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> [Nobody with a criminal record would ever be allowed to buy a gun. All assault weapons would be banned, completely. And everybody who still possesses a gun license would receive mandatory education and training by professionals on how to handle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/nobody-with-a-criminal-record-would-ever-be-allowed-to-buy-a-gun-all/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

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> [I support a total ban on handgun ownership for anyone under eighteen. Uzis should be absolutely banned from entering this country. Automatic weapons of any kind should not be for sale in America. For that matter, toy Uzis should not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/i-support-a-total-ban-on-handgun-ownership-for-anyone-under-eighteen/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

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## More by Joycelyn Elders

> [The best contraceptive in the world is a good education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/the-best-contraceptive-in-the-world-is-a-good-education/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [Once I had a professor say to me, "You know you have as much education as a lot of white people." I answered, "Doctor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/once-i-had-a-professor-say-to-me-you-know-you-have-as-much-education/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [Handguns are a public health issue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/handguns-are-a-public-health-issue/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [ \[On masturbation:\] I think that it is part of human sexuality, and perhaps it should be taught. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/on-masturbation-i-think-that-it-is-part-of-human-sexuality-and/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [I think we should have a very, very heavy tax on handguns and on bullets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/i-think-we-should-have-a-very-very-heavy-tax-on-handguns-and-on/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [“We have a multiheaded dragon in our midst that for too long has been waging a domestic war on our young, our poor, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/we-have-a-multiheaded-dragon-in-our-midst-that-for-too-long-has-been/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [... black women have always found that in the social order of things we're the least likely to be believed--by anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/black-women-have-always-found-that-in-the-social-order-of-things-we/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [You can't keep an ignorant population healthy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/you-can-t-keep-an-ignorant-population-healthy/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [Everybody's got to die from somethin'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/everybody-s-got-to-die-from-somethin/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [ \[We must\] deal with all of the contributing factors to gun violence as a whole, because it's like a leaky bucket - if you've… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/we-must-deal-with-all-of-the-contributing-factors-to-gun-violence-as/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [You can't educate people that are not healthy. But you certainly can't keep them healthy if they're not educated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/you-can-t-educate-people-that-are-not-healthy-but-you-certainly-can-t/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [As long as I was in Washington I never met anybody that I thought was good enough, who knew enough, or who loved enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/as-long-as-i-was-in-washington-i-never-met-anybody-that-i-thought-was/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [I came there as prime steak and now I feel like low-grade hamburger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/i-came-there-as-prime-steak-and-now-i-feel-like-low-grade-hamburger/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all of those things that go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/health-is-more-than-the-absence-of-disease-health-is-about-jobs-and/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

> [Health is more than absence of disease; it is about economics, education, environment, empowerment, and community. The health and well being of the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/health-is-more-than-absence-of-disease-it-is-about-economics/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

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