Malcolm Forbes Quotes

It's not smart to get caught without a gun.

Obviously, guns are a way to protect yourself.

Why do people carry guns? Protection, right? To protect me and myself. Whether it's home protection or street protection.

I'm a gun owner.

I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself, and I stow it away where nobody really knows about it.

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.

The great object is that every man be armed.

Guns require a finger to pull the trigger.

I don't think you need an AK-47 [assault rifle] to defend your family.

I ask the question all the time of people that are on the anti-gun side. And I say, OK, if you're in a situation like the tragedy and the murderous rage in San Bernardino and you're in a room like that, would you want somebody that knew how to use a firearm and had one with them, or if somebody breaks into your house, what are you going to do if they are armed and you are not? And there's not a good answer. There's no good answer except you're a sitting duck for the most part if you're not armed.

Everyone values the good nature of a man with a gun.

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.

Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.

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.

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

I'm a registered, vetted gun owner, but that's because I live way out in the country, like way out in the middle of nowhere.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Having a gun in your hand is very empowering.

I got my first handgun license when I was 22.

Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.

I like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them.

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

A gun in the hands of a secret service agent protecting our president isn't a bad word.

I have eight guns. I do have a concealed weapons permit.

Yeah I got all sorts of guns. I got functional guns, I got guns for looks, I got hunting rifles, and everything in between.