Assault Weapons Quotes

• When you have got military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, they're intended for one purpose. And that is to inflict as much damage on human beings in as short as time as possible.

  Mark Shields

  Military, Style, Damage

  8 Copy quote

• I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you're carrying out an assault.

  Sylvester Stallone

  People, Upset, Needs

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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.

  David Mamet

  Gun, Years, Political

  14 Copy quote

• I happen to believe that certain types of assault weapons, which are manufactured and designed for military purposes to kill people very quickly should not be used in civilian society.

  Bernie Sanders

  Military, Believe, People

  "Bernie Sanders on politics, Clinton and guns". Interview with Dan Roberts, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2015.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• The Assault Weapons Ban deals with a fictional distinction. You have guns that are exactly the same guns as are banned, in function, that were banned because of the way they look. And you know, that's the whole truth of this policy: it's to make politicians look as if they are doing something, when in point of fact, they are doing nothing.

  Alan Keyes

  Gun, Doing Nothing, Way

  Second Debate between Alan Keyes & Barack Obama, votesmart.org. October 21, 2004.

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. - Second Amendment to the Constitution An armed society is a polite society.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Gun, Libertarian Party, People

  52 Copy quote

• I have grown up with guns all my life, but people who like assault weapons they should join the United States Army, we have them.

  Wesley Clark

  Army, Gun, People

  "CNN Crossfire", transcripts.cnn.com. June 25, 2003.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not stop all assault-weapon crime, statistics prove that we can dry up the supply of these guns, making them less accessible to criminals.

  Ronald Reagan

  Gun, Dry Up, Safety

  30 Copy quote

• A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

  James Madison

  Gun, Libertarian Party, People

  James Madison, Gaillard Hunt, James Brown Scott (1999). “The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787: Which Framed the Constitution of the United States of America”, p.690, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

  58 Copy quote

  Show source

• President Bush said he didn't want to renew the Assault Weapons Ban because it might 'infringe on hunters' rights'. Who needs an AK-47 machine gun to go hunting? Let me tell you guys something... If it takes you 500 rounds to bring down a deer, I don't want you going to the bathroom in MY house!

  Elayne Boosler

  Hunting, Gun, Ak 47

  16 Copy quote

• To end the crisis [of gun violence], we have to regulate -or, in the case of handguns and assault weapons, completely ban -the product. We are far past the [point] where registration, licensing, safety training, background checks, or waiting periods will have much effect on firearms violence.

  Josh Sugarmann

  Past, Gun, Safety

  30 Copy quote

• A great democracy doesn't make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.

  William J. Clinton

  Democracy, Vote, Harder

  "Bill Clinton: 'A Great Democracy Doesn’t Make It Harder To Vote Than To Buy An Assault Weapon'", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2013.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Assault weapons pose a grave threat to all Americans, but most especially to law enforcement officers on our city streets.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Law, Cities, Enforcement

  4 Copy quote

• The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.

  Charles Schumer

  People, Use, Mass

  20 Copy quote

• Nobody with a criminal record would ever be allowed to buy a gun. All assault weapons would be banned, completely. And everybody who still possesses a gun license would receive mandatory education and training by professionals on how to handle a gun. After all, I can't drive my car until I pass a test proving I know how to handle a car.

  Joycelyn Elders

  Gun, Car, Training

  Source: www.motherjones.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The ban on assault weapons has decreased gun violence in Baltimore not one iota. That's because few, if any, of the shootings were done with assault weapons.

  Gregory Kane

  Gun, Done, Shooting

  4 Copy quote

• You'll get my assault weapon when you pry it out of my curious six-year-old's cold dead hands.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Hands, Years, Six Year Olds

  209 Copy quote

• Why can't a democrat get fired up about protecting the environment and enacting gun control legislation just as right wing republicans get fired up about making sure that children have access to assault weapons and banning 'the Catcher in the Rye' and 'Harry Potter'?

  Moby

  Children, Gun, Wings

  "imo". moby.com. December 29, 2002.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I come from a state that has virtually no gun control. And yet, at political peril, I voted for an instant background check, which I want to see strengthened and expanded. I voted to ban certain types of assault weapons which are designed only to kill people.

  Bernie Sanders

  Gun, People, Political

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

  28 Copy quote

  Show source

• There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.

  Joe Lhota

  Reason, Weapons, Assault

  4 Copy quote

• We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade.

  Michael Nutter

  Needs, Magazines, Information

  Michael A. Nutter (2017). “Mayor: The Best Job in Politics”, p.86, University of Pennsylvania Press

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Assault weapons ban reintroduced.

  Barack Obama

  Bans, Weapons, Assault

  Second Presidential Debate, www.npr.org. October 16, 2012.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• And it's time as a country that we have an assault weapon ban.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Country, Gun, Bans

  "Top 12 Quotes About Gun Control After Newtown, Conn. Shooting" by Susanna Kim, abcnews.go.com. December 17, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• We would get rid of assault weapons. There would not be an assault weapon in the United States, whether it's for a show or someone having it in a collection.

  Bernard C. Parks

  Gun, United States, Shows

  "LAPD Chief Bernard Parks Discusses Loss of Granddaughter, Police Scandal". "Both Sides" with Jesse Jackson, www.cnn.com. June 11, 2000.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Impeach President Reagan retroactively for agreeing with Obama on the assault weapons ban.

  John Fugelsang

  Gun, President, Bans

  Twitter post from Apr 27, 2013

  33 Copy quote

  Show source