“The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence.” PeopleEvilViolenceGunDefenseViolentGood PeopleGun Control Author:Rory Miller
“After more than two decades of trying to destroy the firearms rights of more than 80 million law-abiding American gun owners - and statistically failing to show any impact on violent crime - the Brady 'Campaign Against Illegal Guns' is yet another crusade whose ultimate goal is to trample the Second Amendment into dust.” TryingTwoShowsLawGoalMillionsRightsFailingCrimeGunUltimateImpactDecadesCampaignsViolentDustOwnersIllegalAmendmentsAbidingSecond AmendmentFirearmsUltimate GoalCrusadesBradyGun OwnersViolent CrimesIllegal Guns Author:Alan Gottlieb
“Every country has violent, hateful, or mentally unstable people. What's different is not every country is awash with easily accessible guns.” PeopleDifferentCountryGunViolentHatefulUnstable Author:Barack Obama
“Truth could be violent, could strip you of dignity and hope just as quickly as a gun.” GunDignityViolent Author:Laurell K. Hamilton
“The most dangerous action a woman can take when faced with a criminal is to resist with her fists: That tends to annoy violent criminals, and the woman will very likely be seriously injured. But a woman who takes the advice of Handgun Control Inc. and passively submits is 2.5 times more likely to be injured than a woman who resists with a gun. So if you don't want to lie back and enjoy it, get a gun. Otherwise you may never become a mom.” IfsWantMayActionLyingEnjoyAdviceDangerousMomGunCriminalsViolentAnnoyingSubmitGun ControlFistsInjuredHandgunsViolent Criminals Author:Ann Coulter
“America is the most violent democracy in the world. It's something that's met with great shock, horror, and mystery when I travel to other countries. They ask, Why are there so many shootings in America? Why does everyone own a gun?” WorldDoeCountryAmericaAsksUnited StatesDemocracyViolenceMysteryMetsHorrorGunViolentShootingShockOther Countries Author:Patricia Cornwell
“If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors.” IfsLooksGovernmentRunningPoliticalUsedWaterDealsRightsLandGunClaimsSlaveFavorsViolentFundGoodsEpisodesTradingSpeculationIndigenousAcquisitionCrookedMineralsOpiumIndigenous PeopleUnsafePayoffTraffickingGenealogyExterminationVouchersBootlegging Author:Michael Parenti
“We Americans are not an inherently more violent people than folks in other countries. We're not inherently more prone to mental health problems. The main difference that sets our nation apart is what makes us so susceptible to so many mass shootings is that we don't do enough, we don't take the basic commonsense actions to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people. What's different in America is it's easy to get your hands on a gun.” PeopleDifferentCountryEnoughProblemHandsActionAmericaPoliticsNationsEasyCommunityDifferencesCommonViolenceDangerousHuman NaturePolicyMassEthicsGunMental HealthFolksCriminalsViolentCommon SenseShootingOther CountriesEasy To GetSusceptibleHealth ProblemsMass Shootings Author:Barack Obama
“This is a powerful message from our government: we will not be intimidated by bombs; we will not be intimidated by poison; this is America, if you're a violent, paranoid lunatic, you must use a gun!” IfsUseGovernmentAmericaPowerfulMessagesGunViolentPoisonBombsIntimidatedLunaticParanoid Author:Bill Maher
“I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country.” ThinkingWayCountryIssuesCrimeGunViolentHandleOne WayViolent Crimes Author:Barack Obama
“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.” GivingMindCharacterBodyGamesStrongNatureWalksArmsExerciseGunBallsConstitutionIndependenceConstantSpeciesViolentEnterpriseCompanionAmendmentsGun ControlStampsModeratesBoldnessMind And BodyAdviseSecond AmendmentRiflesFirearmsBeing StrongBill Of RightsRight To Bear ArmsMilitiaBearing ArmsGun RightsRights And FreedomsPro GunFounding Fathers Gun2 AmendmentUs ConstitutionFounding Fathers Second AmendmentFramersDisarmingMind GamesAmendment 1Strong MindStrong ArmsAmendment 19Amendment 4Patriotic Gun Author:Thomas Jefferson
“When a female character sets herself on fire in an effort to interrupt her culture's violent abuse of disenfranchised people, or physically tortures and punishes her guardian rapist, or picks up a gun and fights back in ways that make her not pretty, or aggressively rejects her role as the object of desire, or even when she waddles off into the woods to squat and have a baby without the safety and expertise of hospitals and doctors, these are the kinds of violences and stories we can learn from.” PeopleWayKindCharacterStoriesDesireCultureFightingEffortRolesFireViolenceObjectsBabyPicksGunFemaleDoctorsAbuseSafetyWoodsViolentTortureRejectsHospitalsGuardianExpertiseFemale CharactersSquatNot PrettyDisenfranchisedObjects Of Desire Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“I'm not a pacifist, but I'm not a violent person. I mean, I have a gun. I shoot guns, but I wouldn't say I love guns. It doesn't work that way for me.” WayMeanPersonsGunViolentPacifist Author:David Rasche
“We're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.” NeedsNationsGunViolentPlague Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“We've seen a kind of Donald Trump supporter on steroids, like the hate-crime people. Those people, I don't want to see, like anyone violent or carrying a gun or anything like that. But I won't know if they disagree with me unless they decide to heckle.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantKindHateCrimeTrumpGunViolentDisagreeSupporterHate CrimeSteroid Author:Jen Kirkman
“Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.” AmericaWorstCrimeCitizensHighestGunRateViolentGun ControlLowestViolent CrimesCrime RatesGun SafetyArmed Citizens Author:Ted Nugent
“People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss.” PeopleHeartKidsPainSongCultureLossMusicWorryViolenceSadnessBrokenListeningGunMiseryScaredViolentVideoTeenagerRejectionFidelityKids Playing Book:High Fidelity Source: High Fidelity
“Those in power have made it so we have to pay simply to exist on the planet. We have to pay for a place to sleep, and we have to pay for food. If we don't, people with guns come and force us to pay. That's violent.” PeopleIfsMadeForceSleepPayPlanetsGunViolentMade It Author:Derrick Jensen
“So violent. You want to mug and tase everybody these days." "I do," Zuzana agreed. "I swear I hate more poeple every day. Everyone annoys me. If I'm like this now, what am I going to be like when I'm old?" "You'll be the mean old biddy who fires a BB gun at kids from her balcony." "Nah. BBs just rile 'em up. More like a crossbow. Or a bazooka.” IfsWantMeanKidsHateFireGunI HateViolentThese DaysEmsAnnoyingSwearOld YouMugBalconiesCrossbowsBazookas Author:Laini Taylor