Founding fathers Quote by 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

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

— Thomas Hardiman

The Second Amendment does protect the right to people to possess weapons for self-defense in the home. That's what the Supreme Court said.

— Laurence Tribe

I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and believe that law-abiding Americans have the right to self-defense.

— Donald Trump

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

The Second Amendment is key to how this country was founded. The Founders put it in place so we could defend ourselves from enemies,…

— Ronny Jackson

The first right of every human being is the right of self-defense. Without that right, all other rights are meaningless. The right of self-defense…

— Larry Craig

We have this tradition of the Second Amendment and people's rights to self-defense and a certain suspicion that the government can't be trusted.

— John Hickenlooper

Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep…

— John Ashcroft

The Second Amendment is, of course, very much part of the American fabric. But the intent of the founders was that the amendment protected…

— Peter Bergen

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 right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

— James Monroe