Pro Gun Quotes

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"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)

 

"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)

 

"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)

 

"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 only 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 U.S. 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

 

��Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.��

Mahatma Ghandi (October 2nd 1869 � January 30th 1948)