Karl T. Frederick Quotes

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

Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.

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

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

It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.

I have eight guns. I do have a concealed weapons permit.

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

I take gun rights very personally.

Between myself, my brother, my father, and my wife, we have four of the 1,500 concealed carry permits for New York City, which is one of the most difficult carry licenses to get anywhere in the world and certainly in the United States. It is something we believe in fundamentally.

Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

I always accepted the libertarian position of minimum regulation in the sale and use of firearms because I placed guns under the beneficial rubric of minimal restrictions on individuals.

I'm 100 percent behind the Second Amendment. I believe it's not just a hunting right. It's a right for everyone to carry their weapons.

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.

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

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

Show me a man who doesn't want his gun registered and I'll show you a man ought not to have a gun.

The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution was not meant to make efficient killing machines out of drug dealers and other criminals.

Self defense—a reason which is not accepted in Great Britain as a reason for owning a gun.

Every time we license or register guns it is a precursor to confiscation.

We are law-abiding citizens who have to leave their weapons in their car when they take their family our for a nice dinner … this is just a major inconvenience.

Registering a gun is like registering to exercise the right of free speech.

…while gun owners are always saying that owning guns is about defending freedom, the only freedom gun owners seem interested in defending with their guns is the freedom to defend their freedom to own guns

The 2nd Amendment was for protecting the people from the government.