A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite — George Washington Copy Share Image
I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people. — George Mason Copy Share Image
The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people. — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Self-defense is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself. — William Barclay Copy Share Image
We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission! — Charles Schumer 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
“Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American solution.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Gun control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally… — L. Neil Smith 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
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 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
Judge Laurence Silberman explains the origins of his ruling against the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. He explains, 'It wasn't a… — Laurence Silberman Copy Share Image
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The people cannot be all, and always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We don't have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance… — Thomas Jefferson 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
The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to Congress a… — William Rawle Copy Share Image
The National Rifle Association is always arguing that the Second Amendment determines the right to bear arms. But I think it really… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
According to the National Crime Survey administered by the Bureau of the Census and the National Institute of Justice, it was found… — Gary Kleck Copy Share Image
For years, I've gone on television and made the case for the Second Amendment - the right to bear arms. I've pointed… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Where I stand at is on the Second Amendment where the right to bear arms is not just for hunting and fishing… — Big Boi 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
I understand the Second Amendment. I support it. People have the right to bear arms. — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
The right to self-protection, let alone the right to bear arms, doesn't exactly apply to Black people. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. — William S. Burroughs 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 Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. — George Mason Copy Share Image
“The right to bear arms doesn't mean the right to bear weapons of mass destruction.” — Cat Cohen Copy Share Image
The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny. — Ice T Copy Share Image
In the same way we all have a right to bear arms, we all have a right to live. — David Hogg Copy Share Image
I think people should have the right to bear arms, but they should be limited as to what kinds of guns they… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.” — Seth Daniel Parker Copy Share Image
We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans... — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
