John Gotti Quotes

I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.

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.

It's fine to have armed guards, but don't then tell everyone else they can't own a gun.

I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.

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

We wouldn't take a gun away from a law-abiding citizen. We wouldn't take a gun away from anyone.

The true gun safety advocates, as they have been for centuries, are the millions of members of the NRA and other training organizations.

What I don't want to do is restrict law-abiding citizens from their Second Amendment rights, which are focused on freedom. I point out all the time. Remember, bad guys aren't stupid, they're just bad.

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

Remember the first rule of gunfighting... 'have a gun.'

I have no problem with responsible gun owners who own weapons for self-protection, hunting, or just sport. The ones who believe they have a constitutional right to 100-round magazines to fight off I don't know what - a zombie apocalypse? - try to shut down dialogue with threats and other macho posing because of their flawed beliefs.

I'm a gun owner.

If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.

You know, I've carried a weapon for 10 years, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody. It has saved my life twice, but I know they're not toys. I practice with firearms, I enjoy shooting, it's a hobby of mine and I have a healthy respect for them.

Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C.

Look, I owns guns.

I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe.

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.

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

Gun Control? You control your gun, and I’ll control mine.

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

Self defense—a reason which is not accepted in Great Britain as a reason for owning a gun.

I see no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying a loaded weapon.

It has always been sensible for good citizens to own and carry firearms for lawful protection against violent criminals who prey on decent people.

Do we really need to arm our citizens with machine guns or semiautomatic weapons? And don't we need to make sure that people who do own guns are qualified to own them?