“I want the state to take away people's guns. But I don't want the state to use methods against gun owners that I deplore when used against naughty children, sexual minorities, drug users, and unsightly drinkers. Since such reprehensible police practices are probably needed to make anti-gun laws effective, my proposal to ban all guns should probably be marked a failure before it is even tried.” PeopleWantShouldChildrenStatesUseLawUsedPracticeNeededDrugGunPoliceMethodMinoritiesOwnersUsersProposalBansNaughtyUsing MeDrinkersGun OwnersAnti GunGun Law Book:Crime and Punishment: A Radical Solution Source: Crime and Punishment: A Radical Solution
“You can't say you're going to ban something in the name of good taste, because then you have directed someone to play the role of good-taste police. We - Americans - permit bad taste in this country. In fact, we even encourage it.” CountryPlayFactsNamesRolesTastePolicePermitBansGood TasteBad Taste Author:John Irving
“I was hoping that by very publicly going to the police, other people would follow suit. Around this time was the whole Rehtaeh Parsons publication ban bullshit. She died because she couldn't handle the stress of having been assaulted and ridiculed for having been raped. And I was like, "I'm not going to turn into Rehtaeh Parsons for this. I will remain public."” PeopleWholeTurnsStressDiedPoliceHandleSuitsBullshitPublicationBans Author:Lucy DeCoutere
“I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas.” LooksFacesForceKnownWillingPoliceMarchCoveringBansRemoval Author:Theresa May
“What was to be a relatively innocuous federal government, operating from a defined enumeration of specific grants of power, has become an ever-present and unaccountable force. It is the nation’s largest creditor, debtor, lender, employer, consumer, contractor, grantor, property owner, tenant, insurer, health-care provider, and pension guarantor. Moreover, with aggrandized police powers, what it does not control directly it bans or mandates by regulation.” DoeGovernmentCareForceNationsPolicePropertyDefinedHealth CareConsumersOwnersGrantsRegulationFederal GovernmentEmployersBansMandatesPensionProvidersCreditorsDebtorsContractorTenantsLendersPolice Power Author:Mark Levin
“I think there should be a law - and I know this is extreme - that no one can have a gun in the U.S. If you have a gun, you go to jail. Only the police should have guns.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldLawPoliticalGunShould HavePoliceExtremesJailGun ControlBansGun Ban Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“As Americans, we have a long history with firearms. We also have a government built on compromise, so here is the compromise I propose: Ban assault rifles and handguns for everyone except police and military personnel. These weapons are made to kill humans and should be strictly limited. At the same time, allow responsible citizens to own rifles and shotguns. Rifles are for hunting big-game animals, shotguns are for hunting birds; non-automatic versions of these weapons should be available for those with an interest in hunting or target shooting.” ShouldHumansLongMadeBigsGovernmentGamesInterestAnimalMilitaryCitizensWeaponsBirdBuiltPoliceResponsibleAvailableVersionsCompromiseShootingTargetHuntingAssaultProposeBansRiflesFirearmsPersonnelHandgunsShotgunsMilitary PersonnelTarget ShootingAssault Rifles Author:Nick Symmonds
“There is no reason for anyone in the country, for anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have, to use, a handgun. The only way to control handguns use in this country is to prohibit the guns. And the only way to do that is to change the Constitution.” WayPersonsCountryReasonUseChangeMilitaryGunConstitutionPoliceNo ReasonOfficersBansPolice OfficerHandgunsHandgun BanGun Ban Author:Michael Gartner
“Our supportfor assault weapons ban is very broad...I think we've got all the police, we have all the mayors virtually - the conference of mayors, mayors against guns. We have medical experts, we have virtually dozens of religious organizations of every creed supporting us. We have just lists and lists.” ThinkingReligiousWeaponsGunOrganizationPoliceMedicalListsExpertsBroadsDozenCreedsAssaultConferencesBansMayorsSecond AmendmentAssault WeaponsAssault Weapons Ban Author:Dianne Feinstein
“To vest a few fallible men — prosecutors, judges, jurors — with vast powers of literary or artistic censorship, to convert them into what J. S. Mill called a "moral police," is to make them despotic arbiters of literary products. If one day they ban mediocre books as obscene, another day they may do likewise to a work of genius.” IfsMenShouldWritingMayBookGovernmentEyeImaginationMoralJudgingProductsGeniusOne DayPoliceArtisticCensorshipOriginalityMediocreJuryBansMillsAnother DayObsceneProsecutorVestsArbiterPlentifulJurors Author:Jerome Frank