Thomas Hardiman Quotes

The 2nd Amendment was for protecting the people from the government.

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

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

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

I want to protect our constitutional right to bear arms in a legal and thoughtful way with background checks that also don't want people to get shot and murdered, but it doesn't mean that you can't own a gun.

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

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

I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.

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.

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.

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.

I'm 100 percent behind the Second Amendment. I believe it's not just a hunting right. It's a right for everyone to carry their weapons.

If Americans have to live with the danger of guns because of the 2nd Amendment, then they'll also have to live with the dangers of publications such as Inspire Magazine because of the 1st Amendment.

One of the many embarrassing truths about the debate over the right to bear arms that neither side wishes to admit is that gun rights ideology is the illegitimate and spurned child of gun control.

Foolish liberals who are trying to read the 2nd Amendment out of the Constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too much of a safety hazard don't see the danger of the big picture. They're courting disaster by encouraging others to use this same means to eliminate portions of the Constitution they don't like.

This Constitution shall never be construed ... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.

The Union agrees with the Supreme Court's long standing interpretation of the 2nd Amendment that the individual's right to keep and bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a "well-regulated militia." Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected.

I don’t think there is a Constitutional right for individuals to bear arms. But I’m against gun control. So there!

If the ACLU took the same position on the 2nd Amendment that it does on the 1st Amendment and other non-enumerated rights, then every citizen would be required to carry a gun.

I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.

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

Registering a gun is like registering to exercise the right of free speech.

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

I'm all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that's gun control! If you're going to own a gun, you have an obligation to know what you're doing with it. When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible for using them properly. It's not fair of us as citizens to lean more heavily on one side of that equation than on the other. So I support waiting periods and training requirements for gun ownership, and I like the idea that is shouldn't be incredibly easy to get guns.