Rand Paul Quotes

Gun regulation is historically as American as is gun possession.

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

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a patriot, and I believe the right to bear arms is a definitive part of our American heritage.

As long as there have been guns in America there have been regulations governing their use and storage. Without government direction there would have been no body of Minutemen to muster on the town greens at Lexington and Concord. If the Founders had imbibed the strong gun rights ideology that drives today's gun debate we would all be drinking tea and singing, "God save our gracious Queen.

I don't think Obama is trying to take our guns, and I don't think we have to fight the government to keep them.

No one should take away people's rights. But with respect to 'the right to arm ourselves,' we have lost sight of our own history.

We wouldn't take a gun away from a law-abiding citizen. We wouldn't take a gun away from anyone.

A gun saved my life. That's why I won't let my Second Amendment right be taken away from me.

We need to get some rationality on the Second Amendment. This is crazy what we allow ourselves.

We are proudly a gun state and respect the Second Amendment.

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

I take gun rights very personally.

I don't understand why it's controversial for law-abiding citizens protecting themselves under the Second Amendment.

We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?

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

I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country.

It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions.

I'm a defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.

Guns are part of the American identity.

But there are 90 million gun owners in the United States. Only 3.5 million want the insurance and magazines and the various things you get for joining the NRA.

I think everyone should own six guns, even though I don't own any.

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