David Hogg Quotes

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

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.

The constitutional rights of all loyal and well-disposed inhabitants to bear arms will not be infringed.

This is our country and our home and our families. We can decide that one person's right to bear arms does not come at the expense of a neighbor's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

In my view, the right to bear arms is in the Constitution for three main reasons: self-protection, community protection, and protection from tyrrany.

The Second Amendment is an integral part of the Bill of Rights.

The great object is that every man be armed.

Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe.

… full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings concerning personal liberty … including the constitutional right to bear arms.

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

More than safeguarding someone's life, firearms safeguard the freedom of a people.

I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and believe that law-abiding Americans have the right to self-defense.

Yeah, it's legal in the United States. It's part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that's the last form of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. It's to protect yourself from the police.

I support people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home. We don't have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government. It's not about duck hunting; it's about the ability of the individual. It's the same reason we have freedom of speech.

Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon - rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything - any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.

I'm a defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

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 Second Amendment does protect the right to people to possess weapons for self-defense in the home. That's what the Supreme Court said.

If the Founding Fathers could have looked into a crystal ball and seen AK-47s and Glock semi-automatic pistols, I think they would say, you know, 'That's not really what we mean when we say bear arms.'

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.

Currently, most States do not recognize within their borders concealed carry permits issued in other States.

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

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

If there is no absolute right to freedom of speech, why must there be an absolute right to the freedom to bear arms.