“Cities do not have the authority under the state law to ban the possession of handguns.”
Wayne LaPierre
“Banning handguns alone is not gong to stop the violence, but it's a big step,”
Chris Daly
“These males go in, brandishing a weapon. Not just a handgun like we've seen commonly, but in this case more like an assault weapon.”
John Walsh
“Well, the sign on the outside of the door says ‘No concealed handguns,’ ... It doesn’t prohibit butcher knives in plain view.”
Charlie Brown
“We know at this point that it did come from inside the house. It appears to be his father's handgun that was secured in an office that his father has in that house.”
Mike Hill
“He came here with a mission. He came here armed with a handgun, a machete and a hatchet and he had the intention of harming as many people as he could. And where he didn't succeed and everybody's surviving, I think that there's going to be more to follow. I'm afraid of it.”
Phillip Daggett
“It turned into a shoving match. The guy he (Reynolds) was pushing pulled out a small handgun.”
Lt. Dave Nirode