Joe Manchin Quotes

I am a strong supporter and proponent of the Second Amendment. Always have been.

I own guns, and no one's taking 'em away.

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

I'm a gun owner and strong supporter of the Second Amendment.

Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.

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

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

If the ACLU took the same position on the 2nd Amendment that it does on the 1st Amendment and other non-enumerated rights, then every citizen would be required to carry a gun.

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

An armed person is a citizen. An unarmed person is a subject. Criminals love gun control – it makes their jobs safer. The American Revolution would never have happened with "gun control.

No one should take away people's rights. But with respect to 'the right to arm ourselves,' we have lost sight of our own history.

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

We are proudly a gun state and respect the Second Amendment.

I've been a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. And I'm going to continue to do that.

I am a forthright defender of the right to bear arms - which is guaranteed not only by the U.S. Constitution, but by the Constitution of Arizona.

They aren't going to take my guns. I have 44 guns, and they aren't going to take my guns.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

The great object is that every man be armed.

I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way.

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

The Union agrees with the Supreme Court's long standing interpretation of the 2nd Amendment that the individual's right to keep and bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a "well-regulated militia." Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected.

Self defense—a reason which is not accepted in Great Britain as a reason for owning a gun.

Registering a gun is like registering to exercise the right of free speech.

The 2nd Amendment is the teeth of the Bill of Rights, and assault rifles are the teeth of the 2nd Amendment.