Bill Cosby Quotes

More guns are not the answer to keeping our kids and our communities safer.

I don't think there should be more gun control. I think there should be more education.

Do we really need to arm our citizens with machine guns or semiautomatic weapons? And don't we need to make sure that people who do own guns are qualified to own them?

There's a strong body of evidence that shows that the more diligent we are in ensuring that guns are in the appropriate hands, the safer our communities will be.

America has a right to the Second Amendment, but the people of America have a right to safety and the prevention of gun violence in their community.

It is high time our government take action and do everything in its power to help reduce gun violence in America and save lives.

It's the sad truth that gun violence can often be prevented.

We all share the same goal to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them, while fully protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding, responsible Americans.

There are numerous groups across the country, both local and national, that are working to prevent gun violence in our communities.

The vast majority of Americans are asking for common-sense legislation to protect our families, our friends, and our communities from gun violence.

The problem of gun violence goes beyond the countless demographic differences between people.

I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.

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.

What I don't want to do is restrict law-abiding citizens from their Second Amendment rights, which are focused on freedom. I point out all the time. Remember, bad guys aren't stupid, they're just bad.

The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals.

While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many American lives to gun violence.

Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings.

We have to change the culture of mass violence we have.

I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe.

Getting guns off the streets does make communities safer. We can't stand here and say because we don't have the perfect solution, we shouldn't try.

No American should live in fear of going to work or sending their kids to school. Let's end the fear. Let's enforce existing gun laws.

I support gun control. But speaking honestly about the combustible mix of race and guns may be more important to stopping the slaughter in minority communities than any new gun-control laws.

I'm concerned about how accessible guns are.

Most laws that we make to protect people from guns are usually ignored by the criminals and obeyed by the law-abiding people. And so I think that if you had better data, there'd be no one more in favor of it than law abiding gun owners because they don't want to be smeared and lumped in with the criminals who use guns.