Bill Nelson Quotes

Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings.

I do believe that we should keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, would-be terrorists, and a lot of other people.

We all share the same goal to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them, while fully protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding, responsible Americans.

Right now, there is no way that the federal government can prevent someone who's on the terror watch list from buying a gun - none.

We simply want gun legislation in this country that allows law-abiding citizens to still own guns or prevents people with a history of mental illness or a history of a criminal background from owning a firearm.

I support the Second Amendment just like everybody else. It's not about taking guns away. It's about doing very simple things that will save lives.

This isn't about grabbing people's guns; this isn't about changing the Second Amendment. This simply says that someone who is on the terrorist watch list - a dangerous terrorist - should not be able to purchase a gun.

I am for the Second Amendment, but I am for common-sense gun legislation.

No one law or set of laws will end horrific acts of violence, but Congress has an obligation to take action and make sure that terrorists and bad guys don't have easy access to guns in our country.

The Second Amendment is very important, but we have to have commonsense gun safety.

I came to Washington to stand up for the people who put their trust in me and to ensure the safety of the families and communities in Georgia's Sixth, and across our nation, by keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people.

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 do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state.

Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don't you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a driver's license? It's totally insane.

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

The right to bear arms? What about the right to live?

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

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

Easy access to guns is one of the biggest factors in violent crime.

Show me a man who doesn't want his gun registered and I'll show you a man ought not to have a gun.

We're more safe with less guns.

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

Nothing in the opinion, should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms.

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 don't think there should be more gun control. I think there should be more education.