Bob Barr Quotes

The Second Amendment does protect the right to people to possess weapons for self-defense in the home. That's what the Supreme Court said.

District of Columbia v. Heller, which recognized an individual right to possess a firearm under the Constitution, is unquestionably the most clearly incorrect decision that the Supreme Court announced during my tenure on the bench.

The constitutional rights of all loyal and well-disposed inhabitants to bear arms will not be infringed.

In truth, we are the only developed country on earth with a constitution that recognizes the God-given right to keep and bear arms, and the human right of individual armed defense of self, family, home and country.

I'm a defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

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

I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way.

Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited... It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.

I think we all have a right to bear arms, whichever amendment that is.

If you can tell me what gun, type of gun, I can possess, then I didn't really get that right to keep and bear arms from God. It was not bequeathed to me; it was not unalienable, right?

For years, I've gone on television and made the case for the Second Amendment - the right to bear arms. I've pointed out that criminals don't follow gun laws, and I've defended the NRA and its members - law-abiding gun owners like me who have nothing to do with mass shootings or violent gun crimes.

In the same way we all have a right to bear arms, we all have a right to live.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

The great object is that every man be armed.

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.

Currently, most States do not recognize within their borders concealed carry permits issued in other States.

This Constitution shall never be construed ... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.

Arguments premised upon the Federal 2nd Amendment ... have never prevented regulation of firearms.

The Union agrees with the Supreme Court's long standing interpretation of the 2nd Amendment that the individual's right to keep and bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a "well-regulated militia." Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected.

The 2nd Amendment protects the right of the people to bear arms. That doesn't mean that they should be able to bear any arms, at any time, under any circumstances.

You have a right to possess in your home and in your business a rifle, a pistol, and King George can't take it away from you, or Uncle Sam either.

The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution was not meant to make efficient killing machines out of drug dealers and other criminals.

Registering a gun is like registering to exercise the right of free speech.