“Today, the people who would use guns to violate rights have little trouble getting them, while those who would use them to defend their rights have increasing trouble getting them. ... Gun control is in effect a subsidy for criminals.” PeopleLittlesUseTodayRightsTroubleEffectsGunCriminalsGun ControlSubsidies Author:Sheldon Richman
“What people fear most about tragedy is its randomness - a taxi cab jumps the curb and hits a pedestrian, a gun misfires and kills a bystander. Better to have some rational cause and effect between incident and injury. And if cause and effect aren't possible, better that there at least be some reward for all the suffering.” PeopleIfsSufferingCausesEffectsGunTragedyRewardsRationalInjuryIncidentsCause And EffectTaxiCurbCabRandomnessPedestriansBystandersTaxi Cabs Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.” MenGivingMadeLawCoursesBornFourEffectsGunTwentiesCarrieCategoriesAlteredBankruptcyCreditorsBayonets Book:Candide: or, Optimism Source: Candide: or, Optimism
“Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the effect of such [gun control] laws is to place the individual at the mercy of the state, unable to resist.” StatesLawIndividualEffectsAuthorityGunMercyLocalsTyrantsGun ControlInvaders Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“The Brady Bill's only effect will be to desensitize the public to regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.” EffectsWeaponsGunUltimateBillsPreparationRegulationGun ControlBrady Author:Charles Krauthammer