Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Quotes

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

You can have a Second Amendment right, but not a Second Amendment right to an AR-15.

Facts tell us that criminalizing private transfers of firearms among family members and friends under a universal background check system would do nothing to prevent 'gun violence,' and importantly, would not have prevented the profound tragedies that gun banners use to promote such a system.

I'm the original co-sponsor of an assault weapons ban.

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

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 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.

Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.

In England, we don't have any guns whatsoever.

I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.

We must get rid of all the guns.

Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!

I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.

The so-called assault weapons ban is a hoax. It is a political appeal to the ignorant. The guns it supposedly banned have been illegal for 78 years. Did the ban make them 'more' illegal? The ban addresses only the appearance of weapons, not their operation.

I believe the gun has no power at all.

We have to change the culture of mass violence we have.

When you have a high-volume magazine or an assault weapon, you're not hunting deer or protecting your home; you're out to hunt people.

We in Congress must take action to keep assault weapons and high-capacity clips out of the hands of those who are so dangerous or deranged or deluded that they can snuff out the life of innocents on a whim.

I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.

Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.

We don't deed more assault rifles on our streets right now.

Gun manufacturers are not selling guns to kill people, but they don't care if they kill people.

We will ban all handguns from peoples’ homes.

It makes no sense for the police of this country to be outgunned by criminals or for our citizens to live in fear of criminals ... armed with assault rifles.