Gun control advocates need to realize that passing laws that honest gun owners will not obey is a self-defeating strategy. Gun owners… — J. Neil Schulman Copy Share Image
In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Forget the National Debt Clock. We need an electronic billboard to track all the daily shootings in this country. I'm really sick… — Quentin R. Bufogle Copy Share Image
Gun laws are an attempt to nationalize the right of self-defense. Politicians perennially react to the police's abject failure to prevent crime… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
My guess [is] . . . that the great majority of Americans are saying they favor gun control when they really mean… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
Crime is a human behavior problem, not a mechanical problem. Furthermore, if firearms were not very useful for self-defense, then police wouldn't… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
“...[T]he Normans, with the usual policy of conquerors, were jealous of permitting to the vanquished Saxons the possession or the use of… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Most people don't ever want to use a gun to protect themselves - that's the last thing they want to do -… — Murphy J. Foster, Jr Copy Share Image
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave Them our weapons, that the wars of… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
For those of us who cry out for gun control, our fears cannot be eliminated as long as the country remains an… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Gun control impinges upon the Second Amendment; involuntary commitment impinges upon the liberty clause of the Fifth Amendment; curbing 'entertainment' violence impinges… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
If we can effectively kill the national pride and patriotism of just one generation, we will have won that country. Therefore, there… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I bought original, real guns of the type we used in 'Tomb Raider' for security. Brad and I are not against having… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
The media insist that crime is the major concern of the American public today. In this connection they generally push the point… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Resistance to sudden violence, for the preservation not only of my person, my limbs, and life, but of my property, is an… — John Adams Copy Share Image
You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find… — Michael Steele Copy Share Image
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger?… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give… — Josh Sugarmann Copy Share Image
The measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. ... They were elements… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
...How can Americans living in the freest country in the world be 'slaves'? We don't even enjoy the liberty of serfs. (… — Kenneth W. Royce Copy Share Image
I think after Sandy Hook, when Obama went out, and he talked a lot about gun control and met with the parents,… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on… — Ethan Zuckerman Copy Share Image
...the people who talk most about the need to regulate guns are also usually the same people who know the least about… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Mr. Giuliani's liabilities as a G.O.P. candidate were obvious. There was his well-documented history of cultural liberalism - on abortion, gay rights,… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
I want to make it as hard as possible. Gun owners would have to be evaluated by how they scored on written… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
I am totally for gun control in the U.S. The population of America is roughly 300 million and there are 300 million… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
If the constitutional right to keep and bear arms is to mean anything, it must, as a general matter, permit a person… — David Prosser Jr Copy Share Image
If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them... I bought original, real guns… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero. It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
Gun control is not part of a strategy to defeat radical Islam or take ISIL down. However it is a problem back… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not stop all… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“We look to statistics for reassurance in these types of situations. Here is one: 100% of mass shootings have been enabled by… — Adam Rutherford Copy Share Image
I've always been progressive on social issues: pro-choice, pro-gun control, and pro-gay rights - even when I was a Republican. The big… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people against whom gun bans are aimed. Almost without exception, murderers are extreme aberrants with… — Don Kates Copy Share Image
After watching the video, the senseless shooting and taking of Walter Scott's life was absolutely unnecessary and avoidable. My heart aches for… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
I think it's a shame that the day somebody hears about a shooting, the first thing they think about is, 'How can… — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
![“My guess [is] . . . that the great majority of Americans are saying they favor gun control when they really mean gun banishment. . . . I think the country has long been ready to restrict the use of guns, except for hunting rifles and shotguns, and now I think we're prepared to get rid of the…” quote by Roger Rosenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/32a/roger-rosenblatt-13478_amendment_my-guess-is-that-the-great-majority-of-a_1099121.jpg)
![“...[T]he Normans, with the usual policy of conquerors, were jealous of permitting to the vanquished Saxons the possession or the use of swords and spears. These circumstances rendered the assistance of the Saxons far from being so formidable to the besieged as the strength of the men themselves…” quote by Walter Scott](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b8e/walter-scott-775_arms-control_t-he-normans-with-the-usual-policy-of-co_2693535.png)
![“Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” quote by Richard Henry Lee](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4cf/richard-henry-lee-32108_2-amendment_militias-when-properly-formed-are-in-fac_1843730.jpg)
![“... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give the Treasury Department health and safety authority over the gun industry, and any rational regulator with that authority would ban handguns.” quote by Josh Sugarmann](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0c9/josh-sugarmann-37570_amendment_immediately-call-on-congress-to-pass-far_255542.png)
![“[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral [force]; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.” quote by Joel Barlow](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4c7/joel-barlow-39317_bearing-arms_the-disarming-of-citizens-has-a-double-e_640598.png)
