17 Quotes by Josh Sugarmann

There will always be angry men who want to take out their rage and it's the access to specific categories of firearms like assault rifles and handguns that allow them to do so quickly and easily.

It ranges from advertisements in youth magazines to outreach programs targeting kids, even trying to bring in women who are single parents and eventually get their kids in what is part of becoming, in essence, a youth gun culture.

The gun industry has recognized that they've lost a generation and they're trying to create a youth gun culture.

America's future until we get serious about gun control in this country.

Today's N.R.A. is, in reality, nothing more than a gun industry trade association masquerading as a shooting sports foundation. The organization's agenda is increasingly focused on one goal: selling more guns.

Although the District of Columbiahas had a ban on handgun sale and possession since 1976, Washingtonresidents are held hostage by the lax gun laws of surroundingjurisdictions.

Handguns are a public-health problem.

The NRA is right...handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns.

Fear, physical pain, and death are just part of the price Americans pay for the easy access of handguns. It is estimated that the total costs to Americans of gun violence (the vast majority of which involves handguns) is measured in tens of billions of dollars.3 In comparison, the wholesale value of the 1.3 million handguns manufactured in America in 1998 totaled only $370 million.