Jeff Bridges Quotes

We've got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch.

If I'm able to communicate one thing to adults, it would be this: it should not be easier to purchase a gun than it is to obtain a driver's license, and military-grade weapons should not be accessible in civilian settings.

Military-assault weapons have no place in civilian hands.

We are for reasonable and sensible gun ownership so long as it's responsible in the way that criminals can't get it.

Our experience in Hawaii has shown that we can place common sense limits on gun sales, demonstrate our respect for gun owners, and, most importantly, help ensure the safety of our residents.

If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals.

Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings.

The people of Chicago have made it very clear that they favor sensible restrictions on gun ownership.

I don't think there should be more gun control. I think there should be more education.

There's a strong body of evidence that shows that the more diligent we are in ensuring that guns are in the appropriate hands, the safer our communities will be.

We have more guns in our country than citizens. I think we could with maybe 100 million fewer guns. And I think we'd be OK.

We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them. I won't chip away at them. I believe they help protect us and provide for our safety.

It is high time our government take action and do everything in its power to help reduce gun violence in America and save lives.

It's the sad truth that gun violence can often be prevented.

We all share the same goal to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them, while fully protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding, responsible Americans.

I don't think people should be allowed to shoot guns unless they have a license.

I support the Second Amendment just like everybody else. It's not about taking guns away. It's about doing very simple things that will save lives.

We need to digitize gun-sales records, mandate universal background checks, close gun-show loopholes and straw-man purchases, ban high-capacity magazines, and push for a comprehensive assault weapons ban with an extensive buyback system.

Instead of saying we need to outlaw certain types of weapons, we need to find better ways to enforce current law.

Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

More guns are not the answer to keeping our kids and our communities safer.

There is such a thing as commonsense middle-ground gun reform, and most gun owners support it.

The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

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

You can't really escape the fact that more reasonable gun regulations and procedures need to be in place, a strengthening and tightening of the national background check system. I don't know why any civilian would ever be able to purchase an assault weapon or the parts that go with it.