Patrick Leahy Quotes

The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C.

I got my first handgun license when I was 22.

If you've grown up with guns, the thought that someone might take them away makes your stomach churn. They make you feel safe. If you didn't grow up with guns, if you don't know how to use them, then the thought that someone else has them makes your stomach churn.

A lot of people in my state of Vermont are gun owners.

Why would anybody not own a gun?

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

The people have a right to keep and bear arms.

I see no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying a loaded weapon.

A firearm is a luxury.

I like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them.

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.

I have an A rating from the NRA.

It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions.

I think everyone should own six guns, even though I don't own any.

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose.

I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.

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.

If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.

I believe the gun has no power at all.

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it.

Millions and millions of people are proud gun owners, and they do it responsibly and by the law.

I don't know anybody that doesn't own a gun.

I have always been fascinated with guns. I grew up in America, so, granted, it is part of our heritage, and it is written into the laws of how this country is run.