Joseph Curran Jr. Quotes

The only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers

We don't deed more assault rifles on our streets right now.

Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

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

I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.

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

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

Gun Control? You control your gun, and I’ll control mine.

I'm not happy, frankly. Because I think in a civil society we don't need firearms

I don't believe a handgun should be in the hands of anybody.

Easy access to guns is one of the biggest factors in violent crime.

If people have assault weapons, they're going to use assault weapons.

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

I see no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying a loaded weapon.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash — for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything — without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you

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

The right to bear arms? What about the right to live?

[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.

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

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

All guns are capable of killing and maiming. It follows that all guns are a threat to public safety.

What better way to help health prevention than to ban all handguns.