“If I do get a handgun, I can take it to the sheriff's department, and in about as much time as it would take me to order a value meal at Wendy's, they will give me a concealed-carry license. There will be no screening at all to see whether I'm qualified to carry a gun in public - which I absolutely am not. That's one of the reasons I haven't gotten a gun in the first place: I don't know how to use one.” IfsKnowsGivingFirstsI CanReasonUseValuesOrderKnow HowHavensGunGive MeMealsDepartmentTake MeLicenseQualifiedConcealedScreeningHandgunsSheriffsWendyConcealed Carry Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“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
“Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run” MenRunningWalksEnemyGunGentlemanCombatLicenseGears Author:Sting
“I think it [getting a gun] should be like getting a pilot's license. I think you should require training to get a license to have a gun.” ThinkingShouldTrainingGunPilotsLicense Author:Sam Harris
“Nobody with a criminal record would ever be allowed to buy a gun. All assault weapons would be banned, completely. And everybody who still possesses a gun license would receive mandatory education and training by professionals on how to handle a gun. After all, I can't drive my car until I pass a test proving I know how to handle a car.” KnowsStillsI CanWould BeKnow HowRecordsCarProveWeaponsTrainingGunTestsCriminalsHandleAssaultLicenseBannedAssault Weapons Author:Joycelyn Elders
“If it's OK to register cars and license drivers, why is it not OK to impose similar legal responsibilities on gun owners?” IfsResponsibilityCarGunOwnersDriversLicenseRegisterGun Owners Author:Stephen King
“We should be licensing everybody with a gun. I have to have a license for my dog. I have to have a license for my car. If you’re going to do my hair later you have to have a license ... We don’t require a license to own a firearm?” IfsShouldDogCarHairGunLicenseMy DogFirearmsLicensing Author:Michael Moore
“The irony is that it was tougher to rent a car from Cerberus when it owned Alamo than to buy a semi-automatic. To rent a car, one had to provide ID, a drivers' license, and get insurance coverage. To buy a gun? Cash and carry, from the back of a station wagon at a gun show. No concerns about downstream liability or risk.” ShowsRiskCarGunConcernIronyStationsDriversCashLicenseCoverageLiabilityWagonsAlamoCerberusGet InsuranceDrivers License Author:Eliot Spitzer
“...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of democratic political institutions, and self-defeating in their purpose.” SelfLawPoliticalPurposeIndividualLibertyGunInstitutionsDemocraticGun ControlLicenseViolationCivil LibertiesSubversivePolitical Institutions Author:Robert A. Heinlein