4th of july Quote by George Washington

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty, teeth and keystone under independence. The church, the plow,…

— George Washington

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.

— George Washington

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the…

— George Washington

There is something kind of aggressively and inhumanly repetitive about this line that guns are essential to American liberties - hard one to stomach…

— Bret Stephens

The Second Amendment is very important, but we have to have commonsense gun safety.

— Deborah K. Ross

There is more hooey spread about the Second Amendment. It says quite clearly that guns are for those who form part of a well-regulated…

— Molly Ivins

Our Founding Fathers believed strongly in gun rights for citizens.

— Steve Scalise

The right of ordinary citizens to possess weapons is the most extraordinary, most controversial, and least understood of those liberties secured by Englishmen and…

— Joyce Lee Malcolm

Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must…

— Claire McCaskill

The Second Amendment only protects the people who want all the guns they can have. The rest of us, we've got no Second Amendment.…

— Louise Slaughter

Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.

— Wendy Davis

We're in the west, and we have a rich history of gun ownership and hunting, but people here across the state understand the difference…

— Jacky Rosen