If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
I believe if my opponent [Hillary Clinton] should win this race, which I truly don't think will happen, we will have a… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
To suppose arms in the hands of citizens, to be used at individual discretion, except in private self-defense, or by partial orders… — John Adams Copy Share Image
A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a… — George Mason Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is not about hunting. It is about protecting ourselves from a tyrannical government. — Derrick Grayson Copy Share Image
There is more hooey spread about the Second Amendment. It says quite clearly that guns are for those who form part of… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs. When they took the Sixth Amendment, I kept… — Tim Freeman 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
Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change. — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law. — Erwin Griswold Copy Share Image
What a lot the media, and especially Fox News, has messed up with me is they've made it seem like I'm trying… — David Hogg Copy Share Image
I'm all for keeping people out of jail who shouldn't be there. And I'm certainly all for the equal application of our… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
“The Second Amendment is timeless for our Founders grasped that self-defense is three-fold: every free individual must protect themselves against the evil… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
We are a country that believes in free speech and the open debate of ideas. We're a country that also believes in… — Valerie Jarrett 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 don't understand why it's controversial for law-abiding citizens protecting themselves under the Second Amendment. — Jerry Falwell, Jr Copy Share Image
I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control. — John McCain Copy Share Image
“Let them have guns' is as much a solution to mass murder and gun violence as 'Let them have drugs' is a… — DaShanne Stokes 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
The First Amendment is crucial. Of course it is. So are all the others. And the Second Amendment is the one that… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image