Dick Durbin Quotes

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

Our experience in Hawaii has shown that we can place common sense limits on gun sales, demonstrate our respect for gun owners, and, most importantly, help ensure the safety of our residents.

I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state.

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

I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious.

I don't believe in gun bans; that's a fallacy that people have, that they think if you believe in gun control you want to ban guns. That's not true.

You don't reduce crime by taking away guns from law-abiding citizens.

I have an A rating from the NRA.

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

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many American lives to gun violence.

I'm a gun owner.

I believe the gun has no power at all.

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.

I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.

I am all for controlling guns.

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

No studies have been done to link gun legislation to declining firearms-related deaths, but you can draw your own conclusions.

I don't believe a handgun should be in the hands of anybody.

Arguments premised upon the Federal 2nd Amendment ... have never prevented regulation of firearms.

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

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.

If gun control worked, the District of Columbia would be the safest place in America.

It makes no sense for the police of this country to be outgunned by criminals or for our citizens to live in fear of criminals ... armed with assault rifles.