L. Neil Smith Quotes

Stop using the word’s “gun control”. All the 2nd Amendment enthusiasts hear is CONTROL. Let’s use “gun violence”, “gun safety” and other terms that are less confrontational.

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.

I don't believe in gun bans; that's a fallacy that people have, that they think if you believe in gun control you want to ban guns. That's not true.

There should be at least ten times the number of rifles in the country as there are now.

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.

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

Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.

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

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.

We're not looking at banning all weapons.

There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in any way - be done about any guns whatever, anywhere.

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

As gun owners, my husband and I understand that the Second Amendment is most at risk when a criminal or deranged person commits a gun crime. These acts only embolden those who oppose gun ownership. Promoting responsible gun laws protects the Second Amendment and reduces lives lost from guns.

I'm not an NRA member, but that doesn't mean I didn't appreciate shooting blanks out of a machine gun.

There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want.

I am all for controlling guns.

Gun regulation is historically as American as is gun possession.

We all know the NRA's position: guns don't kill people—grapes do.

If gun control worked, the District of Columbia would be the safest place in America.

Let’s not sacrifice the lives of our children to the 2nd Amendment

My position on guns is the same position I've had for a long, long time. That position is that I don't line up a hundred percent with the NRA. I don't see eye to eye with the NRA on every issue.

I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious.

There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.

The last thing we need is efforts by some politicians and the NRA to arm educators and allow more guns in our schools.