Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense. — John Adams 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
We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans... — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The question isn't whether we 'need' guns. It's wether the government should have a monopoly on force — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjugated races to possess arms. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is not about duck hunting, and I know I'm not going to make very many friends saying this, but… — Suzanna Hupp Copy Share Image
Good intentions will always be pleaded, for every assumption of power; but they cannot justify it ... It is hardly too strong… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Gun control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy… — Suzanna Hupp Copy Share Image
We would just go out and line up a bunch of cans and shoot with rifles, handguns and at times, submachine guns...… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left… — Malcolm Wallop Copy Share Image
The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed - where… — Alex Kozinski 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
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I've learned in the last 18+ years of interacting with over 60,000 people during my vegan lecture tour,… — Gary Yourofsky 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
There is a sort of Neo-Confederate thread that runs through these sort of pro-gun movements and the NRA movement. — Joy-Ann Reid Copy Share Image
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I'm not anti-gun or pro-gun, but if you put a gun in your hand, you feel different. — Matt Servitto Copy Share Image
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The people will not understand the importance of the Second Amendment until it is too late. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. — George Mason Copy Share Image
All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Conservative talk radio hosts have conned the American people into thinking there is such a thing as a pro-life, pro-war, pro-gun, pro-death… — Janeane Garofalo 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
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“In the debate over guns, both sides are angry. The pro-gunners are angry at the ignorance, lies, and distortions of the anti-gunners,… — Dave Champion Copy Share Image
Wherever standing armies are kept up, and when the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color… — St. George Tucker 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
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