Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes

It's time that Americans dealt seriously with guns, getting in place strong and appropriate measures - there is no excuse for anything but the strictest controls.

No studies have been done to link gun legislation to declining firearms-related deaths, but you can draw your own conclusions.

We will ban all handguns from peoples’ homes.

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 need sensible gun safety measures. The federal government could do something about this; they could show up.

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.

High taxes on guns and strong restrictions on their availability are the only realistic hope for avoiding many more Sandy Hooks.

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

It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

I support an assault weapons ban, and I'll tell you why. We already have one in California, so I don't support doing anything above what we do in California.

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

We must get rid of all the guns.

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

Getting guns off the streets does make communities safer. We can't stand here and say because we don't have the perfect solution, we shouldn't try.

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.

As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books.

I am all for controlling guns.

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

Gun regulation is historically as American as is gun possession.

Gun Control is Being Able to Hit What You Aim At

The 2nd Amendment protects the right of the people to bear arms. That doesn't mean that they should be able to bear any arms, at any time, under any circumstances.

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

All guns are capable of killing and maiming. It follows that all guns are a threat to public safety.

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

A powerful lobby [the National Rifle Association] dins into the ears of our citizenry that these gun purchases are constitutional rights protected by the 2nd Amendment.