Bob Barr Quotes

It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem.

We have to change the culture of mass violence we have.

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

I want to change the world. I want to be a part of culture. I want to help teach.

The gun culture that is so negative for America will never be a part of the culture of Australia.

Where there are sick people and easy access to guns, there will be terror …. Maybe we should rethink this whole gun control thing.

There's no evidence that registering guns reduces the level of gun violence. It's not that I don't think it's something worth doing, but it's something you do much later.

We must work to stop gun violence. I’ve consoled far too many parents whose children were taken too soon. We need to come together across party, racial, and religious lines. It’s time to take responsibility for making sure our babies grow up.

Gun violence and social justice are near and dear to my heart. And they are so connected it's sad.

We have an epidemic of gun violence in America, and in trying to understand how that has happened, part of what we need to do is help equip our children to respond not with fear but with kindness. This has to be the way we go forward.

There is a growing consensus in the private sector that companies can and should take action to address the problem of gun violence in our country.

I don't need arms, and neither does anyone else... At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly.

Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.

While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many American lives to gun violence.

How many more school shootings do we need before we start talking about this as a social problem, and not merely a random collection of isolated incidents?

We must urge a national dialogue on better methods of curbing preventable gun violence, and address the need for mental health awareness and access to psychiatric services in this country.

I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.

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

Gun manufacturers are not selling guns to kill people, but they don't care if they kill people.

There are too many guns too easily accessible to kids, and we have to do something about it …. We no longer live in a society where mass murder … is unthinkable.

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.

You know everybody romances the OK Corral and all of the things that happened [there]. But gun crimes were not very prevalent back then. Why? Because people carried guns.

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

Ending gun violence isn't political. This is personal.

There is considerable merit to the notion of treating gun violence as a public health matter.