William Eastman Quotes

Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.

I've had people say to me, 'Well, I enjoy going to the firing range and using the assault weapons.' But the pleasure derived from that compared to the horrendous damage that it can do, we believe that the damage warrants banning assault weapons.

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.

You have deranged people throughout the country unfort unately, and they are part of the problem. …I see no reason to have a Bushmaster (assault weapon) in the hands of a deranged person.

Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.

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.

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.

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.

People are hurting out there, perhaps they are ready to start a conversation about whether an AR-15 belongs in the hands of a citizen, whether a citizen should be able 6,000 rounds on the internet.

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

I don’t want American citizens killing American citizens.

The last thing we want is more military style assault weapons on our streets …. When the family gun becomes an assault weapon then that is the gun that will be stolen.

This Constitution shall never be construed ... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.

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

I don’t think there is a Constitutional right for individuals to bear arms. But I’m against gun control. So there!

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

If people have assault weapons, they're going to use assault weapons.

Assault weapons were designed to only do two things: Kill people and kill them quickly.

The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution was not meant to make efficient killing machines out of drug dealers and other criminals.

Gun ownership. The Bill of Rights should be written according to what's appropriate now, not two centuries ago.

A man with a gun may be a "potential murderer" and the man who wants to destroy it may likewise be a "potential murderer," but in neither case is he such an enemy of society because of his mere possession of or opposition to firearms.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash — for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything — without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you

I think these things [firearms] were invented by Satan himself, for they can’t be defended against with [ordinary] weapons and fists. All human strength vanishes when confronted with firearms. A man is dead before he sees what’s coming..

We wouldn't take a gun away from a law-abiding citizen. We wouldn't take a gun away from anyone.

I'm supporting plans in Congress to fully ban bump stock devices and prohibit the sale of high-capacity magazines.