Henry Rollins Quotes

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.

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.

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

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.

We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people.

I hate guns, I think they're the worst thing ever invented.

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

I am all for controlling guns.

I'm concerned about how accessible guns are.

Gun Control is Being Able to Hit What You Aim At

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

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.

Guns are not a defense. Guns are a risk.

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.

We have more guns in our country than citizens. I think we could with maybe 100 million fewer guns. And I think we'd be OK.

Universal background checks work. You keep the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. That shouldn't be partisan - that should be something we can all agree to, but it became this huge battle and, you know, really, really a challenge.

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.

While New York City cannot prevent other jurisdictions from selling firearms, it has taken a powerful stance against guns by divesting pension funds from gun manufacturers.

The big thing in favor of doing an editorial on the front page is that it would be a powerful signal of how concerned we are about guns.

I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control.

We now know that gun-free zones, though well intentioned, do not prevent attacks.

I would like to live long enough to see the day when people talk about which guns are the safest.

Elevate those guns a little lower.

Mexico has strict gun control. You cannot own a gun in Mexico.