John W. McGaw Quotes

One of the many embarrassing truths about the debate over the right to bear arms that neither side wishes to admit is that gun rights ideology is the illegitimate and spurned child of gun control.

Let’s not sacrifice the lives of our children to the 2nd Amendment

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.

You can’t take the hard-line NRA position. That’s a loser.

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

I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country.

I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.

When President Obama first unveiled his gun control proposals recommending a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and better background checks, there seemed to be momentum behind the effort. But then the proposals ran into a wall.

In America, we have a government that some people believe is too big and overbearing, yet, when it comes to guns, we might as well have no government at all.

I'm not an NRA member, but that doesn't mean I didn't appreciate shooting blanks out of a machine gun.

To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States of America is pathetic.

Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns.

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

The gun culture that is so negative for America will never be a part of the culture of Australia.

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

The only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers

Gun regulation is historically as American as is gun possession.

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.

Gun Control is Being Able to Hit What You Aim At

Arguments premised upon the Federal 2nd Amendment ... have never prevented regulation of firearms.

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

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

A powerful lobby [the National Rifle Association] dins into the ears of our citizenry that these gun purchases are constitutional rights protected by the 2nd Amendment.

We cannot continue to trade our children’s lives against the gun industry’s profits…. It is time to stop killing our children.