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title: "19 Weapons Ban Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Weapons Ban quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Weapons Ban sayings and thoughts."
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> [Assault weapons ban reintroduced...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/assault-weapons-ban-reintroduced/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Data shows that an Assault Weapons Ban saves lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-phillips/data-shows-that-an-assault-weapons-ban-saves-lives/)

[Dean Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-phillips/)

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> [I'm the original co-sponsor of an assault weapons ban.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beto-o-rourke/i-m-the-original-co-sponsor-of-an-assault-weapons-ban/)

[Beto O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beto-o-rourke/)

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> [I think that there should be an assault weapons ban.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-palmieri/i-think-that-there-should-be-an-assault-weapons-ban/)

[Jennifer Palmieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-palmieri/)

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> [We must permanently reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban and the restrictions on high capacity magazines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-kennedy/we-must-permanently-reinstate-the-assault-weapons-ban-and-the/)

[Kerry Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-kennedy/)

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> [People should remember that in the 2000s, the gun lobby got a lot passed: they got riders added to appropriations bills. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-murphy/people-should-remember-that-in-the-2000s-the-gun-lobby-got-a-lot/)

[Chris Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-murphy/)

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> [I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-udall/i-ve-come-to-the-conclusion-that-military-style-weapons-really-don-t/)

[Mark Udall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-udall/)

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> [Reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004 would prohibit manufacture and sales, but it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-swalwell/reinstating-the-federal-assault-weapons-ban-that-was-in-effect-from/)

[Eric Swalwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-swalwell/)

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> [I don't support any gun-control legislation - the effort for a new assault-weapons ban, with a ban on semiautomatic weapons, is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-don-t-support-any-gun-control-legislation-the-effort-for-a-new/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [There was a time when the Republican Party could discuss possible reforms to our gun laws: Ronald Reagan himself endorsed the Brady…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-sykes/there-was-a-time-when-the-republican-party-could-discuss-possible/)

[Charlie Sykes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-sykes/)

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> [Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic - purely symbolic - move in that direction. Its only real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/passing-a-law-like-the-assault-weapons-ban-is-a-symbolic-purely/)

[Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/)

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> [The so-called assault weapons ban is a hoax. It is a political appeal to the ignorant. The guns it supposedly banned have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/the-so-called-assault-weapons-ban-is-a-hoax-it-is-a-political-appeal/)

[David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/)

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> [We need to digitize gun-sales records, mandate universal background checks, close gun-show loopholes and straw-man purchases, ban high-capacity magazines, and push for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-gonzalez/we-need-to-digitize-gun-sales-records-mandate-universal-background/)

[Emma Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-gonzalez/)

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> [The Assault Weapons Ban deals with a fictional distinction. You have guns that are exactly the same guns as are banned, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/the-assault-weapons-ban-deals-with-a-fictional-distinction-you-have/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

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> [President Bush said he didn't want to renew the Assault Weapons Ban because it might 'infringe on hunters' rights'. Who needs an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elayne-boosler/president-bush-said-he-didn-t-want-to-renew-the-assault-weapons-ban/)

[Elayne Boosler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elayne-boosler/)

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> [Our supportfor assault weapons ban is very broad...I think we've got all the police, we have all the mayors virtually - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-feinstein/our-supportfor-assault-weapons-ban-is-very-broad-i-think-we-ve-got/)

[Dianne Feinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-feinstein/)

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> [I support an assault weapons ban, and I'll tell you why. We already have one in California, so I don't support doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-swalwell/i-support-an-assault-weapons-ban-and-i-ll-tell-you-why-we-already/)

[Eric Swalwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-swalwell/)

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> [The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/the-fights-i-fought-cost-a-lot-the-fight-for-the-assault-weapons-ban/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

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> [What we do in Connecticut is ban assault weapons. We ban high-capacity magazines. We have true universal background checks, and we require…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-murphy/what-we-do-in-connecticut-is-ban-assault-weapons-we-ban-high-capacity/)

[Chris Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-murphy/)

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