Gun control is a highly debated topic, with many people expressing their opinions through quotes. These quotes reflect different perspectives on the issue of regulating firearms. Some quotes argue for stricter gun control measures, emphasizing the need for safety and reducing gun violence. Others advocate for less regulation, highlighting the importance of personal freedom and self-defense. These quotes offer insights into the diverse opinions surrounding gun control and spark further discussion on finding a balanced solution to this complex issue.
Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people. — Luke Scott
Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common. — Charley Reese
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it. — Clint Eastwood
It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem. — Bob Barr
Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws. — Michael Badnarik
I don't believe people should to be able to own guns. — Barack Obama
Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders. — Chris Rock
Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe. — Dianne Feinstein
If I had my way, sporting guns would be strictly regulated, the rest would be confiscated — Nancy Pelosi
Because the state can no longer protect us from crime, it wants to take away from us the means of protecting ourselves. This is the logic of gun control. — Joseph Sobran
Maybe this is crazy, but I think the right to own a gun is trumped by the right not to be shot by one. — Andy Borowitz
Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue. — Diane Abbott
A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. — Larry Elder
There is a 3rd point of view on the gun control issue - those who I refer to as THE VICTIMS - but they remain strangely silent. — Bill Hicks
There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger. — Anna Quindlen
Short Gun Control Quotes
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. — William S. Burroughs
One man with a gun can control 100 without one. — Vladimir Lenin
More guns means less crime. — Alex Jones
The presence of a firearm makes us all safer. — Wayne LaPierre
Top 10 Gun Control Quotes
That's the one issue can't discuss.You can discuss abortion back and forth, discuss gun control back and forth. But you can't have a dissenting opinion in America (politics) on Israel. — David Duke
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas. — Joseph Stalin
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. — George Washington
All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party. — Mao Zedong
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed. — Alexander Hamilton
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. — Jeff Cooper
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. — Thomas Jefferson
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer. — Seneca
Cut throats, gun smoke, dope, and hoes, is what controls niggas souls. — Snoop Dogg
Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. — Malcolm X
Gun Control Image Quotes
Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. — Ambrose Bierce
Today I will go out with the flow of life and trust the process. I will not stress over things I can't control.
Anti Gun Control Quotes
I don't care if you want to hunt, I don't care if you think it's your right. I say, sorry, you are not allowed to own a gun, and if you do own a gun I think you should go to prison. — Rosie O'Donnell
The right to buy weapons is the right to be free. — A. E. van Vogt
All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars. — Charles Schumer
You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control your that means everyone can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.
If you ban them in the future, the number of these high-capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available. — Diana DeGette
No Kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. — James Burgh
We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans. — William J. Clinton
Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery. You have to get to a point where your mood doesn't shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. Don't allow others to control the direction of your life. Don't allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence.
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. — Thomas Jefferson
Against Gun Control Quotes
Today's liberals wish to disarm us so they can run their evil and oppressive agenda on us. The fight against crime is just a convenient excuse to further their agenda. I don't know about you, but if you hear that Williams' guns have been taken, you'll know Williams is dead. — Walter E. Williams
I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils it guards against are not only old, they are with us now, they exist today. — Hugo Black
Let us hope our weapons are never needed - but do not forget what the common people of this nation knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. — Edward Abbey
People who feel the need to control others, don't have control over themselves.
I'm against gun control. It's not that I like guns, it's just that allowing Americans to have guns will increase the chances that a bunch of rednecks will blow each other's heads off. — Bobcat Goldthwait
A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it, without a standing army, an enslaved press and a disarmed populace. — James Madison
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
Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feeling and emotions.
Countless people...will hate the New World Order...and will die protesting against it...we have to bear in mind the distress of a generation or so of malcontents. — H. G. Wells
Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other. — Garry Wills
The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny. — Walter E. Williams
If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them... I bought original, real guns of the type we used in Tomb Raider for security. Brad and I are not against having a gun in the house, and we do have one. And yes, I'd be able to use it if I had to. — Angelina Jolie
Because you won't get gun control by disarming law abiding citizens. There's only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up, and if you don't actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time. — Ronald Reagan
Aim for the high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally you'll hit the bull's-eye of success. — Annie Oakley
Only you can control your future.
You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good man will therefore resist an evil system or administration with his whole soul. — Mahatma Gandhi
That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. — George Orwell
I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home. — Ronald Reagan
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. — Dianne Feinstein
The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals. — James Monroe
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms. — Richard Henry Lee
They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here? — Paul Harvey
We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it's legal to hunt humans with 15-round, 30-round, even 150-round magazines. — Dianne Feinstein
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. — Wayne LaPierre
I have long had a tendency to tie marksmanship to morality. The essence of good marksmanship is self-control, and self-control is the essence of good citizenship. It is too easy to say that a good shot is automatically a good man, but it would be equally incorrect to ignore the connection. — Jeff Cooper
Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator, obliges everyone to resist the first approaches of tyranny. — Elbridge Gerry
I'm not a deeply religious person and I don't really know if there's a God or not and I don't really even care, but something out there has got to control something. Because people can put a gun in their mouth and pull the trigger and live and someone else can slip on the curb and die. — Sonny Barger
The governments of Europe are afraid to trust the people with arms. If they did, the people would certainly shake off the yoke of tyranny, as America did. — James Madison
There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of a bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys. — Charlton Heston
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
It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had to be told off. And if we continue this kind of violence and accept it in our country, the rest of the world's going to really take care of us, in a very bad way. — Tony Bennett
Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them. — Richard Henry Lee
One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms. — Joseph Story
But I like schlocky violent movies, but I'm for strict gun control. But then there was a time I was at a laser tag place, and I had such a good time hiding in a corner shooting at people. In other words, I'm your basic confused human when it comes to violence. — Robert M. Sapolsky
If the constitutional right to keep and bear arms is to mean anything, it must, as a general matter, permit a person to possess, carry and sometimes conceal arms to maintain the security of his private residence or privately operated business. — David Prosser, Jr.
If those states which did not have right-to-carry concealed gun provisions had adopted them in 1992, approximately 1,570 murders; 4,177 rapes; and over 60,000 aggravate assaults would have been avoided yearly. — John R. Lott Jr.
The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves. — Dianne Feinstein
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. — Ann Coulter
In Conclusion
Quotes about gun control often discuss the impact of firearms on society. They touch upon the potential dangers posed by easy access to guns and the need for measures to prevent misuse. Some quotes emphasize the importance of background checks and restrictions on certain types of firearms, aiming to create a safer environment for all. However, there are also quotes that stress the individual's right to bear arms and defend oneself, arguing against excessive regulations that may infringe on personal liberties. These quotes demonstrate the wide range of opinions surrounding gun control and contribute to the ongoing dialogue on this contentious topic.
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