We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone.

Everybody, every American starts to have - needs to start having a security plan. We need to be able to protect ourselves.

We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest or natural disaster.

I think every school needs a protection plan with a either police officer or certified armed security.

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school - and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January.

Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out.

The presence of a firearm makes us all safer.