Right to bear arms Quotes · Page 2

I'm for the constitutional right to bear arms. I'm a hunter, and so is my son.

— Bill Nelson

To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

— George Mason

Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment. If the guns are taken out of the…

— Huey Newton

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

— John Adams

With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases.

— Ronald Reagan

That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights…

— John Adams

In the same way we all have a right to bear arms, we all have a right to live.

— David Hogg

The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure…

— Glenn Reynolds

[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces…

— Joel Barlow

We're a heart attack away from losing the right to bear arms.

— Jeff Foxworthy

Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed.

— Alexander Hamilton

The Constitution has to be interpreted loosely, otherwise it becomes a straitjacket. You can't interpret it literally. You can pretend to, and…

— Richard Posner

This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best…

— Alexander Hamilton

I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but…

— Johnny Cash

The powers of the sword are in the hands of the yeomanry of America from sixteen to sixty. The militia of these…

— Tench Coxe

When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William…

— George Mason

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

I support people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home. We don't have the right to bear…

— Vince Vaughn

The National Rifle Association is always arguing that the Second Amendment determines the right to bear arms. But I think it really…

— Robert Bork

A textual analysis of the Second Amendment supports an individual right to bear arms.

— Samuel Ray Cummings

In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, while it…

— Stephen Halbrook

The people cannot be all, and always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance…

— Thomas Jefferson

Hyde-Smith was sent to Washington because she believes in empowering the American worker by reducing taxes and cutting unnecessary red tape -…

— Lara Trump

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite

— George Washington

Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a…

— Gabrielle Giffords