Firearms Quotes

I think every red-blooded male enjoys brandishing a firearm.

— Scott Adkins

I don't believe a handgun should be in the hands of anybody

— Giuliano Zaccardelli

The people have a right to keep and bear arms.

— Patrick Henry

Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

— Thomas Jefferson

All power is inherent in the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

The presence of a firearm makes us all safer.

— Wayne LaPierre

Sorry, I get a little excited when I talk about firearms.

— Jeri Ryan

Carrying a loaded firearm is the gateway crime to committing a murder.

— Garry McCarthy

I just want to repeat that there's nothing that we've proposed that would make it harder for you to purchase a firearm.

— Barack Obama

The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by…

— Janet Reno

“I have a Thompson SubMachine gun and we shoot sharks with it. As soon as they put their heads out we give…

— Ernest Hemingway

It is absolutely beyond a shadow of a doubt that more firearms in a society actually cuts the amount of crime in…

— Matt Shea

Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished

— Stonewall Jackson

We know that when law abiding citizens who know how to utilize a firearm have one on their person, it helps prevent…

— Paul Broun

My father had a handgun on the bedside table, and we were all taught to handle firearms.

— John Hickenlooper

Study: 60% of young Americans plan to buy firearms. The other 40% were confused, saying they thought they were free under Obamacare.

— Fred Thompson

There are certain things in gun control that have a certain public appeal, but when you're legislating you need to look at…

— Kim Campbell

Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation…

— John F. Kennedy

The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or…

— Samuel Adams

The rest of Sitka's homicides are so-called crimes of passion, which is a shorthand way of expressing the mathematical product of alcohol…

— Michael Chabon

“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a…

— Jon Gutmacher

The statistics requested respecting the number of crimes that have been solved by tracing the firearm back to the registered owner are…

— Herb Gray

If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original…

— Alexander Hamilton

Every study on crime and or firearms proves time and time again, that 99.99999% of American gun owners do not commit crimes…

— Ted Nugent

Today, we will hear from federal law enforcement agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and…

— James Inhofe

Nowhere else in the world do the laws on firearms become the playthings of politicians and lobbyists intent on manufacturing cultural conflict.…

— E. J. Dionne

“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a…

— Jon Gutmacher

Very close by the CMS shops, hidden about a quarter mile away in the woods, was the prison's rifle range. Correctional officers…

— Piper Kerman

Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it…

— Gabrielle Giffords

I don't care if they're licensed legal firearms, people who are not highly trained putting guns in their hands is a recipe…

— Garry McCarthy

As Americans, we have a long history with firearms. We also have a government built on compromise, so here is the compromise…

— Nick Symmonds

The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by…

— Thomas Jefferson

The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws.…

— Matthew Yglesias

“Now standing in one corner of a boxing ring with a .22 caliber Colt automatic pistol, shooting a bullet weighing only 40…

— Ernest Hemingway

“The pistol had been one hell of a find, because it hadn't quite been what she'd thought it was at first blush.…

— Greg Rucka

gun registration is no more complex than the Income Tax system.

— Joe Jordan

“I always shot scorpions with the .22 pistol.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Alcohol causes conflicts, firearms resolve conflicts.

— Ed Helms

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

— Ambrose Bierce