Background checks will never stop every criminal from getting their hands on a gun and every single act of gun violence - but the evidence is clear that it's the single most effective policy to help keep guns out of dangerous hands and save lives.
Interpretation
Background checks can't eliminate all gun violence, but they significantly reduce access to guns by dangerous individuals.
This quote emphasizes the importance of background checks as a crucial policy for gun control. While acknowledging that such measures will not completely prevent criminal access to firearms or end all gun violence, it highlights the effectiveness of background checks in reducing incidents and protecting lives by keeping guns away from individuals who pose a threat to society.
In practice
During a town hall, a speaker might quote this to advocate for stronger gun control measures.
I work tirelessly advocating for gun violence prevention and promoting common-sense gun laws that could spare other parents the pain of having their child taken by senseless gun violence - laws the NRA's leadership has fought against relentlessly.
No woman should ever have to choose between maintaining a healthy pregnancy and a paycheck.
Whether it's racism, homophobia, misogyny, transphobia, xenophobia, religious intolerance or other bias - we demand to live in a country where we can be safe to be who we are, believe what we want and love whomever we want.
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
Instead of imposing your will on every situation...focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to understand where and who you are.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
Yield not thy neck_x000D_ _x000D_ To fortune's yoke, but let thy dauntless mind_x000D_ _x000D_ Still ride in triumph over all mischance._x000D_ _x000D_ In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands_x000D_ _x000D_ that work on us.
If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
The obvious choice isn't always the best choice, but sometimes, by golly, it is. I don't stop looking as soon I find an obvious answer, but if I go on looking, and the obvious-seeming answer still seems obvious, I don't feel guilty about keeping it.
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