Luke Scott Quotes

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

It's not smart to get caught without a gun.

We have to fulfill what the real meaning of the Second Amendment is: reasonable access to guns for self-protection and for hunting. And there's no room in America for these semiautomatic, automatic and other kinds of weapons that are simply designed to cause mass havoc.

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

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.

A well armed society is a polite society.

Self-defense through gunslinging is a delusion .... Those who carry guns for self-protection keep widening the circle of violence.

Normally, I always had a machine gun in my car and a bulletproof vest.

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

America's gun culture demonstrates itself in the Wild West, Dirty Harry mentality of people who actually believe that if a number of people were armed in the theater in Aurora, they would have been able to take down this nutjob in body armor and military style artillery. When in fact almost every policeman in the country would tell you that that would have only increased the tragedy and added to the carnage.

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby.

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.

It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions.

I had a gun and I had to run and shoot, which is not easy.

My pistols, however, I always kept by me.

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.

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.

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you're carrying out an assault.

Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

We all recognize that Colorado and our nation have a long and storied tradition of gun ownership for hunting, outdoor recreation and self-defense. However, I am not convinced that combat weapons are necessarily part of that heritage.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

We know that when law abiding citizens who know how to utilize a firearm have one on their person, it helps prevent crime.