"Let me be very clear. I support the Second Amendment. I've been a hunter all my life. But I don't

"Let me be very clear. I support the Second Amendment. I've been a hunter all my life. But I don't think we need to make the job of terrorists any easier."
John Kerry
Who criticized President Bush for letting a decade-long ban on assault weapons expire.
"President Clinton's so-called 'assault weapons' ban was nothing more than a sop to antigun liberals."
Rep. Butch Otter, R-Idaho
Trumpeting the end of the federal law.
"It's as bad as it can possibly get. It's a horizontal blizzard. The air is just foam."
Justin Uzzell
On Grand Cayman island, which was hit hard by Hurricane Ivan.