Jeh Johnson Quotes

Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders.

If gun control worked, the District of Columbia would be the safest place in America.

I'm concerned about how and why there is no gun control.

It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

We must get rid of all the guns.

When you're encouraging - the government is encouraging guns to be sold illegally to people that shouldn't have them, the laws aren't being faithfully executed.

It seems ridiculous that you can be in one state with your driver's license and buy a firearm, and then in the next state it is totally illegal. There are real problems to that, but as soon as you bring up the subject and say 'gun control,' it sets a red flag.

It's fine to have armed guards, but don't then tell everyone else they can't own a gun.

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.

If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.

Where there are sick people and easy access to guns, there will be terror …. Maybe we should rethink this whole gun control thing.

There's no evidence that registering guns reduces the level of gun violence. It's not that I don't think it's something worth doing, but it's something you do much later.

We all know the NRA's position: guns don't kill people—grapes do.

If it was up to me, no one but law enforcement officers would own hand guns.

Stop using the word’s “gun control”. All the 2nd Amendment enthusiasts hear is CONTROL. Let’s use “gun violence”, “gun safety” and other terms that are less confrontational.

The number of people in America killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations, and I don't think we're a bloodthirsty country. We need to look at everything we can do to safeguard our people.

There is considerable merit to the notion of treating gun violence as a public health matter.

I don't believe in gun bans; that's a fallacy that people have, that they think if you believe in gun control you want to ban guns. That's not true.

Red flag law is a general concept. There could be good ones and there can be bad ones. You should be against the bad ones, as I am.

We now know that gun-free zones, though well intentioned, do not prevent attacks.

I think it's safe to say that mass shootings pose a gigantic threat to national security.

I'll be honest with you, I really struggle with the conversation around gun control.

When the gun lobby fights gun-control legislation, its logic is clear: it does not like laws that prevent people from owning or using guns.

I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns.