1.
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
It is wrong to instruct someone not to defend themselves when they are constantly subjected to ruthless aggression.
2.
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.
James Brady
3.
You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.
Rush Limbaugh
4.
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
Joseph Stalin
5.
It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem.
Bob Barr
7.
We know we can't stop every act of violence, every act of evil in the world, but maybe we could try to stop one act of evil, one act of violence.
Barack Obama
8.
The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.
Adolf Hitler
9.
I'm actually for gun control -- use both hands.
Rick Perry
10.
Banning guns is an idea whose time has come.
Joe Biden
12.
It ain't gun control we need; it's sin control.
Si Robertson
13.
To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States of America is pathetic.
Harvey Weinstein
14.
Well, I think there has to be some (gun) control.
Ronald Reagan
15.
"Gun Control" isn't about guns. It's about control. If guns are outlawed, how can we shoot the liberals?
Mike Gunn
16.
I wish to God she had had an M-4 in her office.
Louie Gohmert
18.
For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
Niccolo Machiavelli
19.
If it was up to me, if you uttered the word 'gun control,' we'd put you in jail.
Ted Nugent
21.
Why do our kids have to show us what gun control is all about?
Ani DiFranco
22.
Why do we even make guns? I'm not against gun control. I'm against guns, period. I'm against anything at all that is used as an instrument of death. Why would we manufacture such a thing? Why would we have a business that does it? Why don't we figure out a way to disarm ourselves totally?
Wayne Dyer
23.
I'm concerned about how and why there is no gun control.
David Cross
24.
The Gun Control Act of 1968 was passed, not to control guns, but to control blacks.
Robert Sherrill
25.
So there will be a bill. We've been working on it now for a year.
Dianne Feinstein
26.
The technology will break gun control. I stand for freedom.
Cody Wilson
27.
Mexico has strict gun control. You cannot own a gun in Mexico.
Jesse Ventura
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I don't support any gun-control legislation - the effort for a new assault-weapons ban, with a ban on semiautomatic weapons, is something I would oppose.
Mitt Romney