Richard Engel Quotes

Firearms are a luxury.

Guns are bad, I tell you.

I'm concerned about how accessible guns are.

I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.

This government does not believe that public safety is enhanced by carrying weapons. In fact, it has been a long-standing Canadian government practice to discourage the use of personal defense weapons. Once public possession of one type of weapon is condoned for personal defense, the situation of weapon possession for protection starts to spiral upwards towards more powerful and dangerous weapons

The NRA - they are a paper tiger.

Clearly, a large number of people who shouldn't have firearms actually apply through the process and obtain firearms.

Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't even allowed to board an airplane in this country can purchase as many real guns he wants with no questions asked.

Mexico has strict gun control. You cannot own a gun in Mexico.

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.

Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.

In England, we don't have any guns whatsoever.

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

Every time guns fall into the wrong hands and are used to intimidate, injure, or murder women, it erodes the rights of responsible gun owners everywhere.

I love guns. I love shooting guns.

My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to the point that guns are actually the only unregulated consumer product in America. Think about that. It's stunning.

My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America.

Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!

I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you're carrying out an assault.

Being from Australia, I've never even touched a gun. It's so not a part of our culture.

I think guns are terrible.

I hate guns, I think they're the worst thing ever invented.

I think the NRA, they got it half-right when they say, 'Guns don't kill people, people kill people.' I change it to, 'Guns don't kill people, Americans kill people.'

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.