Charles Barkley Quotes

The Brady Bill's only effect will be to desensitize the public to regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.

Legal gun ownership always prevails over the emotionalism of the gun control movement.

Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat.

I sympathize with people who want to ban guns, but I can't agree with them. We have to be careful in our zeal to abolish guns that we don't wind up with counter-productive legislation that will leave armed only the people most likely to do harm with them.

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.

There's a deeper conversation to be had on guns, and just because I happen to know where I fall into that conversation doesn't mean that I don't want to have that conversation.

I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns.

I think that we may lose the argument, but I think we have to talk about gun control.

To a lot of people, the Second Amendment is an extreme position.

Gun control is not the answer to stop crimes committed with firearms.

The gun lobby whips up people and makes them believe that President Obama or I are coming for their guns. Well, that's ridiculous. And he's said it, I have said it. But we do want to save lives by keeping a gun from somebody who shouldn't have it.

And nobody is talking about taking guns away from hunters or sportsmen or banning all guns. Nobody is talking about that.

Guns don't kill people; people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that's only natural. It's hard. But it's fair.

I won't yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it.

I know: "Guns Don't Kill People." But I suspect that they have something to do with it. If you point your finger at someone and say, "Bang, bang, you're dead," not much actually happens.

My personal opinion is that guns kill people.

My belief is guns don't kill people, people kill people.

There is absolutely no disconnect between common sense gun safety measures and protecting the Second Amendment rights of gun owners.

I don't support any gun-control legislation - the effort for a new assault-weapons ban, with a ban on semiautomatic weapons, is something I would oppose.

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

It's fine to have armed guards, but don't then tell everyone else they can't own a gun.

The Brady Act was passed in response to what Congress described as an 'epidemic of gun violence.'

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

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

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.