Pro Gun Control Quotes

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. – Second Amendment to the Constitution An armed society is a polite society.

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them… ‘Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ’em all in,’ I would have done it.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

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.

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.

The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.

To disarm the people… was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Gun control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.

For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.

A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

For target shooting, that’s okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that’s why we have police departments.

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The New York Times editorial page is like a Ouija board that has only three answers, no matter what the question. The answers are: higher taxes, more restrictions on political speech and stricter gun control.