever before. It is unconscionable that we now excuse them from any responsibility for the guns that pass over their cash registers and into our communities.”
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 93
In her words: "At a minimum I believe we must promptly restore the expired federal ban on extended magazine clips. I personally would urge us also to re-enact the 1994 ban on assault weapons which I was proud to support and bar sales of Saturday night specials."
Gun Owners of America: F-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: 100 out of 100
Press mentions: 86
In his words: “While I do not believe gun control is the central component to the nation's crime problem, I do believe it is an important element. Stricter punishments, tougher sentencing, and crime prevention, coupled with gun control, are the keys to this national crisis.”
