Amendment Quote by Wendy Davis

Americans have a right to obtain firearms for lawful purposes.

— Madison Cawthorn

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

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

Guns are part of the Constitution, and no one is willing to have that tough conversation with Congress and the Senate and the president…

— George Stroumboulopoulos

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

Since the time of the Founding Fathers, and since they added the Second Amendment to the Constitution, our guns have developed at a rate…

— Emma Gonzalez

I think the Americans have it right. The idea of having guns is essentially to protect yourself from a totalitarian government.

— Lauren Southern

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

There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns…

— James Q. Wilson

We all share the same goal to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them, while fully protecting the…

— Conor Lamb

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

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

— Wayne LaPierre