"...people who like assault weapons they should join the United States Army, we have them." -- Gen. Wesley Clark, candidate, on CNN "Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State." -- Heinrich Himmler ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Taking my gun away because I *might* shoot someone is like cutting my tongue out because I *might* yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. -- Peter Venetoklis ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The ["assault weapons"] ban is the moral equivalent of banning red cars because they look too fast. -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no doubt in my mind that millions of lives could have been saved if the people were not "brainwashed" about gun ownership and had been well armed. ... Gun haters always want to forget the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, which is a perfect example of how a ragtag, half-starved group of Jews took 10 handguns and made asses out of the Nazis. -- Theodore Haas, Dachau survivor ----------------------------------------------------------------------- False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crime. -- Cesare Beccaria, quoted by Thomas Jefferson ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberals love sex ed because it teaches kids to be safe around their sex organs. Conservatives love gun education because it teaches kids to be safe around guns. However, both believe that the other's education goals lead to dangers too terrible to contemplate. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- People seem to have this obsession with objects and tools as being dangerous in and of themselves, as though a weapon will act of its own accord to cause harm. A weapon is just a force multiplier. It's *humans* that are (or are not) dangerous. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. -- L. Neil Smith ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun. -- the Dalai Lama, May 15, 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A sword is never a killer, it is but a tool in the killer's hands. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Martial) 4BC-65AD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We should endeavour to teach our children to be gun-proof rather than trying to design guns to be child-proof ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch... Wallet... Gun... Knee... -- Denny Crane ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "A well educated Electorate, being necessary to the liberty of a free State, the Right of the People to Keep and Read Books, shall not be infringed." ...means only registered voters can read books, and only those books obtained with State permission from State-controlled bookstores? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- My sidearm is a piece of emergency equipment. It absolutely must be reliable, not "smart". ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Markley's Law (variant of Godwin's Law): As an online discussion of gun owners' rights grows longer, the probability of an ad hominem attack involving penis size approaches 1. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them. -- Moshe Ben-David ----------------------------------------------------------------------- But if there is no such inalienable right [to self defense], the entire nature of the social contract is changed. Each man’s worth is measured solely by his utility to the state, and as such the value of his life rides a roller coaster not unlike the stock market: dependent not only upon the preferences of the party in power but upon the whims of its political leaders and the permanent bureaucratic class. -- Mike McDaniel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trusting in anti-gun laws to keep you from being shot is like refusing to wear your seatbelt because you trust traffic laws to keep you from being in a car accident. -- Erin Palette ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Joan Peterson is like that: you expect at least a pseudological argument, but instead you get the weird ramblings of a woman with the critical thinking abilities of an 18th century peasant. -- Ken ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. -- Rudyard Kipling ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All I could think about was this bear is so close to me I can see its teeth. I could have kissed it. I wished I had a gun. -- Alyson Jones-Robinson ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yet another example of a Mexican doing a job Americans are unwilling to do. -- Reno Sepulveda, on UniVision reporters asking President Obama some pointed questions about the BATFE Fast and Furious scandal. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- W-w-w-w-w-where did he learn to n-n-negotiate like that? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gun Control is nothing more than an attempt to return to feudalism, where the peasants are helpless and must humbly petition their lord and master to protect them from bandits and thieves (when they can get around to it), and where the lords and masters can abuse the peasants whenever they like without fear of effective resistance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Phobias should not be the basis for laws. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gun Control is marketed to the public using the appealing delusion that violent criminals will obey the law. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gun Control laws aren't enacted to control guns, they are enacted to control people: catholics (1500s), japanese peasants (1600s), blacks (1860s), italian immigrants (1911), the irish (1920s), jews (1930s), blacks (1960s), the poor (always) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gun Control laws cannot reduce violent crime, because gun control laws focus obsessively on a tool a criminal might use to commit a crime rather than the criminal himself and his act of violence. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gun Control laws cannot reduce violent crime, because gun control laws assume a violent criminal will obey the law. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ...in the 2nd amendment the right to arms clause means you have the right to choose how many arms you want, and the militia clause means that Congress can punish you if the answer is "none." -- David Hardy, 2nd Amendment scholar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If guns kill people, then... -- pencils miss spel words. -- cars make people drive drunk. -- spoons make people fat. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Judicial Activism (n): interpreting the Constitution to grant the government powers that are popularly felt to be "needed" but that are not explicitly provided for therein (common definition); interpreting the Constitution as it is written (Brady definition) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Constitution is a written instrument. As such its meaning does not alter. That which it meant when adopted, it means now. -- U.S. Supreme Court SOUTH CAROLINA v. US, 199 U.S. 437, 448 (1905) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The one political issue that strips all politicians bare is individual gun rights. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If guards and searches and metal detectors can't keep a gun out of a maximum-security solitary confinement prisoner's cell, how will a disciplinary policy and some signs keep guns out of a university? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A superior gunman is one who uses his superior judgment to keep himself out of situations that would require the use of his superior skills. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The third basic rule of firearms safety: Keep your booger hook off the bang switch! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- An AR-15 in civilian hands used to defend a home or business: a High Velocity Assault Weapon with High Capacity Magazines An AR-15 in Law Enforcement Officer hands used to murder six kids: a Police-Style Patrol Rifle ----------------------------------------------------------------------- How can you reason with someone who thinks we're on a glidepath to a police state and yet their solution is to grant the government a monopoly on force? They are insane. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A well educated Electorate, being necessary to the liberty of a free State, the Right of the People to Keep and Read Books, shall not be infringed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USMC Rules of Gunfighting #2: Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Your life is expensive. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USMC Rules of Gunfighting #4: If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USMC Rules of Gunfighting #6: If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USMC Rules of Gunfighting #7: In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USMC Rules of Gunfighting #9: Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USMC Rules of Gunfighting #12: Have a plan. USMC Rules of Gunfighting #13: Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USMC Rules of Gunfighting #20: The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- One death is a tragedy; thirty is a media sensation; a million is a statistic. -- Joseph Stalin, modernized ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gun Control enables genocide while doing little to reduce crime. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After ten years (1998-2008) of draconian gun control in the State of Massachusetts, the results are in: firearms-related assaults up 78%, firearms-related homicides up 67%, assault-related emergency room visits up 331%. Gun Control does not reduce violent crime. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ignorance is no excuse for a law. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheep have only two speeds: graze and stampede. -- LTC Grossman ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Small arms] are fundamentally dangerous and their removal from the equation either by control, neutralisation or removal is essential. The first step is to gain information on their numbers and whereabouts. -- the UN, who "doesn't want to confiscate guns" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To prevent conflict and violence from undermining development, effective disarmament programmes are vital... -- the UN, who "doesn't want to confiscate guns" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- It may be possible to start a programme of weapon registration as a first step towards the physical collection phase. ... Assurances must be provided, and met, that the process of registration will not lead to immediate weapons seizures by security forces. -- the UN, who "doesn't want to confiscate guns" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A weapons registration phase ... 4) allows for a degree of control to be exercised during the collection phase; 5) assists in the planning of the collection phase; ... -- the UN, who "doesn't want to confiscate guns" -----------------------------------------------------------------------