“Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjugated races to possess arms. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense. — John Adams 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
The militia, who are in fact the effective part of the people at large, will render many troops quite unecessary. They will… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
I want to protect our constitutional right to bear arms in a legal and thoughtful way with background checks that also don't… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
Almost all gun control legislation is constitutionally fine. And if the court is right, then fundamentalism does not justify the view that… — Cass Sunstein 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
I believe in our Constitutional right to bear arms and protect ourselves. But I do not believe there is any need for… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic - purely symbolic - move in that direction. Its only real… — Charles Krauthammer 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
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 militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by… — Joseph Story 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 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
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
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
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… — Thomas Jefferson 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
“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
With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. — 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
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
Our founding documents didn't just protect the right to bear arms: they were designed to protect all the principles upon which America… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
I sympathize with people who want to ban guns, but I can't agree with them. We have to be careful in our… — Hugh Downs Copy Share Image
Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what's happening, the… — Andrew Ford Copy Share Image
The pro-gun advocates point to the 2nd amendment of America's Constitution, citing Americans' right to bear arms as a protection against tyrants.… — Max Keiser 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
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
What is it about this ideological dream of the right to bear arms that overrides any other rights, I mean the rights… — Piers Morgan Copy Share Image
It is the right to bear arms which is the problem. I think if the Founding Fathers knew what was happening they… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
Liberal judges tend to be expansive about things like equal protection, while conservatives read more into ones like 'the right to bear… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
