Jerry Falwell Jr. Quotes

It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions. But I am friends with a lot of them, and most have armed guards with them or outside their homes.

One of the many embarrassing truths about the debate over the right to bear arms that neither side wishes to admit is that gun rights ideology is the illegitimate and spurned child of gun control.

The last thing we want is more military style assault weapons on our streets …. When the family gun becomes an assault weapon then that is the gun that will be stolen.

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.

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

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them... Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in, I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here..

I want people to have the right to bear arms.

My job as attorney general has been, in regard to guns, to have oversight in regard to concealed-carry licenses.

I think that we may lose the argument, but I think we have to talk about gun control.

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.

Mexico has strict gun control. You cannot own a gun in Mexico.

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

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

Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.

My positions on gun safety have remained consistent over the years, and have been on my website for years. Whether I'm in a tough re-election race, an easy re-election race, or if it isn't an election year, whether there's a high-profile tragedy in the news or otherwise, my position remains unchanged and on my website.

This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.

I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizen's makes our families and our communities more safe, not less safe.

We woke up one day, and all the sudden Starbucks was in the middle of this political crossfire between the people who want to bring a gun into Starbucks and the people who want to prevent it. It is a very difficult, fragile situation.

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None.

During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby.

A woman should have the right to carry a gun.

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in any way - be done about any guns whatever, anywhere.

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.