A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The N.R.A.'s blessing of restrictions on bump stocks - devices that make semiautomatic weapons fire faster - is designed to pre-empt anything… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Gun control? It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. I'm a bad… — Sammy Gravano Copy Share Image
Today, the people who would use guns to violate rights have little trouble getting them, while those who would use them to… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is crucial. Of course it is. So are all the others. And the Second Amendment is the one that… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
“We need to take a harder look at what’s really going on. Stop trying to treat the symptoms and treat the cause… — Aaron B. Powell Copy Share Image
If there was special interests affecting police work, I believe that would be called corruption. So, if it has do with donating… — Garry McCarthy Copy Share Image
I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns (with exceptions for law enforcement and licensed target clubs)...… — John Chafee Copy Share Image
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find… — Michael Steele Copy Share Image
...How can Americans living in the freest country in the world be 'slaves'? We don't even enjoy the liberty of serfs. (… — Kenneth W. Royce Copy Share Image
... immediately call on Congress to pass far-reaching industry regulation like the Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act ... [which] would give… — Josh Sugarmann Copy Share Image
The measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. ... They were elements… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger?… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Most people don't ever want to use a gun to protect themselves - that's the last thing they want to do -… — Murphy J. Foster, Jr 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
We have to start with a ban on the manufacturing and import of handguns. From there we register the guns which are… — Major Owens Copy Share Image
“Their bumper sticker read GUN CONTROL IS MIND CONTROL. In situations like this, you want to stick close to people in right-wing… — Don DeLillo 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
Here, every private person is authorized to arm himself, and on the strength of this authority, I do not deny the inhabitants… — John Adams Copy Share Image
No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the… — William Rawle Copy Share Image
A militia law, requiring all men, or with very few exceptions besides cases of conscience, to be provided with arms and ammunition...… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If the NRA keeps messing with the President's daughters, they're going to have to start worrying about Michelle Obama's guns. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Joe Biden wants to meet with video game developers about gun control. That's like meeting with Kristen Stewart to learn how to… — Thegr81 Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment only protects the people who want all the guns they can have. The rest of us, we've got no… — Louise Slaughter Copy Share Image
Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains me to say this, but the NRA seems to be… — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
We know we can't stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we could try to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's a shame that the day somebody hears about a shooting, the first thing they think about is, 'How can… — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
After watching the video, the senseless shooting and taking of Walter Scott's life was absolutely unnecessary and avoidable. My heart aches for… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
That's the one issue can't discuss.You can discuss abortion back and forth, discuss gun control back and forth. But you can't have… — David Duke Copy Share Image
We have other legislation that all of you are aware that I have been so active on, with my colleagues here, and… — Frank Lautenberg Copy Share Image
Americans need not fear the federal government because they enjoy the advantage of being armed, which you possess over the people of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Thousands of dead fish have now washed up on shore along the coast of South Carolina. Today the NRA said that this… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Democratically-controlled states such as California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, and New York have passed significant gun control laws. Yet, even here, there… — Harry Enten Copy Share Image
Gun control is not part of a strategy to defeat radical Islam or take ISIL down. However it is a problem back… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Do you want to know where President Barack Obama is ultimately headed with his gun control edicts? Look no further than his… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
...the people who talk most about the need to regulate guns are also usually the same people who know the least about… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
“Never think I'm worried about losing sales by speaking out for human rights + gun control. I'd rather be broke than corrupt.” — Bernard Schaffer Copy Share Image
Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on… — Ethan Zuckerman Copy Share Image