Luke Scott Quotes

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.

In America, we have a government that some people believe is too big and overbearing, yet, when it comes to guns, we might as well have no government at all.

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

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

The only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers

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

I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.

I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country.

I always accepted the libertarian position of minimum regulation in the sale and use of firearms because I placed guns under the beneficial rubric of minimal restrictions on individuals.

The right to bear arms? What about the right to live?

I don’t think there is a Constitutional right for individuals to bear arms. But I’m against gun control. So there!

I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.

What better way to help health prevention than to ban all handguns.

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

We will never get anywhere in fighting the pistol until we convert public opinion to the belief that the revolver has no value as a weapon of defense.

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.

Our whole society controls how much you can drink, how many pills you can buy; we have controls we accept on everything else in this society - except guns. Those things are all acceptable to us. But with guns, most people will not even discuss restrictions.

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.

For me personally, I'm anti-gun and always have been and always will be. But I'm definitely not someone who is looking to abolish the Second Amendment. I think we're definitely interpreting it wrong.

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

I take gun rights very personally.

We need strong gun laws. How can people even ask a question about it? Gun control is so important.

When the gun lobby fights gun-control legislation, its logic is clear: it does not like laws that prevent people from owning or using guns.

All of us in all the Americas will be living at the point of a gun.