“Girls . . . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . . . Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh, fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about who was dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dolls, creating complex family groups and learning how to solve problems through negotiation and roleplaying. Which gender is better equipped, on the whole, to live an adult life, would you guess?” MadeWarReasonPlayWholeProblemGirlFightingHouseBoysGroupsCreatingGunAdultsComplexesGenderSolveArguingRanToysYardsNegotiationDollsToy Guns Author:Garrison Keillor
“If the majority is moral then why do they need to be ruled by a group of people who are power hungry and gun hungry and probably not quite so good? And evil people want two things: they want something for nothing, and to escape the consequences of their actions, which is pretty much the definition of what government is.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsTwoGovernmentActionEvilMoralGroupsGunConsequenceMajorityDefinitionsHungryTwo ThingsGood And EvilWant SomethingEvil PeoplePower Hungry Author:Stefan Molyneux
“Democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to earn enough money to buy enough Congressional influence to gain control over the government's guns so as to get even more money for your special-interest group.Social democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to promise sufficient government benefits to enough voters to gain control over the government's guns so as to keep any other special-interest group from getting as much power as yours.” EnoughGovernmentSocialInterestGroupsInfluenceSpecialPromiseBenefitsGunCapitalismGainsDemocraticSufficientEnterpriseVotersMore MoneySpecial InterestsCooperativesInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:Gary North
“Oh, he was probably a member of the National Rifle Association. It was a group that helped criminals get guns so they could shoot citizens. It was a public service.” GroupsCitizensMembersGunCriminalsAssociationPublic ServiceRifles Author:Woody Allen
“I have to hear this all the time in England: Well, all Americans are fat and stupid, mm-hm-hm-hm-hm. Really? Well, thanks for sending over the best and brightest to start the party. Maybe we can send a few freaky, Texas, militia, hate-group, gun-toting weirdoes back to your country.” WellsCountryHatePartyGroupsStupidGunEnglandFatsThanksTexasMilitiaFreakyHate Groups Author:Greg Proops
“I would rank George Washington as America's greatest president, but he only had to defeat what was then the world's greatest military power with a ragtag group of irregulars and some squirrel guns, whereas Ronald Reagan had to defeat liberals.” WorldAmericaPresidentGroupsMilitaryGunDefeatSquirrelsMilitary PowerGreatest Military Author:Ann Coulter
“The darkest days in my life after the war, after the war, was when I discovered that the ... most of the members and commanders of the Einsatz group that were doing the killings, not even in gas chambers, but killing with machine guns, had college degrees from German universities and PhD's and MD's. Couldn't believe it.” BelieveWarGroupsCollegeMembersDegreesGunMachinesKillingUniversityGasChamberCommandersCollege DegreeMachine GunsPhdsGas Chambers Author:Elie Wiesel
“We need to put limits on how much an individual, group or business can spend on influencing an individual legislator or a whole set of legislators. Look at the vast sums that the NRA spends on getting all legislators to be soft on gun control. Legislators find it hard to refuse the NRA's largess when they need contributions to their political campaign wherever they can get them.” NeedsLooksHardWholePoliticalIndividualGroupsInfluenceLimitsGunRefuseCampaignsContributionGun ControlLegislatorsNraPolitical Campaign Author:Philip Kotler
“It seems that the only gun violence some leftists approve of is gun violence aimed at cops and other groups they see as oppressive or racist.” SeemsViolenceGroupsGunRacistCopLeftistsGun Violence Author:Gary Bauer
“Ashcroft went on to say that our way of life is being threatened by a group of radical religious fanatics who are armed and dangerous. And then he called for prayers in the schools and an end to gun control.” WayEndsSchoolLife IsReligiousPrayerGroupsDangerousGunRadicalGun ControlThreatenedFanaticsReligious Fanatics Author:Jay Leno
“If I were to select a jack-booted group of fascists who are perhaps as large a danger to American society as I could pick today, I would pick BATF [the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms].” IfsTodayGroupsDangerPicksGunAlcoholGun ControlSelectTobaccoFascistsFirearmsAmerican Society Author:John Dingell