Gun Law Quotes:

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

- Michael Badnarik

topic: Gun, Law, Want, Unconstitutional, Gun Law

They have some pretty tough gun laws in Japan, as they do in any other civilized country in the world, and they're not killing each other off with firearms. You have very violent films in Europe, yet it's not causing the mayhem we see in our streets routinely here.

- Michael D. Barnes

topic: Country, Gun, Japan, Violent Films, Mayhem

Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C.

- Luke Scott

source: "Answer Man: Luke Scott talks Nugent, hunting and Obama origin". Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. December 7, 2010.

topic: Country, Gun, Law, Crime Rates, Gun Law

Let me share some facts with you about the law in most of our country. California is in many ways a little different from the rest of the world, and California has better gun laws than many states, although California's need to be improved.

- Michael D. Barnes

topic: Country, Gun, Law, Gun Law

Our pre-9/11 gun laws allow our enemies in the War on Terror to arm themselves right here in our own country.

- Carolyn McCarthy

topic: Country, War, Gun, Gun Law

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Men, Law, May, Limited Government, Founding

The laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be supposed that those who have the courage to violate the most sacred laws of humanity...will respect the less important and arbitrary ones... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants, they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

- Cesare Beccaria

topic: Men, Law, Humanity, Disarming, Limiting Freedom

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.

- Thomas Paine

topic: Motivation, Fear, Government, 2 Amendment, Patriotic Gun

Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order...

- Thomas Paine

topic: Gun, Order, Law, Patriotic Gun, Militia

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose.

- James Earl Jones

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Winning, Gun, Law, Law Abiding Citizen, Pro Gun

If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of criminal acts reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying - that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976 - establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime.

- Orrin Hatch

source: "The Right to Keep and Bear Arms - Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary". Book by Dennis DeConcini and Orrin Hatch, February 1982.

topic: Gun, Law, Drawing, Pro Gun, 2 Amendment

False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

- Cesare Beccaria

source: Cesare Beccaria (1963). “On Crimes and Punishments”, Pearson College Division

topic: Real, Sacrifice, Men, Disarming, Bearing Arms

This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.

- Larry Elder

topic: Passion, Gun, Law, Pro Gun Control, Gun Law

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.

- Noah Webster

source: Noah Webster (1787). “An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia: With Answers to the Principal Objections that Have Been Raised Against the System”, p.43

topic: Army, Europe, Law, Handguns, Pretense

Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains me to say this, but the NRA seems to be right: The cities and states that have the toughest gun laws have the most murder and mayhem.

- Mike Royko

topic: Pain, Gun, Law, Nra, Strict Laws

Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

- Michael Badnarik

topic: Gun, Thinking, Law, Gun Ban, Gun Law

Don't condemn the gangbangers, they've got guns that are trafficked, that are not enforced, that are straw purchased and they come into places even that have strong gun laws. Why? Because we don't have sensible gun legislation.

- Sheila Jackson Lee

topic: Strong, Stupid, Gun, Stupid Liberal, Gun Law

Gun laws are an attempt to nationalize the right of self-defense. Politicians perennially react to the police's abject failure to prevent crime by trying to disarm law-abiding citizens. The worse government fails to control crime, the more the politicians want to restrict individuals' rights to defend themselves. But police protection in most places is typical government work - slow, inefficient, and unreliable...

- James Bovard

topic: Gun, Government, Self, Law Abiding Citizen, Police Protection

These gun laws are very much the creation of the Prime Minister.

- Amanda Vanstone

topic: Gun, Law, Creation, Gun Law

Getting hold of illegal weapons is so easy that gun laws would not stop anyone who really wanted to kill. The gun used by Martin Bryant in Port Arthur was stolen and he had no licence. Gun laws would not have stopped that, but the reason such laws are being introduced all over the world is to prevent the population from defending themselves when the order goes out to round up those who are challenging the Agenda.

- David Icke

source: David Icke (1998). “The Biggest Secret”, David Icke Books

topic: Gun, Order, Law, Gun Law

The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to keep other people from having guns to defend themselves. But what about lower-income people living in high-crime, inner city neighborhoods? Should such people be kept unarmed and helpless, so that limousine liberals can 'make a statement' by adding to the thousands of gun laws already on the books?

- Thomas Sowell

topic: Book, Hypocrite, Ghetto, Pro Gun, Limousines

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.

- David Icke

topic: Gun, Thinking, Law, Adolph Hitler, Gun Law

In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city. So we have the toughest laws, and you have tremendous gun violence.

- Donald Trump

source: Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

topic: Gun, Law, Cities, Gun Law, Gun Violence

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.

- Aryeh Neier

source: Aryeh Neier (1976). “Crime and Punishment: A Radical Solution”

topic: Children, Naughty, Gun, Anti Gun, Gun Law

I like living in Vancouver .It's more a matter of being a Vancouver loyalist. Harking back to what I said about growing up with the inherent violence in the southern U.S., I'm deeply enamoured of, and entirely used to living in a society with gun laws akin to those of a Scandinavian social democracy .It's a good thing.

- William Gibson

source: Source: craphound.com

topic: Growing Up, Gun, Law, Social Democracy, Loyalists

I think that a lot of people on the left are gonna get tired of fighting gun laws, so they're gonna embrace gun culture. I think when that happens, you've got serious, serious trouble.

