Gun Control Quotes

364 Gun Control quotes by 198 unique authors

[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania,… — George Mason
Crime is a human behavior problem, not a mechanical problem. Furthermore, if firearms were not very useful for self-defense, then police wouldn't carry them. In… — Charley Reese
As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only issue. No, it's… — Charlton Heston
If I had my way, sporting guns would be strictly regulated, the rest would be confiscated — Nancy Pelosi
We're here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true... — Charles Schumer
I didn't see any NRA officials killing babies in Waco... — P.J. O'Rourke
People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence, they're begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals among men were always automatically… — L. Neil Smith
At Waco, was there really an urgency to get those people out of the compound at that particular time? Was the press going to make… — Clint Eastwood
Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen. — Jeff Cooper
In a comprehensive study of all public multiple shooting incidents in America between 1977 and 1999, economists John Lott and Bill Landes found that the… — Ann Coulter
[T]he Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious… — P.J. O'Rourke
Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic - purely symbolic - move in that direction. Its only real justification is not… — Charles Krauthammer
...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of… — Robert A. Heinlein
Why are guns the only unregulated consumer products in America? We regulate toy guns and teddy bears, but we do not regulate a product that… — Marian Wright Edelman
Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our… — Earl Warren
A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie. — Vladimir Lenin
Nobody should be owning a gun which does not have a sporting purpose. — Janet Reno
We have to start with a ban on the manufacturing and import of handguns. From there we register the guns which are currently owned, and… — Major Owens
I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils it guards against… — Hugo Black
You need the will to disarm the civilian population. If we can do it in Somalia, we can do it here. — Mary McGrory
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave Them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would… — Rudyard Kipling
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be… — Patrick Henry
For it's "guns this" and "guns that," and "chuck 'em out, the brutes," But they're the "Savior of our loved ones" when the thugs begin… — Rudyard Kipling
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. — Thomas Jefferson
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster

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