“Guns are a symbol for a lot of people, and they mean different things. I think the symbol to some Americans is of tradition, of family, of history. And others, I think, view it as a symbol of death, fear, destruction.”

“My husband was murdered in 1995 in front of our house ... That changes your life forever. It changes your kids’ lives forever.”

“She had been raped, sodomized and shaved bald on the parking lot of the church ... My question to God [is] why didn’t you just step out onto the parking lot?”

“They’re not really listening to me. They’re not really hearing what I have to say. They’re kind of just painting an image in their mind about what they want me to be.”

“I began hunting as a small kid with my dad from as far back as I can remember ... [That] has made all the difference in the very strong woman that I am today.”

“It’s dangerous being a black man in America with a gun.”

“I sat there thinking about [how] these people have threw they life away committing to an idea that we started ... I said to myself that I had to do something about it.”

“We’re like no other country in the world on this ... We have to change the political process.” —Mark Kelly

“Being shot—ambushed the way I was—not expecting it, that man took my life from me. I could no longer be a policeman.”

“It’s disheartening as a gun owner and as an NRA member to continually get beat down and continually to get bullied.”