“I’m not a gun owner and, as I think as is the case for the more than half the people in the country who also aren’t gun owners, that means that for me guns are alien. In the current rhetorical climate people seem not to want to say: I think guns are kind of scary and don’t want to be around them.” PeopleThinkingWantKindMeanCountrySeemsHalfCasesGunClimateCurrentsScaryAliensOwnersRhetoricalGun Owners Author:Josh Marshall
“Perhaps the deterioration of American education is illustrated by the high correlation between the number of years a person has attended school and his inability to understand the words "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." It is more likely, though, that those who interpret the Second Amendment to preclude an individual right to own guns are driven by their political agenda. Whichever the case, they do themselves no credit when they tell us that a simple, elegant sentence means the opposite of what it clearly says.” PeopleYearsMeanPersonsSchoolPoliticalPoliticsIndividualSimpleNumbersEducationCasesArmsBearsGunOppositesCreditSentencesDrivenAgendasAmendmentsElegantInabilitySecond AmendmentCorrelationDeteriorationPolitical AgendasAmerican Education Author:Sheldon Richman
“One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure - and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.” IfsMenHeartDoeWholeEnjoyCasesViolenceTypeReturnCitizensOffersGunAgreeFellowsInterviewsEndeavorEarnestBleedingBegetsBleeding Heart Author:Jeff Cooper
“For black Americans, we know that gun control... sprouts from racist soil - be it after the or during the infamous Dred Scott case where black mans humanity was not recognized.” KnowsHumanityBlackCasesGunSoilRacistGun ControlSproutsInfamousNiger Author:Niger Innis
“Visually I've always liked the 20s 30s for film. I do these because I like the music. I like the clothes. I like the way the women and the guys look. There are soldiers and sailors and gangsters with the machine guns in their violin cases. It's a very colorful era of New York, full of great theater and great nightclubs and great jazz.” WayLooksFilmGuyCasesNew YorkClothesGunMachinesTheaterJazzSoldierErasViolinSailorColorfulGangstersNightclubsMachine Guns Author:Woody Allen
“A militia law, requiring all men, or with very few exceptions besides cases of conscience, to be provided with arms and ammunition... is always a wise institution, and, in the present circumstances of our country, indispensable.” MenCountryLawCasesWiseArmsCircumstancesGunConscienceInstitutionsOur CountryExceptionGun ControlIndispensableMilitiaAmmunition Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
“After about midday my dad sent cars from his private collection for us. We were told to get in. We had almost lost contact with my father and brothers because things had got out of hand. I saw with my own eyes the [Iraqi] army withdrawing and the terrified faces of the Iraqi soldiers who, unfortunately, were running away and looking around them. Missiles were falling on my left and my right - they were not more than fifty or one hundred metres away. We moved in small cars. I had a gun between my feet just in case.” HandsEyeRunningFacesFallFatherLostLeftMy OwnCasesSawsFeetCarBrotherDadHundredGunArmyMovedMy DadSoldierContactFiftyCollectionsRunning AwayTerrifiedMissilesWithdrawingFather And Brother Author:Raghad Hussein
“To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em.” WantChildrenShowsGuyCasesGunCourtReleaseRadicalEmsBad GuysParoleBurglarsCourt Cases Author:Ted Nugent
“In theory, if a gun is left at the scene of a crime, licensing and registration will allow a gun to be traced back to its owner. But, amazingly, despite police spending tens of thousands of man-hours administering these laws ... there is not even a single case where the laws have been instrumental in identifying someone who has committed a crime.” IfsMenHas BeensLawLeftHoursCasesCrimeTheorySceneGunPoliceCommittedSpendingDespiteOwnersIdentifyingRegistrationLicensing Author:John R. Lott Jr.
“Homicide, often involving guns, is a disease that is the leading cause of death for young black men, and the second-leading cause of death for all people aged fifteen to twenty-four. That makes it the leading health issue, particularly when guns are used in combination with drugs and alcohol. And the statistics show that is most often the case.” PeopleMenShowsYoungUsedCausesBlackCasesIssuesFourDrugDiseaseGunTwentiesAlcoholCombinationStatisticsFifteenInvolvingDrugs And AlcoholHomicideHealth IssuesLeading Causes Author:Joycelyn Elders
“My biggest challenge is to educate the American people, to make access to health care available for all, and to make sure that prevention plays a big part in health care. In the case of guns, prevention means we prevent homicides and devastating, expensive gun injuries by preventing those who shouldn't have guns from getting their hands on guns.” PeopleMeanPlayHandsBigsCareChallengesCasesGunAvailableAccessHealth CareExpensiveInjuryEducatePreventingPreventionHomicide Author:Joycelyn Elders
“In Shakespeare Saved My Life, [author Laura Bates] said she got better papers from [prisoners] than she got from people in her regular classes. Because she was teaching, of course, Macbeth, and a number of them had murdered people. The guy who wrote the best paper said, "You do have this, 'Is this a dagger which I see before me?' before you do it, but in my case it was a gun."” PeopleSaidGuyCoursesNumbersClassCasesTeachingPaperGunSavedPrisonerPapersDaggersLaura Author:Margaret Atwood
“I disagreed with the way the court applied the Second Amendment in Heller's case, because what the District of Columbia was trying to do was to protect toddlers from guns and so they wanted people with guns to safely store them. And the court didn't accept that reasonable regulation, but they've accepted many others. So I see no conflict between saving people's lives and defending the Second Amendment.” PeopleWayTryingWantedAcceptingCasesProtectConflictGunCourtStoresAcceptedSavingReasonableAmendmentsRegulationSecond AmendmentColumbiaToddler Author:Hillary Clinton
“On the [Betsy] DeVos case, I agree that the gun - her gun position is kind of weird, kind of crazy, but I do think she does know about public schools.” ThinkingKnowsKindDoeSchoolCasesCrazyPositionGunAgreePublic School Author:David Brooks
“Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C.” PeopleCountryLawCasesCrimeHighestGunRateCrime RatesGun Law Author:Luke Scott
“I keep hearing this [expletive] thing that guns don't kill people, but people kill people. If that's the case, why do we give people guns when they go to war? Why not just send the people?” PeopleIfsGivingWarCasesGunHearingWhy NotExpletives Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“In all cases where doubt crops up, ask yourself, "If I had a gun to my head and had to do it, how would I do it?" It's not as hard as you think.” IfsThinkingHardAsksCasesDoubtGunCrops Author:Tim Ferriss