| 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday. -- Author
Unknown
911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone. -- Author
Unknown
According to the Department of Justice, firearms account for less than 10% of all violent crime. Over 64%
of all violent crime is committed with bare hands, and another 26% is committed with everyday items like
hammers, knives, bottles and crowbars. In the April 1996 Department of Justice report "Firearm Injury
from Crime" the DoJ stated "Firearm-related crime and resulting injury is a relatively rare
event". But wait, ten percent does involve firearms you say? Well, given there is some 9 million
violent crimes a year, that means firearms are used in about 900 thousand attacks each year! What would be
wrong with gun control if it reduced that number? The answer is simple, but not presented by the news very
often. The FBI and Department of Justice both have documented that each year roughly 2.5 MILLION Americans
are able to stop a violent attack because they had a gun to defend themselves. -- www.themarksman.com/guns.html
According to the National Crime Victimization Surveys, people who use guns to defend themselves are less
likely to be attacked or injured than people who use other methods of protection or don't defend themselves
at all. -- Phil Valentine, WorldNetDaily.com, 12 Sep 2003
A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the
Second Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible's studies; who
has a high level of financial giving to a Christian cause; who home
schools for their children; who has accumulated survival foods and has
a strong belief in the Second Amendment; and who distrust big
government. Any of these may qualify [a person as a cultist] but
certainly more than one [of these] would cause us to look at this
person as a threat, and his family as being in a risk situation that
qualified for government interference. --
Falsely
attributed to Janet Reno, Interview on 60 Minutes, 26 Jun 1994
A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. -- Sigmund Freud (General
Introduction to Psychoanalysis)
A federal court of appeals has unambiguously held that the right to keep and bear
arms belongs to individual citizens and rejected the preposterous but judicially repugnant theory that
Second Amendment rights belong to governments or can only be exercised in the services of a government. --
Nelson Lund, law professor at Mason University
A firearm shall not be determined to be particularly suitable for
sporting purposes solely because the firearm is suitable for use in a
sporting event. -- Clause in HR-1022 submitted in 2007 by US
Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
A free man must have unrestricted rights to own and use personal
weapons, in the defense of his family, his home, and his own person,
against any kind of marauder -- whether the marauder be a soldier of
an invading army, or an agent of an internal political conspiracy,
or a criminal. -- (Dan Smoot Report, 16 Mar 1964)
A free people ought to be armed. -- George Washington
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from
the people who didn't do it. -- William Burroughs, 1992
After hearing the Second Amendment verbatim, 73 percent in an ABCNEWS.com poll said it guarantees the
right to individual gun ownership. -- Daniel Merkle, ABC News, 14 May 2002
A gun is like a seatbelt. We don't wear seatbelts in hopes of getting
into a car wreck or in paranoid fear of an accident. Nor are hopes or
paranoia why we carry guns. Both are worn 'just in case' and if all goes
well, neither will ever be used. Laws that force us to unbuckle our
seatbelts need to be repealed. -- Jeff Knox,
FirearmsCoalition
A gun isn't supposed to be comfortable; it's supposed to be
comforting. -- Clint Smith
A kind word only goes so far, a kind word and a gun goes a lot further. -- Al Capone, 1924
All military type firearms are to be handed in immediately... The SS, SA and Stahlhelm give every
respectable German man the opportunity of campaigning with them. Therefore anyone who does not belong to one
of the above named organizations and who unjustifiably nevertheless keeps his weapon... must be regarded as
an enemy of the national government. -- SA Oberfuhrer of Bad Tolz, March, 1933
All people have an unalienable right to defend their lives and their liberty from whomever
would harm them, and with whatever means necessary. -- Charlton Heston
All persons shall bear arms, and every male person shall have in continual readiness a good muskitt or
other gunn, fitt for service. -- Connecticut gun code of 1650
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. -- Daniel Boone
Although difficult for modern man to fathom, it was once widely believed that life was a gift from God, that not to defend that life when offered violence was to hold God's gift in contempt, to be a coward and to breach one's duty to one's community. -- Jeffrey Snyder
(A Nation of Cowards, 1993)
Although the weapons banned by this [assault weapons ban] legislation were used only rarely in gun crimes
before the ban, supporters felt that these weapons posed a threat to public safety because they are capable
of firing many shots rapidly. They argued that these characteristics enhance offenders’ ability to kill
and wound more persons and to inflict multiple wounds on each victim, so that a decrease in their use would
reduce the fatality rate of gun attacks....The ban has failed to reduce the average number of victims per
gun murder incident or multiple gunshot wound victims. -- National Institute of Justice, March 1999 report
on “Impacts of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban: 1994-1996"
A man who loves weapons is no more abnormal than a woman who
loves babies. Countless millennia of hunting and war fighting have
programmed man with the knowledge that a weapon means life. This
stark realization repels some - they are the hoplophobes. -- Paul
Kirchner
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed -- unlike the
citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the
people with arms. -- James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46
Americans need never fear their country because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans
possess over the people of almost every other nation. -- Thomas Jefferson
A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of carrying
arms....To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms. -- Richard
Henry Lee, Additional Letters From The Federal Farmer, 1788
Among God's great gifts to humanity are fine weapons, beautiful
women, great books, fast cars, and good music. In return for these
wonders we owe to Him clear thought, good humor, courage, and kindness.
