We have this tradition of the Second Amendment and people's rights to self-defense and a certain suspicion that the government can't be… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
What we've seen in Louisiana - the breakdown of law and order in the aftermath of disaster - is exactly the kind… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
The lived experience of Black people in the United States has demonstrated countless times that we are neither seen as 'law-abiding citizens'… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
If were going to change the laws, lets change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at… — John Dingell Copy Share Image
I believe we can have common sense gun safety measures consistent with the Second Amendment, and, in fact, what I have proposed… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his… — Tench Coxe 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
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
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
There is more hooey spread about the Second Amendment. It says quite clearly that guns are for those who form part of… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“Anyone who claims that weapons like semi-automatics are so modern and unique that the Second Amendment doesn't apply to them would also… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg 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
There's no way you are going to get rid of the Second Amendment, there's no way you're going to get rid of… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Both Alton Sterling and Philando Castile had guns on them, which is part of their Second Amendment right. It is a part… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
When I joined the Supreme Court in 1975, both state and federal judges accepted the Court's unanimous decision in United States v.… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
“Chief Justice Warren Burger—a well-known conservative, appointed by President Richard Nixon—said that the Second Amendment “has been the subject of one of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation… Notwithstanding the military establishments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Let's create a regime that makes sale of bullets to anybody not licensed to carry a gun illegal, makes resale illegal, micro-stamps… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Obama, Bloomberg and nearly every politician and gun-ban zealot pushing for a universal background check system are on record supporting mandatory gun… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
“Americans have seen this before. In June 2008, then Senator Barack Obama assured everyone, “I have said consistently that I believe that… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Those whose First and Second Amendment rights are taken from them won’t like it and will most likely fight back, leading to… — John Price Copy Share Image
Before the advent of Hitler or Stalin, who took their power from the German and the Russian people, measures were thrust upon… — Edwin Arthur Hall Copy Share Image
The powers of the sword are in the hands of the yeomanry of America from sixteen to sixty. The militia of these… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
After more than two decades of trying to destroy the firearms rights of more than 80 million law-abiding American gun owners -… — Alan Gottlieb Copy Share Image
The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
Those who drafted and ratified the Second Amendment were undoubtedly aware that the right they were establishing carried a risk of misuse,… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what's happening, the… — Andrew Ford Copy Share Image
As gun owners, my husband and I understand that the Second Amendment is most at risk when a criminal or deranged person… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
Our supportfor assault weapons ban is very broad...I think we've got all the police, we have all the mayors virtually - the… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, was meant to inhibit only the federal government, not the states.… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“Gun control? My wife had a job for three years before she found out that her boss was a convicted sex offender—a… — Aaron B. Powell Copy Share Image
That's what Donald Trump said when he starts talking about, "The Second Amendment people might have..." "You're not taking my guns. No… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions - or else it would have read that the right "to keep… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
We were a gun-free school zone, when one of our schoolmates brought guns to school and took our school hostage. I never… — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image
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