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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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

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

  Charles Schumer

  People, Use, Mass

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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

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

  Joe Lhota

  Reason, Weapons, Assault

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• 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

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• It is extremely important that individuals in the state of California do not own assault weapons. I mean that is just so crystal clear, there is no debate, no discussion.

  Leland Yee

  Mean, California, Important

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• [Donald Trump] can`t reach out and push off at the same time when he says - he says we want the ban on assault weapons, because they`re so very dangerous, and background checks on guns, given the level of violence in the country, he says he wants more guns to make us more secure.

  Jesse Jackson

  Country, Gun, Levels

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic - purely symbolic - move in that direction. Its only real justification is not to reduce crime but to desensitize the public to the regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Real, Moving, Gun

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• I've come to the conclusion that military style weapons really don't have any place in our society. We ought to reinstate the assault weapons ban that served us well for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.

  Mark Udall

  Military, Years, Style

  "Udall comes out in favor of reinstating assault weapons ban" by Eli Stokols, kdvr.com. December 20, 2012.

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