A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Are gun rights advocates arguing that roving gangs...shooting innocent bystanders constitutes a 'well-regulated militia'? — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
“You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be against… — Scott Howard Phillips 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
“If you're afraid to leave the house unless you're armed, you don't need a gun, you need a psychiatrist.” — Oliver Markus Malloy 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
“Why ban guns? Let's give everyone a rocket launcher! What could possibly go wrong?” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an… — Joseph Story 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
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
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
As the former state speaker of the North Caroline House of Representatives, I helped push two landmark bills that protected and expanded… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Throughout my campaign for Congress, I promised the people of Northwest Georgia that I would be the strongest defender of gun rights… — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image
The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
“The most thoughtful progressive scholars recognized that the Court was responding to a broad shift in attitudes about gun rights. For one… — Michael Waldman 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
A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and… — Noah Webster 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
The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by… — Thomas Jefferson 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
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be… — Cesare Beccaria 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
If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
“When the NSSF fights against legislation designed to prevent mass shootings because it “won’t work and is a violation of rights,” we… — Trae Crowder Copy Share Image
The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings. — Toyotomi Hideyoshi Copy Share Image
Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms... — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image