Ruby Bridges Quotes

The so-called assault weapons ban is a hoax. It is a political appeal to the ignorant. The guns it supposedly banned have been illegal for 78 years. Did the ban make them 'more' illegal? The ban addresses only the appearance of weapons, not their operation.

I work tirelessly advocating for gun violence prevention and promoting common-sense gun laws that could spare other parents the pain of having their child taken by senseless gun violence - laws the NRA's leadership has fought against relentlessly.

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.

I believe the gun has no power at all.

The time has come to end the deadly experiment of disarming peaceable, law-abiding citizens near schools.

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

Let’s not sacrifice the lives of our children to the 2nd Amendment

We must permanently reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban and the restrictions on high capacity magazines.

I think that there should be an assault weapons ban.

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

In England, we don't have any guns whatsoever.

If have to undergo preschool safety checks every morning, why does a random thug get to own an assault rifle?

Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.

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.

The left, liberals, believe that if we just have more gun control laws, all the problems are going to go away. Well, I don't think so. I don't think so. I think - yes, it will, it will be reduced. There's no question about that.

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.

Guns are part of the Constitution, and no one is willing to have that tough conversation with Congress and the Senate and the president to say maybe that's got to change. People talk about it - but I mean actual change.

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.

When President Obama first unveiled his gun control proposals recommending a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and better background checks, there seemed to be momentum behind the effort. But then the proposals ran into a wall.

The inability to pass reasonable gun safety laws after the Newtown massacre is something that weighs heavily on my mind.

We in Congress must take action to keep assault weapons and high-capacity clips out of the hands of those who are so dangerous or deranged or deluded that they can snuff out the life of innocents on a whim.

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.

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

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