History Quote by John Paul Stevens

“To do just that, Bill Landes (University of Chicago Law School) and I collected data on all multiple victim public shootings in all the…

— John R. Lott Jr

Law-abiding people need to be able to own firearms to protect themselves.

— Wayne LaPierre

“Perhaps as many as two hundred thousand black men were snared into the convict labor system on a variety of pretexts. One of the…

— Nicholas Johnson

I'm growing up in Detroit, Michigan, both of my parents were gun owners, and that they taught us how to safely and carefully utilize…

— Daayiee Abdullah

“Without question, most researchers believe that guns are used more often in self-defense than in the commission of a crime. They also believe that…

— John R. Lott Jr

No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very…

— Colin Greenwood

When I was stationed in Missouri, I had someone that broke into my house. I didn't have a firearm. It wasn't until I got…

— Anna Paulina Luna

If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of…

— Orrin Hatch

We know that when law abiding citizens who know how to utilize a firearm have one on their person, it helps prevent crime.

— Paul Broun

If those states which did not have right-to-carry concealed gun provisions had adopted them in 1992, approximately 1,570 murders; 4,177 rapes; and over 60,000…

— John R. Lott Jr

It used to be that kids used to drive to school, they might have their hunting rifle in the back of their truck. Principals…

— Marjorie Taylor Greene

“Federal gun control of the twentieth century has made machine guns unusual and uncommon, while the absence of serious restrictions on the availability of…

— Adam Winkler