-- Jeff Cooper
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon
the act of depriving a whole nation of its arms as the blackest. -- Mohandas
Gandhi 1927
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly
to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can. -- Samuel Adams
An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -- Author Unknown
An armed society is a polite society. -- Robert A. Heinlein
And to shoot the paperboy and the relative coming home late at night.
-- Sam Donaldson, ABC News reporter on why he thinks gun owners have
guns, "This Week", 22 Apr 2007
And we should -- then every community in the country could then start doing major weapon sweeps and then
destroying the weapons, not selling them. -- William J. Clinton, President and sworn defender of the
US Constitution
And what's the real problem here? The problem is, we have another
culture in our country that i think has gotten confused about its
objectives. We have a huge hunting and sport shooting culture in
America. -- Bill Clinton, 27 Apr 1999
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome
by fleeing from it. -- Jeff Cooper
Anyone who is aware of his environment knows that the peril of
physical assault does exist, and that it exists everywhere and at all
times. The police, furthermore, can protect you from it only
occasionally. -- Jeff Cooper
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its
government. -- Edward Abbey
A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, and for
lawful hunting and recreational use. -- Article 3 of the West Virginia state constitution
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing
degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and
under our direction, and having them under the management of
Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in
whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety
to us, as in our own hands? -- Patrick Henry, 3 J. Elliot, Debates
in the Several State Conventions 45, 2d ed. Philadelphia, 1836
Arms are the true badges of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of a free man from a slave. -- Andrew Fletcher, A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias,
1598
Arms discourage and keep the invader in awe. Horrid mischief
would ensue were the law-abiding deprived the use of them. -- Thomas
Paine
Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country,
the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense. -- Falsely
attributed to John Adams
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order. -- Thomas Paine
Article I, sec. 1 of the Constitution states clearly that: “All
legislative Powers herein granted [by we the people] shall be vested in
a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a
House of Representatives.” Since “That to secure these rights
[unalienable, not constitutional {read Amend. 9}], Governments are
instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the
governed, ....” all laws should be so constructed as to protect those
Rights for Citizens in good standing, not limit them! Our need is to
remove all laws of oppression or suppression, not amend them with other
laws! -- Roger Price, Utah Candidate for Congress, 2006
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize and as
the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to
the injury of their fellow citizens, the people are confirmed by the article in their right to keep and bear
their private arms. -- Tench Coxe (under pseudonym: "A Pennsylvanian"), Philadelphia Federal Gazette,
18 Jun 1789
A short-barreled handgun is often ideal for self-defense. Women,
who may be subject to more non-lethal attacks than lethal, may chose
a diminutive handgun of small caliber. -- Gordon N. Johnson, Chief
of Police of Minneapolis, Minnesota commenting on so-called
Saturday-night specials, 3 Jan 1974
Assault is a kind of behavior, not a kind of hardware (ie
"assault" weapon) , and that any gun pointed at you is an assault, a
serious felony crime, and punishable with heavy prison sentences. --
Alan Korwin
Assault weapons in the hands of civilians exist for no reason but to
inspire fear and wreak deadly havoc on our streets -- President Bill
Clinton, 1997
As the Founding Fathers knew well, a government that does not trust its honest, law-abiding, taxpaying
citizens with the means of self-defense is not itself worthy of trust. Laws disarming honest citizens
proclaim that the government is the master, not the servant, of the people. -- Jeff Snyder
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives
moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with
the ball and others of that nature are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your
gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks. -- Thomas Jefferson's advice to his 15-year-old
nephew, Peter Carr,
1785. ME 5:85, Papers 8:407
As we used to teach in the spook business, carry a .25 if it makes
you feel good, but do not ever load it. If you load it you may shoot it.
