Steve Scalise Quotes

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

We know that when law abiding citizens who know how to utilize a firearm have one on their person, it helps prevent crime.

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

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

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

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.

I'm a firm believer in the Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights. I don't think you should infringe on the type of weapon somebody should buy or the number of rounds in a high-capacity magazine.

I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way.

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.

An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

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

You have a right to possess in your home and in your business a rifle, a pistol, and King George can't take it away from you, or Uncle Sam either.

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

Gun ownership. The Bill of Rights should be written according to what's appropriate now, not two centuries ago.

An armed person is a citizen. An unarmed person is a subject. Criminals love gun control – it makes their jobs safer. The American Revolution would never have happened with "gun control.

…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

We've got a second amendment right. I think some people forget that.

Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited... It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.

I'm proud to be among a bipartisan group of state attorneys general who consistently advocate against government infringement of Americans' Second Amendment rights.

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

Carrying a concealed weapon is a sign of self-defense, self-protection, and I think it lowers crime.

I will continue fighting to protect our Second Amendment rights.

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

For years, I've gone on television and made the case for the Second Amendment - the right to bear arms. I've pointed out that criminals don't follow gun laws, and I've defended the NRA and its members - law-abiding gun owners like me who have nothing to do with mass shootings or violent gun crimes.