“I cannot make myself believe that God wanted me to hate. I'm tired of violence, I've seen too much of it. I've seen such hate on the faces of too many sheriffs in the South. And I'm not going to let my oppressor dictate to me what method I must use. Our oppressors have used violence. Our oppressors have used hatred. Our oppressors have used rifles and guns. I'm not going to stoop down to their level. I want to rise to a higher level. We have a power that can't be found in Molotov cocktails.” WantBelieveUseWantedFacesUsedHateFoundLevelsToo MuchViolenceHigherGunHatredMethodTiredSouthOppressorsCocktailsI'm TiredRiflesHigher LevelStoopsSheriffsMolotovMolotov Cocktail Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Kids can't see us bombing, and then listen to us talking about getting guns out of the schools. How can we tell them to solve problems without violence, if, in fact, we can't show an ability to solve problems without violence?” IfsFactsShowsProblemKidsSchoolPeaceAbilityTalkingViolenceListeningGunSolveBombing Author:Barbara Lee
“Out of your awareness you cannot become soldiers in a war because you will be able to see, with clear eyes, that you are going to kill people - people who have done no harm to you personally, people just like you. They have their children, their wives, their mothers, their old fathers to take care of - and you are killing the person just to get a gold medal. Your gun will slip out of your hand, and that will be an act of awareness. And you will feel tremendously blissful that it happened; even if you are being shot your death will be a glory, a peace, an adventure, a journey into a new world.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsChildrenPersonsWarDoneHandsEyeCareAbleMotherFatherClearWifeViolenceHappenedJourneyAwarenessAdventureLike YouGloryGunShotsGoldKillingSoldierTake CareHarmNew WorldSlipsMedalGold MedalsClear Eyes Author:Rajneesh
“Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not include suicides or the tens of thousands of robberies, rapes and assaults committed with handguns. This level of violence must be stopped.” YearsDoeJusticeLevelsViolenceGunSuicideAverageCommittedDepartmentStatisticsGun ControlAssaultRobberyHandguns Author:Ronald Reagan
“People who object to weapons aren't abolishing violence, they're begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals among men were always automatically 'right.' Guns ended that, and social democracy is a hollow farce without an armed populace to make it work.” PeopleMenForceSocialAnimalLibertyDemocracyViolenceObjectsWeaponsGunLibertarianStrongestGun ControlHollowBrutesBeggingFarceBrute ForceSocial DemocracyGuns In America Book:The Probability Broach Source: The Probability Broach
“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
“It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had to be told off. And if we continue this kind of violence and accept it in our country, the rest of the world's going to really take care of us, in a very bad way.” IfsWorldWayKindCountryCareTurnsAcceptingViolenceHappenedGunTake CareOur CountryGermanyTragicNaziGun ControlGreat Country Author:Tony Bennett
“I don't think I would use a gun, but who knows what a person would do in certain circumstances? My instincts are that I don't see the point of using violence to oppose violence, but many people would and the Brotherhood know that. For this reason they want an unarmed population. Adolph Hitler introduced gun laws shortly before he began to transport people to his concentration camps.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantPersonsReasonUseLawCertainViolenceCircumstancesGunInstinctPopulationConcentrationCampsBrotherhoodGun ControlTransportConcentration CampUnarmedGun LawAdolph Hitler Book:The Biggest Secret Source: The Biggest Secret
“There are certain things in gun control that have a certain public appeal, but when you're legislating you need to look at the research on what works, what doesn't, and what really has an impact, recognizing you're never going to do away entirely with gun violence” NeedsLooksCertainViolenceResearchGunImpactAppealsGun ControlRecognizingFirearmsGun Violence Author:Kim Campbell
“There's no evidence that registering guns reduces the level of gun violence. It's not that I don't think it's something worth doing, (but) it's something you do much later.” ThinkingLevelsViolenceGunEvidenceFirearmsGun Violence Author:Kim Campbell
“Something is wrong here, and it's more than easy access to guns or violence on TV. It's about lack of love and attachment to loving people early in life.” PeopleEasyViolenceTvsGunAccessAttachmentLoving LifeLack Of LoveEasy Access Author:Rob Reiner