If you shoot it you may hit somebody, and if you hit somebody - and he
finds out about it - he may be very angry with you. -- Jeff Cooper
Author and gun enthusiast Jeff Cooper coined hoplophobia about 20 years ago, combining the Greek words
"hoplon" for weapon and "phobos" for terror. Basically, it means having an irrational
fear of guns. -- Dennis Romboy, Deseret Morning News, 29 Dec 2003
A very large percentage of people who carry a concealed handgun do
not carry it as a weapon. They carry it as a good luck charm. They think
of it as a magic talisman that wards off evil, or as a rabbit's foot. In
that context, a .25 or a .32 works just as well as a major caliber
sidearm. Personally, I carry a 1911 and 2 spare mags everywhere, all the
time. It does not interfere with my life at all. -- Tom Givens,
Rangemaster
A victim who fights back makes [violent crime] impractical. It is
true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does
not almost certainly will suffer for it. -- Jeff Cooper
A well-educated electorate, being necessary to the security of a free
State, the right to the people to keep and read books shall not be
infringed. Does that mean only well-educated people have a right to own
and read books? Then how can this -- A well-regulated militia, being
necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. ...possibly mean only members
of the militia have a right to own weapons? -- Claire Wolfe
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. -- Second Amendment to the
US Constitution
A well-regulated population being necessary to the security of a
police state, the right of the government to keep and destroy arms
shall not be infringed. --
Vin Suprynowicz with a cynical look at how gun-grabbers read the
second amendment
A well regulated population being necessary to the security of a
police state, the right of the government to register and ban arms
shall not be infringed. -- Author Unknown
Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe. -- Dianne Feinstein, US Senator
(Associated Press, 18 Nov 1993)
Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of Americans to feel safe.
-- Dianne Feinstein, US Senator (D-CA, Associated Press, 18 Nov 1993)
Banning guns is an idea whose time has come. -- Joseph Biden,
US Senator (Associated Press Nov 18 1993)
Ban the damn things (guns). Ban them all. You want protection? Get a dog. -- Molly Ivins, columnist, Jul
19 1994 Because less than twenty years ago I was the target of a
terrorist group. It was the New World Liberation Front. They blew up
power stations and put a bomb at my home when my husband was dying of
cancer. And the bomb didn't detonate....I was very lucky. But, I thought
of what might have happened. Later the same group shot out all the
windows of my home....And, I know the sense of helplessness that people
feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was
trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick.
I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody
was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me. --
Diane Feinstein, US Senator, April 27, 1995 Be kind and courteous to
everyone you meet but have a plan to kill them if necessary. --
Fr. Frog Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every kingdom in
Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole of the
people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, by any
pretense, raised in the United States. -- Noah Webster, An Examination
into the leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 1787
Believeing that the [second] amendment does not authorize an individual's right to keep and bear arms is wrong. The right to arms is an individual right. The military
connotation of bearing arms does not necessarily determine the meaning of a right to arms. If all it meant was the right to be a soldier or serve in the military, whether in the militia or in the Army, it would hardly be a cherished right and would never have reached constitutional status in the Bill of Rights. The 'right' to
be a soldier does not make much sense. Life in the military is dangerous and lonely, and a constitutionally protected claim or entitlement to serve in uniform does not have to exist if they so chose. Moreover, the right to bear arms does not
necessarily have a military connotation because Pennsylvania, whose constitution of 1776 first used the 'right to arms,' did not even have a state militia. In
Pennsylvania, therefore, the right to arms was devoid of military
significance. Moreover, such significance need not necessarily be
inferred even with respect to states that had militias. Bearing arms
could mean having arms. Indeed, Blackstone's Commentaries spoke
expressly of the 'right to have arms.' An individual could bear arms
without being a soldier or militiaman. -- Leonard Levy (Origins of
the Bill of Rights, p134-135)
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other
nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia
officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition more insurmountable than any
which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the
several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are
afraid to trust the people with arms. And it is not certain that with this aid alone they would not be able
to shake off their yokes. But were the people to possess the additional advantages of local governments
chosen by themselves, that could collect the national will and direct the national force, and of officers
appointed out of the militia, by these governments and attached both to them and to the militia, it may be
affirmed with the greatest assurance that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned
in spite of the legions which surround it. -- James Madison, "The Influence of the State and Federal
Governments Compared," 46 Federalist New York Packet, January 29, 1788
Best quote I ever heard was from my wife when I presented her with a
brand new Beretta Tomcat. She looked it over and then said, "I don't
want this. The hole in the end is not big enough. I want one with a big
hole in the end." --
Grampster
Blaming guns for violence is like blaming spoons for Rosie O'Donnell being fat. -- Author Unknown
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of arms. -- Aristotle
(384-322BC)
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of
the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our
founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our
economy... The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration
of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must
be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I
believe the Second Amendment will always be important. -- John F.
