Art Bell Quotes

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

My belief is that if we take away that right to bear arms, the only people that are going to have them are... the ones breaking into your house.

Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day.

Carrying a concealed weapon is a sign of self-defense, self-protection, and I think it lowers crime.

In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police.

The need for self-defense naturally exists outside and inside the home, I would hold the 2nd Amendment applies outside the home.

To be sure, hunters and sportsmen back gun rights. Beyond that, there are millions who see guns as a defense against fear - fear of criminals breaking into their homes or assaulting them on city streets.

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

I would like to have my gun for protection.

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.

A woman should have the right to carry a gun.

The great object is that every man be armed.

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.

We know that when law abiding citizens who know how to utilize a firearm have one on their person, it helps prevent crime.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who would have guns would be the bad guys. Even a pacifist would get violent if someone were trying to kill him or her. You would fight for your life, whatever your beliefs.

A Winchester Rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

Free men and women have the right to own a gun to protect their home.

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.

It has always been sensible for good citizens to own and carry firearms for lawful protection against violent criminals who prey on decent people.

We are the millions and millions of Americans who take responsibility for our own safety and protection of our children as a God-given right. We are proud to exercise that right, are not ashamed of it and deserve nothing less than absolute respect and admiration as lawful gun owners.

The Second Amendment was passed in an era when organized police forces were few and citizen militias were useful in maintaining the peace.

I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere. But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family - whether it's from an intruder or whether it's from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.

The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or killed you. Protecting yourself from harm is your responsibility, and you are far less likely to be hurt in a neighborhood of gun-owners than in one of disarmed citizens - even if you don't own a gun yourself.