“[The right] may never bring prayer back to schools, but it has rescued all manner of rightwing economic nostrums from history's dustbins. Having rolled back the landmark economic reforms of the sixties (the war on poverty) and those of the thirties (labor law, agricultural price supports, banking regulation), its leaders now turn their guns on the accomplishments of the earliest years of progressivism (Woodrow Wilson's estate tax; Theodore Roosevelt's anti-trust measures). With a little more effort, the backlash may well repeal the entire twentieth century.” YearsWellsMayLittlesWarSchoolLawTurnsPrayerEffortLeaderPovertySupportEconomicCenturyTaxesGunLaborReformAccomplishmentRegulationSixtyEstatesBankingTwentieth CenturyWilsonLandmarksBacklashProgressivismTheodoreWar On PovertyDustbinLabor LawsEconomic ReformsEstate Taxes Author:Thomas Frank
“I'm sorry that government involves filling out a lot of forms. ... I'm sorry myself that we're not still on the frontier, where we could all tote guns, shoot anything that moved and spit to our hearts' content. But we live in a diverse and crowded country, and with civilization comes regulation.” HeartStillsCountryGovernmentFormCivilizationGunMovedSorryRegulationDiverseI'm SorryFillingFrontiersCrowdedSpitTotes Author:Molly Ivins
“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
“We will not make inroads into the gun-violence problem until we acknowledge the underlying causes of youth behavior today, compared to yesterday. ... we must come to the realization that laws and regulations alone cannot produce a civilized society. It's morality that is society's first line of defense against uncivilized behavior.” FirstsProblemTodayLawCausesLinesViolenceYouthProduceMoralityBehaviorGunDefenseYesterdayRealizationAcknowledgeCivilizedRegulationGun ViolenceCivilized SocietyUncivilized Author:Walter E. Williams
“Gun control laws don't work. What is worse, they act perversely. While legitimate users of firearms encounter intense regulation, scrutiny and bureaucratic control, illicit markets easily adapt to whatever difficulties a free society throws in their way. Also, efforts to curtail the supply of firearms inflict collateral damage on freedom and privacy interests that have long been considered central to American public life.” WayLongLawInterestEffortGunDifficultyIntenseDamageEncountersPrivacyUsersRegulationGun ControlPublic LifeFree SocietyScrutinyFirearmsCollateralCollateral Damage Author:Daniel D. Polsby
“Every gun regulation that President [Barack] Obama has advocated for, California has already. And it didn't stop terrorism.” PresidentGunTerrorismBarackCaliforniaRegulationPresident Barack Obama Author:Rand Paul
“I disagreed with the way the court applied the Second Amendment in Heller's case, because what the District of Columbia was trying to do was to protect toddlers from guns and so they wanted people with guns to safely store them. And the court didn't accept that reasonable regulation, but they've accepted many others. So I see no conflict between saving people's lives and defending the Second Amendment.” PeopleWayTryingWantedAcceptingCasesProtectConflictGunCourtStoresAcceptedSavingReasonableAmendmentsRegulationSecond AmendmentColumbiaToddler Author:Hillary Clinton
“If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Toy guns are subject to safety regulation; water pistols are, but not real guns.” IfsRealWaterSubjectsProductsGunSafetyConsumersRegulationToysPistolsGun SafetyToy Guns Author:Michael D. Barnes
“Broadly speaking, the Southern and Western desert and mountain states will vote for the candidate who endorses an aggressive military, a role for religion in public life, laissez-faire economic policies, private ownership of guns and relaxed conditions for using them, less regulation and taxation, and a valorization of the traditional family.” StatesRolesEconomicConditionsMilitaryPolicyMountainGunVoteWesternTraditionalDesertCandidatesSouthernAggressiveRegulationOwnershipRelaxedTaxationPublic LifeLaissez FaireEconomic PolicyTraditional Family Author:Steven Pinker
“Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns.” PeopleHeartFacesCommunityWhiteViolenceGunOppositionRegulation Author:Juan Williams
“Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic - purely symbolic - move in that direction. Its only real justification is not to reduce crime but to desensitize the public to the regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.” RealMovingLawCrimeWeaponsGunUltimatePassingPassingsPreparationRegulationJustificationGun ControlAssaultSymbolicBansRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsFounding Fathers GunHandgunsAssault WeaponsHandgun BanGun BanGun CrimeAssault Weapons Ban Author:Charles Krauthammer
“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
“We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it's legal to hunt humans with 15-round, 30-round, even 150-round magazines.” HumansStatesFunnyAmericaLawThreeViolenceSocietyPoliticianHumorousGunKillingRoundsAbsurdMagazinesUsaHuntingDucksRegulationSenatorsGun ControlHuntsDuck Hunting Author:Dianne Feinstein