“The more I hear of ban-the-gun legislation forming in Washington, and the more I hear it advocated from the editorial pulpit of the New York Times, the more I want my own .45 holstered within easy reach of this typewriter.” WantEasyMy OwnNew YorkGunLegislationNew York TimesBansTypewritersPulpitEditorials Author:Patrick Bedard
“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
“I don't support any gun-control legislation - the effort for a new assault-weapons ban, with a ban on semiautomatic weapons, is something I would oppose.” SupportGunLegislationGun Control Author:Mitt Romney
“The gun legislation was doomed the minute it became associated with the words common sense.” CommonMinutesGunCommon SenseDoomedLegislation Author:Dana Gould
“What is a change-maker? What has Hillary Clinton changed? It is filled with all the cliches that New Agers and leftists glom on to, like "common sense gun control legislation." But it never was defined.” CommonChangedGunFilledClintonCommon SenseDefinedMakersLegislationGun ControlNew AgeClicheLeftists Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.” AmericaCommonWonderTerribleNewsGunCommon SenseShootingLegislation Author:Jon Meacham
“This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not stop all assault-weapon crime, statistics prove that we can dry up the supply of these guns, making them less accessible to criminals.” MatterCrimeProveWeaponsGunImportanceSafetyCriminalsDryStatisticsLegislationGun ControlAssaultPublic SafetyDry UpAssault WeaponsPro Gun ControlAssault Weapons Ban Author:Ronald Reagan
“If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of criminal acts reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying - that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976 - establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime.” IfsShouldTryingLongStatesFactsLawLevelsHalfCenturyCrimeExampleSeriousTypePeriodsGunShould HaveDifficultyCriminalsDrawingListsInevitableSouthernAmendmentsLegislationGun ControlSecond AmendmentRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsGun RightsSponsorsRights And FreedomsPro GunFounding Fathers Gun2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentAnti GunAmendment 1Gun LawGun Crime Author:Orrin Hatch
“I sympathize with people who want to ban guns, but I can't agree with them. We have to be careful in our zeal to abolish guns that we don't wind up with counter-productive legislation that will leave armed only the people most likely to do harm with them.” PeopleWantI CanWindGunAgreeCarefulHarmProductiveBe CarefulLegislationGun ControlZealBansAbolishRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsPro Gun Author:Hugh Downs
“Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation.” StrongGunResponsibleKillingNeighborCriminalsLegislationGun ControlVirginia Author:Marion Barry