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.

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.

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

I don't think you should have firearms where people are drinking.

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

If [the shooting of Gabby Giffords in] Tucson tells us anything at all, it tells us this: Government has failed.

Hillary Rodham Clinton will bring a permanent darkness of deceit and despair forced upon the American people to endure.