Amendment Quotes · Page 10

If you watch some movies, it would appear that India has free gun license like the U.S.

— Victor Banerjee

The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak.

— Roy Barnes

“The pistol is not a weapon, it is an impertinence.”

— Arturo Perez-Reverte

Banning guns is an idea whose time has come.

— Joe Biden

I don't believe a handgun should be in the hands of anybody

— Giuliano Zaccardelli

I'm for the constitutional right to bear arms. I'm a hunter, and so is my son.

— Bill Nelson

If you reduce the guns and the ammo, you'll reduce the murders.

— Michael Moore

As a U.S. citizen, I cherish the First Amendment.

— Mona Eltahawy

I know it’s stupid to not own a gun yet have so many triggers, but in some other world gigantic seashells hold…

— Jeffrey McDaniel

You want to know my definition of gun control? Being able to stand there at 25 meters and put two rounds in…

— Jesse Ventura

Stop blaming guns for this tragedy when people are the ones pulling the trigger. Guns don't kill people, people kill people.

— Anonymous

I don't know if Hillary [Clinton] was saying it in a sarcastic manner, but I'm very proud to have the endorsement of…

— Donald Trump

Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.

— Niger Innis

I don't support any gun-control legislation - the effort for a new assault-weapons ban, with a ban on semiautomatic weapons, is something…

— Mitt Romney

Millions and millions of people are proud gun owners, and they do it responsibly and by the law.

— Joe Manchin

No matter how 'commonsense' you might consider some gun regulations, they have to pass constitutional muster to become a reality.

— Mary Katharine Ham

I've had people say to me, 'Well, I enjoy going to the firing range and using the assault weapons.' But the pleasure…

— Valerie Jarrett

These days, gun violence can strike anywhere, from a church hall in Charleston to a movie theatre or a Planned Parenthood office…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

I believe in a reasonable amount of "right to bear arms". But private citizens of the United States are not allowed to…

— Ted Turner

I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home…

— Ronald Reagan

So now we're after a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a guy-and-gal thing. To the founders, this would have been like…

— James Lileks

They will never outlaw all of your guns at once. But every 'reasonable' control they can impose without your resistance gives them…

— Dave Kopel

Gun control does not decrease gun ownership by criminals but instead reduces their incentives to refrain from violence because it decreases the…

— John McGinnis

As a former District Attorney and Attorney General, I know the urgency of providing safe homes, schools and neighborhoods for all. This…

— Scott Harshbarger

The President, and government, will only control the militia when a part of them is in the actual service of the federal…

— Alexander Hamilton

“An October 2015 Gallup poll found that a 56 to 41 percent margin of Americans believe that increased concealed carry leads to…

— John R. Lott Jr

I disagreed with the way the court applied the Second Amendment in Heller's case, because what the District of Columbia was trying…

— Hillary Clinton

“Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Thousands of children are killed by handguns in the United States each year. What is that about? What are we doing? We…

— Wayne Dyer

“The people’s right to alter or abolish their form of government was, to the American revolutionaries, supposedly absolute. Yet, strangely, neither the…

— Garrett Epps

History has shown that the greater power of the gun is its power to deter. Bear in mind that criminals, by definition,…

— Massad Ayoob

“To do just that, Bill Landes (University of Chicago Law School) and I collected data on all multiple victim public shootings in…

— John R. Lott Jr

I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.

— William J. Clinton

“Before you're allowed to own a .44, your IQ should be higher than .44.”

— Quentin R. Bufogle

We are going to fight to pass the long over-due Equal Rights Amendment.

— Bernie Sanders

It's time to repeal gun bans everywhere in the United States.

— John Longenecker

Closing the gun show loophole would be a good thing to do.

— Lois Frankel

I'm a gun owner. I'm a strong second amendment supporter.

— Tim Kaine

(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

“Well, sonny, in my country, gun control means using both hands.”

— Nelson DeMille