Seth Moulton Quotes

If you can't take something down in 10 bullets, you probably shouldn't even own a gun.

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

The true gun safety advocates, as they have been for centuries, are the millions of members of the NRA and other training organizations.

The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking.

Cop families have guns in their houses.

What I don't want to do is restrict law-abiding citizens from their Second Amendment rights, which are focused on freedom. I point out all the time. Remember, bad guys aren't stupid, they're just bad.

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

The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.

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've got guns now. It's kind of gross.

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

I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe.

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

Guns are our friends, because in a world without guns I'm what as known as prey. Almost all females are.

I don't think you need an AK-47 [assault rifle] to defend your family.

The only thing that gets reported are the tragedies. But it rarely gets reported when somebody actually uses their Second Amendment right with a gun to protect themselves against a criminal.

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

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

If you're too dangerous to buy an airplane ticket, you're too dangerous to buy an assault weapon. And, when we talk about the Second Amendment - I support the Second Amendment - but the Second Amendment was created and designed to prevent tyranny and not to encourage terror.

If people want to own a rifle or something like that for hunting purposes only, I tend to agree with that. But semi-automatic weapons and handguns, that's just unreal. I mean, what good are handguns?

I certainly think that we can take steps to prevent this kind of weapon that is designed to create mass casualties from getting into the hands of the wrong people while still protecting the Second Amendment rights of the people of New Hampshire and making sure that we're protecting the ownership and use of legitimate hunting rifles.

Military-assault weapons have no place in civilian hands.

There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of a bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys.

The presence of a firearm makes us all safer.

There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.