Gun Control Quotes

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Dr Sean Gabb (born 1960), Director of the UK Libertarian Alliance.

 

"If guns cause crime, all mine are defective."

Ted Nugent (born December 13th 1948) American rock singer and guitarist.

 

"That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."

George Orwell (June 25th 1903 � January 21st 1950) Author of the novel 1984.

 

"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun."

Tenzin Gyatso (born 6th July 1935) 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet.

 

"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

Thomas Jefferson (April 13th 1743 - July 4th 1826) Former US President.

 

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both"

Benjamin Franklin (January 17th 1706 � April 17th 1790) US Founding Father.

 

"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 to encourage rather than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."

Thomas Jefferson (April 13th 1743 - July 4th 1826) Former US President.

 

"They (in favour of gun control) must believe in the existence of a substantial number of persons who are willing and able to break serious laws such as those prohibiting murder, assault and robbery, yet who are not willing to break gun control laws". 

Gary Kleck (born March 2, 2025), Criminologist at Florida State University.

 

"I am convinced that we can do to guns what we've done to drugs; create a multi-billion dollar underground market over which we have absolutely no control."

George L. Roman.

 

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

Wayne LaPierre (Born November 8th 1948), NRA Executive Vice President.

 

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

Robert A. Heinlein (July 7th 1907 - May 8th 1988), American Sci-Fi writer.

 

"I sympathize with those who want to ban guns, but I can't agree with them. We have to be careful on our zeal to abolish guns that we don't wind up with counter-productive legislation that will leave armed only the people most likely to do harm with them."

Hugh Downs (Born February 14th 1921), Veteran ABC Newsman.

 

"Gun control has not worked in Washington DC. The only people who have guns are criminals. We have the strictest gun laws in the nation and one of the highest murder rates. It's quicker to pull your Smith & Wesson than to dial 911 if you're being robbed."

Lt. Lowell Duckett, Special Assistant to Washington DC Police Chief.

 

"A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken that supports Colonel Sanders."

Larry Elder, American radio and television personality.

 

"When seconds count between living and dying, the police are just minutes away"

Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League.

 

"Gun control? It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters, I want you to have nothing. If I'm a bad guy, I'm always gonna have a gun. Safety locks ? You'll pull the trigger with a lock on, and I'll pull the trigger. We'll see who wins."

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (Born March 12th 1945), Former US gangster.

 

"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 lose."

James Earl Jones (Born January 17th 1931) - US Actor.