John Gaver Quotes

I think these things [firearms] were invented by Satan himself, for they can’t be defended against with [ordinary] weapons and fists. All human strength vanishes when confronted with firearms. A man is dead before he sees what’s coming..

If one comes to kill you, make haste and kill him first.

Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the people you have to kill, aren't they?

Guns are our friends, because in a world without guns I'm what as known as prey. Almost all females are.

Assault weapons were designed to only do two things: Kill people and kill them quickly.

Self-defense through gunslinging is a delusion .... Those who carry guns for self-protection keep widening the circle of violence.

The only persons who do not have a revolver and a knife are those who have two revolvers

… intentional lethal use of firearms may only be made when strictly unavoidable to protect life.

The towns such as the cattle towns that disarmed young men lowered the rates of personal violence considerably. Those towns … that did not disarm men tended to bury significantly more of them.

if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you... it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

An armed society is a polite society.

Elevate those guns a little lower.

The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking.

I had a gun and I had to run and shoot, which is not easy.

Remember the first rule of gunfighting... 'have a gun.'

How do you combat a man with a firearm? You don't combat him with a golf club, baseball bat or a knife. You combat him with another firearm.

It wasn't until two or three years ago that I actually learned that in the end he actually did kill someone. But that was a choice that he faced: to kill or be killed.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.

The war is coming to the streets of America and if you are not keeping and bearing and practicing with your arms then you will be helpless and you will be the victim of evil.

The gun culture that is so negative for America will never be a part of the culture of Australia.

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

We are literally out of our minds to allow 2.5 million new weapons to be manufactured every year for the sole purpose of killing people.

One who brandishes a pistol must be prepared to shoot.

I am a very peaceful man. I love people and am known for my gregarious personality. However, if you try to confiscate my guns, I will feel compelled to give them to you, one bullet at a time.