- Irvine Welsh

source: Source: www.macleans.ca

topic: Tired, Fighting, Gun, Tired Of Fighting, Gun Culture

I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who don't ask, "Is that OK?" after everything they say. I love when women are courageous in the face of unthinkable circumstances, like my mother when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Or like Gabrielle Giffords writing editorials for the New York Times about the cowardice of Congress regarding gun laws and using phrases like "mark my words" like she is Clint Eastwood. How many women say stuff like that?

- Mindy Kaling

source: "Lena Dunham Hilariously, Candidly Interviews Mindy Kaling". Interview with Lena Dunham, www.rollingstone.com. November 11, 2013.

topic: Mother, New York, Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Gun Law

We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them. I won't chip away at them. I believe they help protect us and provide for our safety. I'm sure my positions won't make me the hero of the NRA.

- Mitt Romney

source: "Romney's Hunting Experience Limited to Two Trips, Despite Claims". www.foxnews.com. April 04, 2007.

topic: Believe, Hero, Gun, Gun Law

They're still out there talking about gun control measures, as if somehow terrorists care about what our gun laws are.

- Dalia Mogahed

source: Source: www.nbcnews.com

topic: Gun, Talking, Law, Gun Law

Your pot laws are great! But your gun laws are even better!

- Eddie Vedder

topic: Gun, Law, Pot, Gun Law

I was 32 years old, and I've changed my mind. And the biggest reason that I changed my mind was my seven years as a federal prosecutor. What I learned in those seven years was that we were spending too much time talking about gun laws against law- abiding citizens and not nearly enough time talking about enforcing the gun laws strongly against criminals.

- Chris Christie

source: "Christie explains changed stance on gun laws; Trump Jr. talks father's candidacy; Fiorina scolds Clinton". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 6, 2016.

topic: Gun, Talking, Years, Prosecutor, Law Abiding Citizen

Hillary Clinton has really strong plans, in terms of the economy, extending health care even further, making education more affordable, making smart gun law changes to prevent the kind of disasters we've been seeing on a daily basis.

- Natalie Portman

source: Source: www.glamour.com

topic: Strong, Smart, Gun, Gun Law

Any politico who's afraid of his constituents being armed, should be. Leaders of the anti-gun movement (for the most part, politicians who enthusiastically advocate confiscatory taxation and government control of everything) realize that a populace is much easier to herd, loot and dispose of if it has been stripped of its weapons. The naked fraud and transparent fascism of victim disarmament must be eradicated through the repeal of all gun laws at every level of government.

- L. Neil Smith

topic: Gun, Government, Law, Constituents, Anti Gun

It confirms my idea that you also need more liberal gun laws. Guns lead to a polite society, as we like to say in the United States. And I think that all of western Canada would agree with me.

- Ann Coulter

source: "U of O Speech Cancelled". Ottawa Citizen, March 24, 2010.

topic: Gun, Thinking, Law, Western Canada, Gun Law

It takes a lot of nerve to bang your fist and demand tougher juvenile gun laws while doing nothing to enforce the ones that already exist. I must point out that doubling the size of the criminal code will not matter if the Clinton-Gore administration refuses to vigorously enforce these laws.

- Bill McCollum

topic: Gun, Law, Bangs, Gun Law

Although the District of Columbiahas had a ban on handgun sale and possession since 1976, Washingtonresidents are held hostage by the lax gun laws of surroundingjurisdictions.

- Josh Sugarmann

topic: Gun, Law, Lax, Gun Law

Some of the worst abuses of government force in recent years were precipitated by technical and victimless gun-law violations. For example, the BATF claimed that the Branch Davidians possessed machine guns without paying the required federal tax and filling in the proper registration forms. So a tax case worth less than $10,000 led to a 76-man helicopter, machine gun, and grenade assault on a home in which 2/3 of the occupants were women and children.

- Dave Kopel

topic: Children, Home, Gun, Possessed, Federal Taxes

. . when the target of crime is armed, there is more law present, more public policy present, and more public interest served than by all 20,000 gun laws in force.

- John Longenecker

topic: Gun, Law, Target, Public Interest, Gun Law

I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions - or else it would have read that the right "to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, unless Congress chooses otherwise." And because there are no exceptions, I disagree with my fellow panelists who say the existing gun laws should be enforced. Those laws are unconstitutional [and] wrong - because they put you at a disadvantage to armed criminals, to whom the laws are no inconvenience.

- Harry Browne

topic: Gun, Law, Second Amendment, Gun Law

So, will his new gun laws - aimed primarily at law-abiding firearms owners - reduce the crime rate even further? Rock is hesitant to give a conclusive answer: "I think it will help. (But) I don't want to overstate it. I don't want to give any guarantees."

- Allan Rock

topic: Thinking, Gun, Rocks, Crime Rates, Gun Law

What sort of a brain-dead idiot does it take to actually believe that gun laws will prevent criminals from obtaining and carrying guns?

- Neal Boortz

topic: Believe, Gun, Law, Brain Dead, Gun Law

If you've got a gun law that criminals will obey, why not just turn it into a murder law that criminals will obey-then we won't have to worry about the gun part.

- Andrew W. Ford

topic: Gun, Law, Worry, Gun Law

Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law.

- Erwin Griswold

topic: Strong, Gun, Law, Constitutional Law, Propositions

As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books.

- Jeff Miller

topic: Strong, Book, Believe, Gun Law