Are gun rights advocates arguing that roving gangs...shooting innocent bystanders constitutes a 'well-regulated militia'? — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Guns make losers feel like winners. That's why people who suck at life don't want to give up their guns.” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
The problem with being a gun rights supporter is that the left hates guns and the right hates rights. — Gene Hoffman Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Gun rights advocates - many whom also believe that the US constitution is divinely inspired and that the rights it enumerates are… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel 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
The danger (where there is any) from armed citizens, is only to the *government*, not to *society*; and as long as they… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire… — Cesare Beccaria 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
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 Copy Share Image
Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
What Andrew Cuomo said is, truly, a scandal. It's a scandal if he actually thinks it - that those who hold conservative… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
“Expanding gun rights must be balanced with measures that prioritize the safety of our children and communities. (Unloading the Gun Laws)” — Carlos Wallace Copy Share Image
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Most gun control arguments miss the point. If all control boils fundamentally to force, how can one resist aggression without equal force?… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types… — Toyotomi Hideyoshi Copy Share Image
