Amendments Quote by Laurence Tribe

The need for self-defense naturally exists outside and inside the home, I would hold the 2nd Amendment applies outside the home.

— Thomas Hardiman

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.

— Cass Sunstein

We have to fulfill what the real meaning of the Second Amendment is: reasonable access to guns for self-protection and for hunting. And there's…

— Alan Dershowitz

“The Second Amendment is timeless for our Founders grasped that self-defense is three-fold: every free individual must protect themselves against the evil will of…

— Tiffany Madison

The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds of arms…

— Don Kates

Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited... It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any…

— Antonin Scalia

The Second Amendment was designed explicitly to protect weapons that would be useful in a military context.

— Ted Cruz

As gun owners, my husband and I understand that the Second Amendment is most at risk when a criminal or deranged person commits a…

— Gabrielle Giffords

The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.

— Donald Trump

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

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

The Second Amendment is the one that really protects all of our liberties that we are given by our Lord, and our God-given rights,…

— Paul Broun