Second Amendment Quotes - Page 11

• I respect the Second Amendment. But I believe there should be comprehensive background checks, and we should close the gun show loophole, and close the online loophole.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Gun, Online

  "Transcript of the Second Debate". www.nytimes.com. October 10, 2016.

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• I'm a gun owner. I'm a strong second amendment supporter.

  Tim Kaine

  Strong, Gun, Amendments

  Source: www.politico.com

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• When a person is on a watch list or a no-fly list, and I have the endorsement of the NRA, which I'm very proud of. These are very, very good people, and they're protecting the Second Amendment.

  Donald Trump

  People, Watches, Proud

  "Donald Trump's debate transcript: analyzing his claims issue by issue" by Lois Beckett, Jon Swaine, Spencer Ackerman, Oliver Milman, Molly Redden, David Smith, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2016.

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• Folks in the media ask at the behest of Democrats, "isn't it insensitive for us to do a Second Amendment rally following this terror attack?" Let me tell you something. I really don't view our job as being sensitive to Islamic terrorists.

  Dalia Mogahed

  Jobs, Islamic, Views

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The First Amendment, for example, is fittingly celebrated for preventing Congress from "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion or "abridging the freedom of speech." The Second Amendment similarly appears to contain an express limitation on the government's authority.

  Clarence Thomas

  Exercise, Government, Freedom Of Speech

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• I intend to dedicate my remaining time as president of the NRA to ensure that the Second Amendment is safe from Al Gore and all those who threaten it.

  Charlton Heston

  President, Safe, Als

  "Gun lobby targets Gore, Democrats". www.cnn.com. May 23, 2000.

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• It was during the eighteenth century - a period of boastful satisfaction with the nice balances within the English constitution - that Englishmen came to accept the Whig view of the utility of an armed citizenry. The armed citizen was not only affirmed to be protecting himself but, together with his fellows, provided the ultimate check on tyranny.

  Joyce Lee Malcolm

  Nice, Views, Balance

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• I support the Second Amendment. I lived in Arkansas for 18 wonderful years. I represented upstate New York. I understand and respect the tradition of gun ownership. It goes back to the founding of our country.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, New York, Gun

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• Donald Trump has shown that he will essentially attack individuals, make Second Amendment jokes.

  Reid Hoffman

  Individual, Jokes

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The Second Amendment is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Obsolete, Amendments, Function

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• Historically, the new government had no money to pay for an army, so they relied on the state militias. And the states required men to have certain weapons and they specified in the law what weapons these people had to keep in their home so that when they were called to do service as militiamen, they would have them. That was the entire purpose of the Second Amendment.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Home, Army, Men

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• Then President [Barack] Obama went on to argue that a citizen`s Second Amendment rights can be restricted without being infringed, just like any other rights. There are limits on your free speech and on your right to privacy. But he also made another nuanced Constitutional argument, that the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment must be balanced alongside the others rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Rights, President, Citizens

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The Second Amendment is not really a right.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Amendments

  "Rosie O’Donnell: The Second Amendment is 'Not Really a Right'" by Scott Whitlock, www.newsbusters.org. October 3, 2006.

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  I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.

  John Locke

  Liberty, Reason, No Reason

  John Locke, David Wootton (1993). “Locke: Political Writings”, p.270, Hackett Publishing

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• The Democrats are between a rock and a hard place on it. They hate the Second Amendment. They want to get rid of it, but if they come out and say that they will lose the election, so they have to lie, as Hillary Clinton did. "I'm for the Second Amendment. I've been upstate in New York and I've seen those weird things these guys use when they hunt, and I'm not opposed to that, but the Heller decision and toddlers and Washington and I protected children and I think it's horrible."

  Rush Limbaugh

  Children, Lying, Hate

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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