When it comes to the issue of background checks, let's be honest - background checks will never be 'universal' - because criminals will never submit to them.

Guns don’t kill people. Video games, the media and Barack Obama’s budget kill people.

We cannot make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free.

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

Law-abiding people need to be able to own firearms to protect themselves.

When it comes to the issue of background checks, let's be honest - background checks will never be 'universal' - because criminals will never submit to them.

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.