Assault Weapons Ban Quotes:

The Assault Weapons Ban deals with a fictional distinction. You have guns that are exactly the same guns as are banned, in function, that were banned because of the way they look. And you know, that's the whole truth of this policy: it's to make politicians look as if they are doing something, when in point of fact, they are doing nothing.

- Alan Keyes

topic: Gun, Looks, Weapons, Banned, Assault Weapons Ban

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.

- Dianne Feinstein

topic: Religious, Gun, Thinking, Assault Weapons Ban

I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.

- Mark Udall

topic: Military, Years, Style, Assault Weapons Ban

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.

- Charles Krauthammer

topic: Real, Moving, Gun, Handguns, Right To Bear Arms

Assault weapons ban reintroduced.

- Barack Obama

source: Second Presidential Debate, www.npr.org. October 16, 2012.

topic: Assault Weapons, Bans, Weapons, Assault Weapons Ban

The so-called assault weapons ban is a hoax. It is a political appeal to the ignorant. The guns it supposedly banned have been illegal for 78 years. Did the ban make them 'more' illegal? The ban addresses only the appearance of weapons, not their operation.

- David Mamet

topic: Gun, Years, Assault Weapons, Assault Weapons Ban

This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not stop all assault-weapon crime, statistics prove that we can dry up the supply of these guns, making them less accessible to criminals.

- Ronald Reagan

topic: Gun, Assault Weapons, Dry Up, Pro Gun Control, Public Safety

We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade.

- Michael Nutter

source: Michael A. Nutter (2017). “Mayor: The Best Job in Politics”, p.86, University of Pennsylvania Press

topic: Magazines, Weapons, Information, Clip, Assault Weapons Ban

I think that we should ban so-called junk guns. I think we should ban assault weapons like the weapons used here [in Fort Worth], yes. I think that the kinds of weapons that have no legitimate use for hunting or the kind of weapon that a homeowner would use, I think they should be banned, yes, those kind of weapons.

- Al Gore

topic: Thinking, Hunting, Gun, Homeowners, Fort Worth

President Bush said he didn't want to renew the Assault Weapons Ban because it might 'infringe on hunters' rights'. Who needs an AK-47 machine gun to go hunting? Let me tell you guys something... If it takes you 500 rounds to bring down a deer, I don't want you going to the bathroom in MY house!

- Elayne Boosler

topic: Hunting, Gun, Ak 47, Assault Weapons Ban, Machine Guns

I supported the assault weapon ban.

- Mitt Romney

source: 'Meet The Press' with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. December 16, 2007.

topic: Assault Weapons, Bans, Weapons, Assault Weapons Ban

And it's time as a country that we have an assault weapon ban.

- Rahm Emanuel

topic: Country, Gun, Weapons, Assault Weapons Ban

Impeach President Reagan retroactively for agreeing with Obama on the assault weapons ban.

- John Fugelsang

source: Twitter post from Apr 27, 2013

topic: Gun, President, Weapons, President Reagan, Assault Weapons Ban

The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House.

- William J. Clinton

topic: War, Fighting, Power, Assault Weapons Ban