Kennedy, US President
By disarming law-abiding citizens who are licensed to carry concealed
handguns virtually anywhere else, misguided officials create dangerous
and reckless "supposedly gun-free zones," where only criminals will be
armed. --
Alan
Korwin
Carrying a concealed sidearm is legal in about forty states. Most require training and a criminal
background check to receive a license to carry. Interestingly, the one state which requires no license to
carry, Vermont, has one of the lowest rates of violent crime in America. Equally curious is that Washington,
D.C., where not only concealed carry but any firearms ownership is illegal, has one of the highest rates of
violent crime. -- Oleg Volk (www.a-human-right.com)
Carrying a gun is a social responsibility....A citizen who shirks his duty to contribute to the security of his community is little better than the criminal who threatens it. -- Robert H. Boatman
Certainly, one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible. -- Humphrey, Hubert (Know Your Lawmakers,
Guns, Feb 1960, p 4)
Criminals cannot legally possess guns now, so any new
gun-confiscation law cannot deprive them of anything that present
law does not do. And, of course, criminals would not voluntarily
turn in their guns. -- Phoebe Courtney (Gun Control Means People
Control, 1974, p 51)
Criminals love gun control, it makes their job safer. -- Author Unknown
Democracy is defended in 3 stages: Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge
Box. -- Ambrose Bierce
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb
contesting the vote! -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Despite Iraqis owning machine guns and the country still not under control, Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld pointed out that Baghdad is experiencing fewer murders than Washington DC, where handguns are
banned. -- Todd Woodard, GunTests, Sep 2003, p 2
Dispassionate scholarship suggests quite strongly that the right
of the people to keep and bear arms means just that. There is no
need to deceive ourselves as to what the original Second Amendment
said and meant. -- Antonin Scalia, US Supreme Court
Don't die stupid. --
Clint Smith
Don't throw rocks at people with guns. Don't stand next to people who
throw rocks at people with guns. --
Fr. Frog
Each of us has a natural right -- from God -- to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. These
are the tree basic requirements of life, and the preservation of any one of them is completely dependent on
the preservation of the other two. -- Frederick Bastiat, French economist (The Law,
p 6)
Each year, hunter's spend more on food for hunting trips than
American's spend annually for Domino's Pizza. --
www.huntersurvey.com
Eighty-five percent of Americans believe people have the right to use firearms to defend themselves in
their homes, 64% favor allowing law-abiding citizens to carry firearms for protection outside their homes,
and 72% prefer stiffer sentences for criminals who use guns in crime, rather than more gun laws. (Lawrence
Research, National Survey of Registered Voters, 1998)
Enforce or eliminate the 20,000 "gun control laws" in place, don't make more. -- Author Unknown
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the
Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. -- Thomas
Jefferson
Every day now we hear the term 'gun violence' instead of 'human violence.' -- Jon Haupt
Everyone has a right to bear arms. If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who
have guns are the bad guys. -- Bruce Willis, Actor
Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of
weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected. -- ACLU Policy
Statement #47, 1986
False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling
inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that
has no remedy for evils, except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a
nature. They disarm those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be supposed that
those who have the courage to violate the most sacred laws of humanity, the most important of the code, will
respect the less important and arbitrary ones, which can be violated with ease and impunity, and which, if
strictly obeyed, would put an end to personal liberty -- so dear to men, so dear to the enlightened
legislator -- and subject innocent persons to the vexations that the guilty alone ought to suffer? Such laws
makes things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve to encourage than to prevent
homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. They ought be
designated as laws not preventive but fearful of crimes, produced by the tumultuous impression of a few
isolated facts and not by thoughtful consideration of the inconveniences and advantages of a universal
decree. -- Cesare Beccaria (On Crimes And Punishment, 1764)
Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The
aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to fear you.
