Rakim Quotes

I'm a gun owner and strong supporter of the Second Amendment.

Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun).

I have an A rating from the NRA.

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

Most Americans believe that with freedom comes responsibility - and that one measure of responsible gun ownership is a background check. There must be an app for that.

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.

Gun Control? You control your gun, and I’ll control mine.

I don’t think there is a Constitutional right for individuals to bear arms. But I’m against gun control. So there!

We all know the NRA's position: guns don't kill people—grapes do.

If it was up to me, no one but law enforcement officers would own hand guns.

Like automobiles, guns should require mandatory insurance policies.

I've had people say to me, 'Well, I enjoy going to the firing range and using the assault weapons.' But the pleasure derived from that compared to the horrendous damage that it can do, we believe that the damage warrants banning assault weapons.

Despite Obama's claim that pro-Second Amendment groups want less gun safety, the opposite is true.

What we do in Connecticut is ban assault weapons. We ban high-capacity magazines. We have true universal background checks, and we require everybody to get a permit from their police department before they can carry a pistol.

I'm supporting plans in Congress to fully ban bump stock devices and prohibit the sale of high-capacity magazines.

I take gun rights very personally.

Military-assault weapons have no place in civilian hands.

All of us in all the Americas will be living at the point of a gun.

I'm concerned about how and why there is no gun control.

Because I support the Second Amendment doesn't mean that I want people who shouldn't have guns to be able to threaten you, kill you or members of your family.

Oh, he was probably a member of the National Rifle Association. It was a group that helped criminals get guns so they could shoot citizens. It was a public service.

I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns.

The gun lobby whips up people and makes them believe that President Obama or I are coming for their guns. Well, that's ridiculous. And he's said it, I have said it. But we do want to save lives by keeping a gun from somebody who shouldn't have it.

And nobody is talking about taking guns away from hunters or sportsmen or banning all guns. Nobody is talking about that.