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Gun Quotes

On family, danger, and a debate that never quite settles.

One quote recalls a son asking for a gun for Christmas and a parent deciding it was finally time, while another reflects on relatives in law enforcement and the hard choices that job can involve. Read more in our Danger quotes.

My son was 8 or 9, and he really wanted a gun. It was Christmas, and I said to my husband, 'It's time for a gun.'

Quotes by Wendy Long

Young people across the country have grown up traumatized by the gun violence epidemic.

Quotes by Wayne Messam

To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

Facts tell us that criminalizing private transfers of firearms among family members and friends under a universal background check system would do nothing to prevent 'gun violence,' and importantly, would not have prevented the profound tragedies that gun banners use...

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

Whenever the creation of a national, computerized database of gun owners is proposed, the advocates pushing it insist that people have nothing to fear because politicians will not abuse the enormous power inherent in such a database.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

Obama, Bloomberg and nearly every politician and gun-ban zealot pushing for a universal background check system are on record supporting mandatory gun registration, outright bans and even confiscation. To them, 'universal background checks' are just the first step in their...

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

We know a Hillary Clinton White House would be ground zero for a massive attack on our freedom. A revolving door and cash register for every Michael Bloomberg, George Soros and every gun ban group in the world.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

Through your individual leadership, millions of gun owners across the nation made their voices heard sending an unmistakable message: stop President Barack Obama's destruction of our liberty and restore our Constitution.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

What gun owners would support policies that are blatantly designed to strip them of their constitutional freedom? To put it bluntly: gullible gun owners.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

These zealots for disarming individual Americans choose not to recognize the basic notion that defines American freedom: the difference between a good guy with a gun and a bad guy with a gun.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

Do you want to know where President Barack Obama is ultimately headed with his gun control edicts? Look no further than his second embrace of the tyranny of Australia's massive gun 'buyback' program.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

Knowing who you are and what guns you own was indeed the key to the massive gun theft by government in Australia that saw hundreds of thousands of honest, law-abiding citizens disarmed.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

The Internet, as the most open free-speech institution in history, has become a major factor in gun owners' ability to achieve success in preserving and protecting the Second Amendment.

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.

Quotes by W. H. Auden

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Quotes by Vladimir Lenin

It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I ever have one of those, it will be because it's absolutely the right thing at the...

Quotes by Victoria Legrand

A woman should have the right to carry a gun.

Quotes by Vicky Hartzler

I've really learned over the years how to control my adrenaline and let it all out when they shoot the gun versus letting the crowd and the lights and the camera get to me.

Quotes by Tyson Gay

This gun is liberty; hold for certain that the day when you no more have it, you will be returned to slavery.

Quotes by Toussaint Louverture

Although I look really good holding a gun, I can't shoot. I can't shoot anything. I'm the worst shot.

Quotes by Tisha Campbell-Martin

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about family members working in law enforcement?
Yes, one speaker notes: "I have some cops in my family. I understand the predicament that they're in." It's a personal reflection on relatives in policing, loosely tied to this page's broader theme.
Is there a quote about a child wanting a gun for Christmas?
Yes: "My son was 8 or 9, and he really wanted a gun. It was Christmas, and I said to my husband, 'It's time for a gun.'" It's a personal family anecdote.
Is there a quote about young people and gun violence?
Yes: "Young people across the country have grown up traumatized by the gun violence epidemic." This is presented as that speaker's own characterization of the issue, not a statistic this page verifies.
Is there a quote connecting the internet to gun-rights advocacy?
Yes: "The Internet, as the most open free-speech institution in history, has become a major factor in gun owners' ability to achieve success in preserving and protecting the Second Amendment." This reflects that speaker's own stated position, not this page's political opinion.
Where can I find more related quotes?

Elsewhere the tone turns serious, naming a gun violence epidemic that's shaped a whole generation, alongside a different argument about the internet's role in gun owners organizing around the Second Amendment. Compare these with our Controversy quotes or thoughts on Power.