Amendment Quotes · Page 33

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.

— Jackson Katz

A gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride.

— Paul Theroux

Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon.

— Joe Biden

The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime.

— William J. Clinton

We must be open to considering who can purchase firearms and what kind of firearms are available for purchase.

— Brian Mast

If you can just convince the dope people that the gun people are right and the gun people that the dope people…

— Penn Jillette

The NRA is right...handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns.

— Josh Sugarmann

Why are guns the only unregulated consumer products in America? We regulate toy guns and teddy bears, but we do not regulate…

— Marian Wright Edelman

Under President Obama, the IRS formed a committee to aggressively go after churches and other religious organizations using the Johnson Amendment of…

— Steve Scalise

If the Founding Fathers could have looked into a crystal ball and seen AK-47s and Glock semi-automatic pistols, I think they would…

— Michael Moore

Our laws must be fixed to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. We have to keep speaking out for…

— Dick Durbin

Gun control has proved to be a grievous failure, a means of disarming honest citizens without limiting firepower available to those who…

— Doug Bandow

We must end semi-automatic weapons that are used for war. We don't want those in the streets of America and that's why…

— Joe Sestak

The NRA is weakening but the opposing forces are stronger. A member of Congress has and still does pay a price for…

— Charles Schumer

I don't think it is impossible to make the case to sensible Americans that far greater restrictions on their so-called gun rights…

— Bret Stephens

I'd really rather that nobody had a gun, and then nobody would have to worry about it. That would be more my…

— Ethan Hawke

We've had enough with the gun traffickers and straw purchasers who buy guns out of state and sell them out of the…

— Dick Durbin

I am not in favor of concealed weapons. I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot…

— Barack Obama

The Second Amendment is not about hunting. It is about protecting ourselves from a tyrannical government.

— Derrick Grayson

We are for reasonable and sensible gun ownership so long as it's responsible in the way that criminals can't get it.

— David Hogg

I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

— Mary Cheney

Personally, I'd be delighted to live in a country where happily married gay couples had closets full of assault weapons.

— Glenn Reynolds

A Lifetime Warranty on a concealed carry firearm isn't much good, If the firearm fails in an armed encounter, the owner of…

— John Abbott

A lot of unions are doing the same thing on the left that the NRA is doing on the right.

— Eric Bolling

It's true that the judgement of what firearms should be prohibited will be decided by the government of the day - and…

— Allan Rock

Funny, isn't it? The airlines go to all that trouble to keep you from taking a gun on board, then they just…

— Dave Barry

I wish that there were more stringent laws to make guns sold anywhere that they're legal harder to get.

— Rosie O'Donnell

Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

— Michael Badnarik

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment.

— William O. Douglas

With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases.

— Ronald Reagan

I support common-sense measures like universal background checks to prevent guns from falling into the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally…

— Bill Foster

An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in…

— James Madison

The argument that today's National Guardsmen, members of a select militia, would constitute the only persons entitled to keep and bear arms…

— Joyce Lee Malcolm

Expanding background checks will help create a uniform standard for all gun purchases and prevent criminals and the dangerously mentally ill from…

— Gabrielle Giffords

There is no meaningful or persuasive constitutional distinction between semiautomatic handguns and semiautomatic rifles.

— Brett Kavanaugh

No, we're not looking at how to control criminals... we're talking about banning the AK-47 and semi-automatic guns.

— Howard Metzenbaum

We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere, for anyone.

— Wayne LaPierre

I'm prepared to say that law enforcement should be allowed to seize the guns of those who are suspected to be involved…

— Kamala Harris

An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government.

— James Madison

Carmakers do not lobby to remove safety regulations on their vehicles, but the NRA constantly lobbies to keep restrictions off deadly weapons.

— Bob Beckel