Nobody with a criminal record would ever be allowed to buy a gun. All assault weapons would be banned, completely. And everybody who still possesses a gun license would receive mandatory education and training by professionals on how to handle a gun. After all, I can't drive my car until I pass a test proving I know how to handle a car.

As a Christian, as an individual, as a doctor, I am absolutely opposed to the death penalty.

If you can't control your reproduction, you can't control your life.

My biggest challenge is to educate the American people, to make access to health care available for all, and to make sure that prevention plays a big part in health care. In the case of guns, prevention means we prevent homicides and devastating, expensive gun injuries by preventing those who shouldn't have guns from getting their hands on guns.

It is often easier for our children to obtain a gun than it is to find a good school.

You can't keep an ignorant population healthy.

But I'm saying we are loosing the people who are going to pay my social security. And that bothers me.