George Takei Quotes

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

Gun regulation is historically as American as is gun possession.

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

We are a country that believes in free speech and the open debate of ideas. We're a country that also believes in the Second Amendment and our ability to have guns. But we've got to figure out a way to keep America safe.

We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them. I won't chip away at them. I believe they help protect us and provide for our safety.

What we need to create is the NRA - except for the opposite issues.

Not a single federal dollar should be used for states or cities efforts to target law-abiding gun owners.

Our experience in Hawaii has shown that we can place common sense limits on gun sales, demonstrate our respect for gun owners, and, most importantly, help ensure the safety of our residents.

I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None.

I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state.

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.

Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.

The people of Chicago have made it very clear that they favor sensible restrictions on gun ownership.

Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C.

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.

The gun issue is a big, unresolved issue in this country right now. I think it's out of control.

I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.

There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence.

To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States of America is pathetic.

Arguments premised upon the Federal 2nd Amendment ... have never prevented regulation of firearms.

[Referring to gun control:] You've got to protect your legitimate sportsman and hunter, but by God, you've got to protect your police officers too.

We have more gun dealers than McDonald's outlets.

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.

If the framers of the Constitution had any way to predict what our society would look like today, they would think it ridiculous to see the proliferation of guns.

Show me a man who doesn't want his gun registered and I'll show you a man ought not to have a gun.