Adam Cohen Quotes

I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.

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

We need strong gun laws. How can people even ask a question about it? Gun control is so important.

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in any way - be done about any guns whatever, anywhere.

While New York City cannot prevent other jurisdictions from selling firearms, it has taken a powerful stance against guns by divesting pension funds from gun manufacturers.

Stand-your-ground laws are a favorite of the NRA gun lobby and their push to weaken our nation's gun laws.

Mexico has strict gun control. You cannot own a gun in Mexico.

I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country.

Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.

If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.

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

Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact even common-sense gun legislation.

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.

The Brady Act was passed in response to what Congress described as an 'epidemic of gun violence.'

As President Obama is inaugurated for a second time, the biggest political surprise is that gun control is now key to his political legacy.

Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns.

I am all for controlling guns.

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

We will never get anywhere in fighting the pistol until we convert public opinion to the belief that the revolver has no value as a weapon of defense.

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.

Why can't we get real, sane, sensible gun legislation? Because the NRA, funded by Mossberg, Smith & Wesson, Glock and all the rest of the big dogs in the weapons industry, you know, spread around donations and won't let it move through.

Closing the gun show loophole would be a good thing to do.

My position on guns is the same position I've had for a long, long time. That position is that I don't line up a hundred percent with the NRA. I don't see eye to eye with the NRA on every issue.

I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious.