Amendment Quotes · Page 40

Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen.

— Jeff Cooper

Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death…

— Eliot Spitzer

I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment.

— Frank Zappa

Leftists hate the Second Amendment and our freedoms. They don't want us Americans to be able to defend ourselves, families, and children…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that the only people in this country who should have guns are police officers…

— Allan Rock

You are five times more likely to be killed by your abuser if your abuser can get their hands on a gun.…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like,…

— Sylvester Stallone

“Carrying a gun without also carrying something less forceful is a lot like having a jackhammer as your only tool.”

— Andrew F. Branca

In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun…

— Donald Trump

The top 15 contenders for the Republican nomination own at least 40 guns among them. If we elect a Republican president no…

— Conan O'Brien

We simply want gun legislation in this country that allows law-abiding citizens to still own guns or prevents people with a history…

— David Hogg

Because drug dealers shoot each other in London, Norfolk farmers can't have guns to defend their homes. I mean, no one wants…

— Jeremy Clarkson

It confirms my idea that you also need more liberal gun laws. Guns lead to a polite society, as we like to…

— Ann Coulter

“Most gun control arguments miss the point. If all control boils fundamentally to force, how can one resist aggression without equal force?…

— Tiffany Madison

Being honest with you, if I would run into a situation where I'd have to pick up a firearm to save another…

— Sam Childers

I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the federal constitutional…

— Michele Bachmann

Republicans are going to have to come to the conclusion that there's a political price for standing against 90 percent of their…

— Chris Murphy

I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and believe that law-abiding Americans have the right to self-defense.

— Donald Trump

If it's OK to register cars and license drivers, why is it not OK to impose similar legal responsibilities on gun owners?

— Stephen King

It is of no use to discover our own faults and infirmities unless the discovery prompts up to amendment.

— John Quincy Adams

...Registering guns is like sending a list of your household valuables to a burglars' guild. Why invite - guarantee - a visit.?

— Kenneth W. Royce

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.

— Gloria Estefan

What Labor has said very clearly is that there should be up to life sentences for people who traffic in guns.

— Anthony Albanese

There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question…

— Nicolas Cage

The Second Amendment was passed in an era when organized police forces were few and citizen militias were useful in maintaining the…

— Blase J. Cupich

Anti-gun groups, most of which are funded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have done little to promote or fund real…

— Katie Pavlich

The National Rifle Association is a domestic terrorist organization that tacitly supports the killing of children more than it supports reasoned gun…

— Richard Ford

This bill says go after the criminal, don't go after the law-abiding gun manufacturer or the law-abiding gun seller.

— Larry Craig

“He didn’t know if that was good or bad: concealed-carry people actually committed fewer felonies per year than cops did ”

— John Sandford

We have to continue to do the work, because we can't see people lose their lives over senseless gun violence.

— Karamo Brown

I think the fact that we allow guns in our country is the main problem with school shootings.

— Josh Hartnett

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.

— David Gerrold

We have other legislation that all of you are aware that I have been so active on, with my colleagues here, and…

— Frank Lautenberg

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.

— George Mason

If have to undergo preschool safety checks every morning, why does a random thug get to own an assault rifle?

— Christine Pelosi

The National Rifle Association says, 'Guns don't kill people. People do'. But I think the gun helps.

— Eddie Izzard

I don't understand why it's controversial for law-abiding citizens protecting themselves under the Second Amendment.

— Jerry Falwell, Jr

I don't hate the government. I don't think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon.

— Henry Rollins

We should have a system of licensing and registration, we should treat firearms the same way that automobiles are treated so that…

— Michael D. Barnes

Some of my colleagues argue that by further curtailing our Second Amendment rights, they can enhance public safety. Fine, the burden of…

— John Kennedy