Amendment Quotes · Page 37

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

— Brett Kavanaugh

Texas is reportedly going to give college students the right to carry guns on campus. So I guess that next semester, every…

— Conan O'Brien

As President Obama is inaugurated for a second time, the biggest political surprise is that gun control is now key to his…

— Juan Williams

Everyone has a right to bear arms. If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who have…

— Bruce Willis

The erosion of privacy rights under the Fourth Amendment, written to protect us against unreasonable search and seizure, began in earnest under…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

You can just assume that better law enforcement response is going to quell the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

— Chris Murphy

The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves.

— Dianne Feinstein

“It's one thing to stick to your guns. It's quite another to hold those guns to the heads of your citizens.”

— Lori Lifsey

“This is America. People do whatever the fuck they feel like doing, you got a problem with that? Because they have a…

— Neal Stephenson

Many states allow law-abiding gun owners to openly carry a handgun without a government permit. Constitutional Carry gives them the flexibility to…

— Vernon Jones

If I was president, of course I'd want an amendment banning boy bands, but it just wouldn't be right, and I wouldn't…

— Jessi Klein

“Economists overwhelmingly believe that gun ownership does not increase the risk of suicide, whereas criminologists are very equally divided. Both economists and…

— John R. Lott Jr

Certainly we have to find some kind of warning to put on guns for sale. And that's not too far-fetched. But what…

— Joycelyn Elders

The other thing to realize is that almost all these shootings, including this shooting [in San-Bernardino], happened in a government building where…

— Rand Paul

When I go to Lockheed or General Motors... all those union members are gun owners. They believe in responsible gun ownership and…

— Marc Veasey

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which…

— Floyd Abrams

When I was growing up the National Rifle Association was gun safety and hunting organization. Now it's nothing more than to try…

— Steve Bullock

Can you imagine getting a gun for a secret Santa? That is especially not a good idea if you work in a…

— Chelsea Handler

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

— Bob Beckel

If football players were armed with guns, there wouldn't be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds.

— Irwin Shaw

If the government decides to become a tyrannical government, our guns are to protect us against that.

— Chuck Norris

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.

— Jeff Cooper

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

— James Madison

People that support more gun laws tend to have the least knowledge of the laws that are already on the books.

— Wayne LaPierre

Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a…

— Laurence Tribe

If the 1st Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own…

— Thurgood Marshall

There's no reason that there shouldn't be universal background checks to ensure guns don't get in the hands of people who should…

— Jen Psaki

French fries kill more people than guns and sharks, yet nobody's afraid of French fries.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Switzerland is a land where crime is virtually unknown, yet most Swiss males are required by law to keep in their homes…

— Tom Clancy

Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty.

— Jeff Cooper

What sort of a brain-dead idiot does it take to actually believe that gun laws will prevent criminals from obtaining and carrying…

— Neal Boortz

Stand-your-ground laws are a favorite of the NRA gun lobby and their push to weaken our nation's gun laws.

— Lucy McBath

This country has a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem, and a tyranny problem disguised as a security problem.

— Joe Rogan

They say guns don't kill people, people kill people. Well I think the guns help. If you stood there and yelled BANG,…

— Anonymous

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

— Nat Hentoff

There's a strong body of evidence that shows that the more diligent we are in ensuring that guns are in the appropriate…

— Valerie Jarrett

“We'd be the safest country in the world if the world knew we didn't have a gun. Men are not killed because…

— Jeannette Rankin

The grip of the NRA is so suffocating in Washington that politicians are too afraid of the gun lobby to pass even…

— John Fetterman

We've got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch.

— Bill Cosby

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