Carrying a loaded firearm is the gateway crime to committing a murder. — Garry McCarthy Copy Share Image
Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal. — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change. — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
Why buy repeater carbines and nuclear armament - if this is kept at home a child can play with it — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizen's makes our families and our communities more safe, not less… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Law-abiding people need to be able to own firearms to protect themselves. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
I'm a lifelong strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and I've owned and used firearms since I was 10 years old. — Mike Braun Copy Share Image
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty, teeth and keystone under independence. The church,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I think that it's very, very hard for the NRA to continue to defend the position that people who are on the… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
After a week of back and forth, and forth and back over firearms, it's good to see a consensus developing on this… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
I collect firearms, and I've got a Winchester, an Indian rifle. It has tacks for every warrior that was shot, like notches… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Waco was supposed to be a way for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Clinton administration to prove the… — Steve Stockman Copy Share Image
Not that I have any little kids running around I need to keep away from the guns. I had any kids I'd… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
“It’s a cruel fact of war that it takes little more than applying pressure to one finger to end another person’s life.… — Trevor D. Richardson Copy Share Image
The number of people in America killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations, and I don't think we're a bloodthirsty… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
We need commonsense measures, gun control measures, that save lives. I think that it is important that we keep the firearms out… — Catherine Cortez-Masto Copy Share Image
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence… From the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be… — Cesare Beccaria Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of… — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
“The rifle and the pistol are still the equalizer when one man is more of a man than another, and if…he is… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws.… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The pistol had been one hell of a find, because it hadn't quite been what she'd thought it was at first blush.… — Greg Rucka Copy Share Image
“Now standing in one corner of a boxing ring with a .22 caliber Colt automatic pistol, shooting a bullet weighing only 40… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
