“The rhetoric on the Hill is getting very heated and it's getting quite dangerous. The gun is at the head of the American economy and Congress is holding it and its got a hair trigger. We've got to pay our bills.” PayEconomyDangerousHairGunBillsCongressHillsRhetoricTriggersAmerican Economy Author:Peter Welch
“This is like the gun you shoot at the beginning of the race or the bell that you ring at the beginning of a classroom discussion, .. This is the president saying, 'OK, we're going to get serious about this now. Congress is going to work on it. I'm going to put my political capital behind it.' .” PoliticalPresidentRaceBehindsSeriousGunCongressRingsDiscussionClassroomBellsGoing To WorkSaying Ok Author:Tamar Jacoby
“Most gun dealers follow the law and run honest businesses. But the statistics show that 1 percent of dealers sell more than half of all illegal guns. Why isn't the federal government going after them? Here's one reason: unlike mayors, members of Congress don't get a phone call in the middle of the night when a cop is shot and killed. They don't deliver the eulogies.” ReasonShowsGovernmentRunningLawNightHalfMiddleHonestMembersPercentGunShotsSellsCongressPhonesIllegalStatisticsCopFederal GovernmentMayorsPhone CallsDealerEulogyMiddle Of The NightIllegal Guns Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all guns? For the life of me, I can't. We must register our cars and be licensed to drive. In many places we must get licenses for dogs and even bicycles. Being required to register firearms and show the competence and capacity to handle them hardly seems unreasonable, hardly seems an infringement of freedom. What is it that blocks such legislation? Why do they block it? How are they able to block it?” I CanStatesShowsSeemsAbleCitiesViolenceDogCarGunCapacityCongressRefuseHandleBlockLegislationLicenseCompetenceBicycleRegisterUnreasonableFirearmsRegistrationLicensingInfringementLicenses Author:Malcolm Forbes
“One ironic legacy of the Clinton administration is the rearming of the American citizenry. Each time Clinton and his friends in Congress threaten another round of anti-gun regulations, the American people respond by stocking up.” PeopleGunClintonRoundsCongressAdministrationLegacyIronicRegulationCitizenryStockingsAnti GunSecond Ammendment Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience.” SaidLibertyRightsArmsBearsGunConscienceConstitutionPressesCongressAmendmentsGun ControlFoundingFreedom And LibertySecond AmendmentFreedom LibertyOur Founding FathersFirearmsUs Founding FathersRight To Bear ArmsGun ViolenceBearing ArmsGun RightsRights And FreedomsPro GunFounding Fathers GunHandguns2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentAmendment 1Amending The ConstitutionAmendment 19Amendment 4Pro Gun ControlHandgun BanPolice Protection Author:John Adams
“I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who don't ask, "Is that OK?" after everything they say. I love when women are courageous in the face of unthinkable circumstances, like my mother when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Or like Gabrielle Giffords writing editorials for the New York Times about the cowardice of Congress regarding gun laws and using phrases like "mark my words" like she is Clint Eastwood. How many women say stuff like that?” ThinkingWritingFacesLawMotherAsksStuffWorryStageNew YorkCircumstancesGunMarkCongressCancerPhrasesEmployeeCourageousBossCowardiceNew York TimesUnthinkableEditorialsGun LawPancreatic Cancer Author:Mindy Kaling
“I've pretty much always used my positions as a bully pulpit. What that means is strongly advocating for the things I feel are really important. Gun violence, to me, is the highest-priority public-health issue, and I have to make sure Congress is aware of it, the American people are aware of it, the president is aware of it, and that we all begin together to develop policies to exterminate the disease - the epidemic, really - of gun violence.” PeopleFeelsMeanImportantTogetherUsedPresidentIssuesViolencePolicyPositionDiseaseHighestGunCongressPrioritiesBullyEpidemicsPublic HealthAdvocatingPulpitGun ViolenceHealth Issues Author:Joycelyn Elders
“Hillary Clinton has said numerous times in this campaign, "If Congress doesn't act to end the plague of gun violence in America," that she will do so by executive action. Now, what is she going to do?” IfsSaidEndsActionAmericaViolenceGunClintonCongressCampaignsExecutivesPlagueGun Violence Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If we were living back in 1789, your musket would be really useful in a military conflict. If you were called up to service, they said bring your musket. And indeed, the First Congress passed a law. You want to know the first gun control law in America? First Congress passed a law mandating that all able-bodied men must own a musket.” IfsKnowsMenWantFirstsSaidWould BeAbleAmericaLawMilitaryConflictGunCongressGun ControlThey Said Author:Ted Cruz
“My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to the point that guns are actually the only unregulated consumer product in America. Think about that. It's stunning.” ThinkingAmericaBeliefEasyProductsGunCongressConsumersStunningEasy To GetNra Author:Elayne Boosler
“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?” IfsRealHandsLastsDifferencesObjectsArmsEqualGunManagementSafetyCongressPossessionDefenseAmendmentsTrustedGun ControlNotableFreedom And LibertyDegradationSecond AmendmentFreedom LibertyFirearmsHumiliatingProprietyRight To Bear ArmsMilitiaBearing ArmsGun RightsRights And FreedomsFounding Fathers GunHandguns2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentAmerican PatriotAmendment 1Gun SafetyAmendment 19Patriotic GunGuns In AmericaHandgun Ban Author:Patrick Henry