Whatever the risk, and at whatever the cost, fight back! -- Jeff Cooper,
Nov 1993
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, the prairie wagon, and citizen's
firearms are indelibly related. From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to
the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to
insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and the pistol are
equally indispensable. Every corner of this land knows firearms, and
more than 99 99/100 percent of them by their silence indicate they are
in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and
everywhere restrains evil interference; they deserve a place with all
that's good. When firearms, go all goes; we need them every hour. --
Falsely attributed to George Washington
First the Constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that
the militia shall always be kept well organized, armed, and disciplined, and include, according to the past
and general usage of the states, all men capable of bearing arms; and that all regulations tending to render
that general militia useless and defenseless by establishing select corps of militias, or distinct bodies of
military men, not having permanent interests and attachments in the community to be avoided. -- Patrick
Henry
Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out
of the Constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that
it's too much of a public safety hazard don't see the danger in the
big picture. They're courting disaster by encouraging others to use
the same means to eliminate portions of the constitution they don't
like. -- Alan Dershowitz
For, in principle, there is no difference between a law
prohibiting the wearing of concealed arms, and a law forbidding the
wearing such as are exposed; and if the former be unconstitutional,
the latter must be so likewise. But it should not be forgotten, that
it is not only a part of the right that is secured by the
constitution; it is the right entire and complete, as it existed at
the adoption of the constitution; and if any portion of that right
be impaired, immaterial how small the part may be, and immaterial
the order of time at which it be done, it is equally forbidden by
the constitution. -- Bliss vs. Commonwealth, 12 Ky. (2 Litt.) 90, at
92, and 93, 13 Am. Dec. 251 (1822).
Free men do not ask permission to bear arms. -- Author Unknown
Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as
their having guns doesn't serve the State. -- Heinrich Himmler
Get a gun. I don't think law enforcement can always protect (residents). -- Sheriff Jake Miller, Brevard
County, Florida
Giving up the right to arms is a mistake a free people get to make only once. -- Jack Childs
God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is
lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty....And what
country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from
time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let
them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon
and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The
tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of
patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. -- Thomas Jefferson
God made women but Colonel Colt made women equal, and carrying the tool he
invented remains the constitutional right of every American. -- Vince
Suprnowicz
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the
laws. -- Plato (428-347BC)
Governments need armies to protect them against their enslaved and opposed subjects. -- Leo Tolstoy
(1893)
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are
ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun. -- Patrick Henry
at Virginia's US Constitution ratification convention
Gun bans don't disarm criminals, gun bans attract them. -- Walter Mondale, 20 April 1994, former Vice
President (D), and U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Gun control and police exclusivity of weapons possession are
incompatible with a free state because they promote dependency on
government and punish or discourage dependency on self. Under threat
of force. Never forget this. -- John Longenecker, author of Transfer of Wealth: The Case For Nationwide Concealed Carry
Gun control disarms law-abiding citizens, not criminals. --
Antonio Martino, Italy's Minister of Defense
Gun control has never reduced violence and the only effect of banning
handguns is leaving the law-abiding defenseless against criminals. --
Don B. Kates, Attorney
Gun control is a concept that is 100% incompatible with democracy. If
you cannot trust your neighbor with his right to defend himself, why
should you trust him with his right to shape the government? -- Ishpeck
Gun control is not about guns; it's about control. -- Author Unknown
Gun control? It's the best thing you can do for the crooks and gangster. I want you to have nothing. If
I'm the bad guy, I'm always gonna have a gun. Safety locks? You will pull the trigger with a lock on, and
I'll pull the trigger. We'll see who wins. -- Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Mafia informant
Gun control laws in the United States are woefully inadequate. In our vast society guns should have no reasonable role....For the American family in 1973, fear, apprehension, mistrust, anguish and pain are the dreaded products of our firearms history....First, the registration of every civilian-owned gun in this country. Second, it will require all gun owners to pass stringent qualifying procedures to legally possess a gun and, third, it bans the domestic output of all hand-held firearms that are not designed for sporting purposes. -- Edward Kennedy, US Senator, pushing his Personal Safety Firearms Act of 1973
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