Secretary Clinton: “For Me And Many Others, One Immediate Response Was To Ask How It Could Be Possible That We As A Nation Still Allow Guns To Fall Into The Hands Of People Whose Hearts Are Filled With Hate.” “Like many of you, I was so overcome: How to turn grief, confusion into purpose and action? But that’s what we have to do. For me and many others, one immediate response was to ask how it could be possible that we as a nation still allow guns to fall into the hands of people whose hearts are filled with hate.” [Remarks at U.S. Mayors Conference, 6/20/15] Secretary Clinton Called For Universal Background Checks Legislation In The Wake Of The Charleston Shooting. “What I hope with all of my heart is that we work together to make this debate less polarized, less inflamed by ideology, more informed by evidence, so we can sit down across the table, across the aisle from one another, and find ways to keep our communities safe while protecting constitutional rights. It makes no sense that bipartisan legislation to require universal background checks would fail in Congress, despite overwhelming public support.” [Remarks at U.S. Mayors Conference, 6/20/15] Secretary Clinton: “It Makes No Sense That We Wouldn’t Come Together To Keep Guns Out Of The Hands Of Domestic Abusers, Or People Suffering From Mental Illnesses, Even People On The Terrorist Watch List.” “It makes no sense that we wouldn’t come together to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, or people suffering from mental illnesses, even people on the terrorist watch list. That doesn’t make sense, and it is a rebuke to this nation we love and care about.” [Remarks at U.S. Mayors Conference, 6/20/15] IN THE WAKE OF THE CHARLESTON SHOOTING, O’MALLEY CALLED FOR AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AS WELL AS LAWS RESTRICTING STRAW PURCHASING OF GUNS Baltimore Sun: “Promising To ‘Rebuild The Heart Of America's Cities,’ Former Gov. Martin O'Malley Used An Appearance At A Meeting Of The Nation's Mayors On Sunday To Call For A Federal Ban On Assault Weapons And Stricter Regulations On Gun Purchases.” “Promising to ‘rebuild the heart of America's cities,’ former Gov. Martin O'Malley used an appearance at a meeting of the nation's mayors on Sunday to call for a federal ban on assault weapons and stricter regulations on gun purchases. O'Malley, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, told the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors that the massacre at a black church in South Carolina last week demanded action from Washington. ‘I heard some elected officials say this week, 'laws can't change this,'‘ O'Malley told the group in San Francisco. ‘Actually, they can,’ he said. ‘How many senseless acts of violence do we have to endure as a people before we stand up to the congressional lobbyists of the NRA?’” [Baltimore Sun, 6/21/15] Washington Post: “Democratic Presidential Hopeful Martin O'Malley Sent A Tartly Worded E-Mail To Supporters Friday Saying He Is ‘Pissed’ By Congressional Inaction On Gun Control And Asking Them To Stand With Him In An Effort To Toughen Laws After This Week's Massacre At A Charleston, S.C., Church.” “Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley sent a tartly worded e-mail to supporters Friday saying he is ‘pissed’ by congressional inaction on gun control and asking them to stand with him in an effort to toughen laws after this week's massacre at a Charleston, S.C., church. ‘It's time we called this what it is: a national crisis,’ O'Malley said in the e-mail, which carried the subject header ‘I'm pissed’ and included links to a Web page to provide contact information to his campaign. He used the word ‘pissed’ four more times in the e-mail.” [Washington Post, 6/19/15] Washington Post: O’Malley Called For “An Assault Weapons Ban, Stricter Background Checks And Efforts To Prevent ‘Straw Purchases’ Of Guns, Such As Fingerprinting Requirements, Which Maryland Implemented.” “In the e-mail, O'Malley pointed to his record as governor, which included passage in 2013 of a wide-ranging gun-safety bill. On the national level, he is calling for an assault weapons ban, stricter background checks and efforts to prevent ‘straw purchases’ of guns, such as fingerprinting requirements, which Maryland implemented.” [Washington Post, 6/19/15] BERNIE SANDERS SAID THE ISSUE OF BAD ACTORS HAVING ACCESS TO GUNS NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH BUT SAID HE WOULD SPEAK ON THE ISSUE AT LENGTH AT A LATER DATE