Hillary Clinton

on gun control and gun rights

4/2/2008 - "I ... think we should reinstate the assault weapons ban (that expired in 2004) in order to give our police officers a fighting chance against the criminals on the street with these military-style assault weapons," Clinton said Tuesday. Clinton and Obama favor some kind of ban on assault weapons. - PDF

2/18/2008 - Clinton wants a gun summit. “I believe we really should have a summit where everybody comes together on all sides of this issue,” Clinton said. “Let’s figure out how we can be consistent with the Second Amendment, which I wholeheartedly support, and do more to keep people safe. I think we can do that, but it’s going to require us all to maybe give a little and understand the point of view of the other people,” she said. “That’s something I would do as President to really bring people together.” “We know we need better background checks and we know we’ve got to have mental health information in there,” she said.

"We've made some progress in the last several years with the Brady Bill and some of the bans on assault weapons, but we have a lot of work to do." - Source: GunFreeKids.org - More info from GunFreeKids.Org

"Voted for a 10-year extension of the assault weapons ban. Voted for requiring extensive background checks at gun shows. Supports licensing and registration of handguns, mandatory trigger locks for handguns, holding adults responsible for their children's use of guns, raising the youth handgun ban from age 18 to 21, limiting gun sales to one per month and allowing the Consumer Products Safety Commission regulate guns." Source: CNN Election 2008 Issues - submitted by GS2AC Member Daryn B.

12/12/2007 - Hillary Locks and Loads - Submitted by member John J.

12/7/2007 "...The Des Moines Register surveyed presidential candidates about their stances on gun control." "Democrats Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich and Barack Obama said they would support reinstating the assault-weapons ban." Submitted by member John J. PDF

Hillary Clinton on Gun Control - On The Issues

Background check system could prevent Virginia Tech massacre. "Unfortunately, we saw the tragedy unfold at Virginia Tech. We now know that the background check system didn't work, because certainly this shooter, as he's called, had been involuntarily committed as a threat to himself and others." Source: South Carolina 2007 Democratic primary debate, on MSNBC Apr 26, 2007 - Note: Actually, the person was not declared to be at risk. Source: FactCheck.com: South Carolina 2007 Democratic primary debate Apr 26, 2007 - Article

At a campaign stop in Marshalltown, IA weekend of April 21st, 2007: "The first thing we ought to focus on is figuring out what has gone wrong in actually enforcing all the laws that we have," "....It's come to light that Virginia hasn't really enforced the provision in the Brady Bill to put information like being committed involuntarily, as the shooter was, into the database and then have the database effective enough so it pops up if somebody tries to buy a gun," - Article

Gun Owners of America Presidential Candidates And The Second Amendment

Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. Reference: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; Bill S 397 ; vote number 2005-219 on Jul 29, 2005 - Article

Nov 1, 2003: "Bill and I announced a proposal to raise the legal age of handgun ownership to 21, and limit purchases of handguns to one per month." Source: Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton, p. 503-4 Nov 1, 2003 - Article

"Mrs. Clinton supports licensing new guns and registering new gun owners." - New York Times 11/5/2000 - Article

License and register all handgun sales. Source: CNN.com Jun 2, 2000 - Article

Hillary Clinton was present at the Million Mom March on 5/15/2000 - Earlier in the day she said: ''I think it sometimes takes women to stand up and say, enough is enough. Enough is enough. We have had enough bloodshed, enough violence. When children are afraid to walk down their own blocks, or walk into their own schools, or when parents are afraid to let children even visit neighbors, it is time to say, enough.'' - Article

"If you have guns in your home, tell your parents to keep them away from you and your friends and your little brothers and sisters." Source: Forum at South Side Middle School in Nassau County Jul 15, 1999 - Article

"It does not make sense for us at this point in our history to turn our backs on the reality that there are too many guns and too many children have access to those guns-and we have to act to prevent that." Source: Remarks to NEA in Orlando, Florida Jul 5, 1999 - Article

"We’ve made some progress in the last several years with the Brady Bill and some of the bans on assault weapons, but we have a lot of work to do." Source: ABC’s “Good Morning America” Jun 4, 1999 - Article

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