Sam Trammell Quotes

A gun in the hand is worth any number being tested.

Remember the first rule of gunfighting... 'have a gun.'

The need for self-defense naturally exists outside and inside the home, I would hold the 2nd Amendment applies outside the home.

Guns are dangerous. The only thing more dangerous is not having them.

Why do people carry guns? Protection, right? To protect me and myself. Whether it's home protection or street protection.

The presence of a firearm makes us all safer.

My pistols, however, I always kept by me.

I finally bought a gun because I said if I'm going to get it, I'm taking somebody with me.

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.

I'm a gun owner.

I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself, and I stow it away where nobody really knows about it.

The great object is that every man be armed.

In Arizona we have passed laws to free our people so that they can defend themselves and their loved ones. You cannot predict where evil will raise its head, but you can be prepared for it.

I got my first handgun license when I was 22.

Why would anybody not own a gun?

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

To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun.

Ain't nobody ever seen a picture of me with no gun. I have my guns for safety.

I never used a gun in my life.

A gun is not a weapon! It's a tool, like a butcher's knife, or a harpoon, or an alligator.

Guns know no policy except destruction.

I don't know why people carry guns. Guns kill people.

If you look at Paris, they didn't have guns and they were slaughtered. If you look at what happened in California, they didn't have guns, they were slaughtered. They could've protected themselves if they had guns.

While your guns raisin', mine is blazin'.

I ask the question all the time of people that are on the anti-gun side. And I say, OK, if you're in a situation like the tragedy and the murderous rage in San Bernardino and you're in a room like that, would you want somebody that knew how to use a firearm and had one with them, or if somebody breaks into your house, what are you going to do if they are armed and you are not? And there's not a good answer. There's no good answer except you're a sitting duck for the most part if you're not armed.