Gun Control Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old gun control quotes, gun control sayings, and gun control proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

An armed man is a citizen. A disarmed man is a subject. unknown
It ain't gun control we need; it's sin control. Si Robertson
If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun. Dalai Lama
Anyone can shoot a gun but the real power comes from non-violent means. J.C. Phillips
With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases. Ronald Reagan
You don't need a weapon to protect yourself. Bill Maher
You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun. Helen Thomas
Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars. unknown
A free people ought...to be armed George Washington
The people have a right to keep and bear arms. Patrick Henry
One man with a gun can control a hundred without one. Vladimir Lenin
There are no dangerous weapons. There are only dangerous men. Robert A. Heinlein
I don't think there should be more gun control. I think there should be more education. Sam Brownback
You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive. unknown
To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens. Adolf Hitler
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it. Clint Eastwood
Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people. Luke Scott
Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws. Michael Badnarik
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. Jeff Cooper
How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys? Stephen King
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Wayne LaPierre
The right to buy weapons is the right to be free. A. E. van Vogt
Laws can't control the lawless. Wayne LaPierre
Gun Control is not about guns; it's about control. unknown
Guns are not the problem. The species is the problem. Forrest Carr
Guns are not the problem. It is us that is the problem. Keita Shimizu
The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose. James Earl Jones
To disarm the people is the best and most effectual Way to enslave them. George Mason
We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion. Mother Teresa
If more sane people were armed, the crazy people would get off fewer shots. unknown
Irony: Some of the people yelling the loudest for gun control are protected by armed security. unknown
It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem. Bob Barr
Gun bans don't disarm criminals, gun bans attract them. Walter Mondale
We don't have a gun problem; we have a math problem: ZERO GUNS = ZERO GUN-RELATED DEATHS. Quentin R. Bufogle
Gun Control: A measure to ensure that guns always point in one direction. CrimethInc.
Not everybody needs a gun , to get things done. Tamer Abo Aliun
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Thomas Jefferson
Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety. unknown
As you know and have heard me say, I don't believe anything will be accomplished by making it harder for honest citizens to own guns. I do believe we could do much more with stiffer penalties for those who are convicted of using guns in the commission of a crime. Ronald Reagan
My concern about gun control is that it's taking our eyes off what might be the real answers to crime. It's diverting our attention. Ronald Reagan
On the subject of gun control...I believe that the problem belongs at the state level. I think there would be great problems with regard to enforcement at the national level. Ronald Reagan
We have passed some laws which I believe are probably more effective than gun control. Anyone convicted of a crime who had a gun in his or her possession at the time of the crime— regardless of whether the weapon was used or not— has five to fifteen years added to the sentence. Ronald Reagan
My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who can do just unbelievable damage. We're the only undeveloped country on earth where this happens..And it happens once a week. And it's a one-day story. The country has to do some soul-searching on this. Barack Obama
Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place feel at least as passionate, at least as mobilized and well-funded as the NRA and the gun manufacturers are because the politics in Congress are such where even members of Congress who know better are fearful if they vote their conscience and support common sense measures like background checks. they're worried they're going to lose. Barack Obama
Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place feel at least as passionate, at least as mobilized and well-funded as the NRA and the gun manufacturers are because the politics in Congress are such where even members of Congress who know better are fearful if they vote their conscience and support common sense measures like background checks. they're worried they're going to lose. Barack Obama
The unmistakable lesson is that to secure liberty and civil society, Colonial Americans first had to preserve their right to arms. Philip Mulivor
The right to keep and bear arms is the one right that allows rights to exist at all. Charlton Heston
The danger from armed citizens is only to the government, not to the society; and as long as they have nothing to revenge in the government, there are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. Joel Barlow
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. Aristotle
Disarming citizens has a double effect, it palsies the hand ad brutalizes the mind; a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral, and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression. Joel Barlow
A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. Larry Elder
And I cannot see why arms should be denied to any man who is not a slave, since they are the only true badges of liberty. Andrew Fletcher
If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban on assault weapons, picking up every one of them— Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in— I would have done it. Dianne Feinstein
The rifle itself has no moral stature since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles. Jeff Cooper
Most gun control arguments miss the point. If all control boils fundamentally to force, how can one resist aggression without equal force? How can a truly 'free' state exist if the individual citizen is enslaved to the forceful will of individual or organized aggressors? It cannot. Tiffany Madison
An armed society is a polite society. Robert A. Heinlein
You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby. Michael Steele
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated. Joe Wurzelbacher
We have to face the fact that meaningful gun control has to be a part of homeland security. Jeh Johnson
I don't believe in gun bans; that's a fallacy that people have, that they think if you believe in gun control you want to ban guns. That's not true. Jim Jefferies
Make no mistake about it. Gun control is not about crook control. It's about American control. Derrick Grayson
Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data. Thomas Sowell
There is a lot of talks now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger. Anna Quindlen
As for gun control advocates, I have no hope that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking. Thomas Sowell
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. William S. Burroughs
One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people and making it an offense to keep arms. Joseph Story
The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace. Janet Reno