“One tenet of the National Rifle Association's faith has always been that handgun controls do little to stop criminals from obtaining handguns. For once, the NRA is right and America's leading handgun control organization is wrong. Criminals don't buy guns in gun stores. That's why they're criminals. But it isn't criminals who are killing most of the 20,000 to 22,000 people who die from handguns each year. We are.” PeopleYearsLittlesAmericaDiesGunOrganizationKillingStoresCriminalsAssociationGun ControlRiflesObtainingHandgunsNra Author:Josh Sugarmann
“Assault weapons—just like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearms—are a new topic. The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these weapons.” PeopleLooksUseChanceSupportWeaponsGunMachinesIncreasePracticalsConfusionPlasticBulletsTopicsAssaultVersusRestrictionArmorFirearmsPiercingsMachine GunsAssault WeaponsAutomatic Weapons Author:Josh Sugarmann
“The word 'hate' is a very carefully chosen word. There's got to be a real sense of revulsion and disgust. People are looking for someone to blame, someone who's the cause of their problems, and it should be the gun industry. These guys are the living embodiment of the slogan, 'Guns don't kill people-people kill people'. They're complete mercenaries.” PeopleShouldRealProblemGuyHateCausesIndustryGunBlameChosenDisgustingSlogansEmbodimentRevulsionBlame Someone Author:Josh Sugarmann
“You can't get around the image of people shooting at people toprotect their stores and it working. This is damaging to the [guncontrol] movement.” PeopleMovementStoresShooting Author:Josh Sugarmann
