Quotes About Assault Weapons

#1. 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

#2. 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

#3. A lot of Democrats ask and a lot of people ask, "Why is it necessary for people in this country, who are not in law enforcement, to have assault weapons?"

Chuck Todd

#4. When President Obama first unveiled his gun control proposals recommending a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and better background checks, there seemed to be momentum behind the effort. But then the proposals ran into a wall.

Robert Dallek

#5. The fights I fought ... cost a lot
the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House.

William J. Clinton

#6. 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

#7. 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

#8. I can understand that if you have sold arms to the ayatollah why you might not be quite as sensitive to the need to get assault weapons off our streets.

Chuck Robb

#9. 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

#10. 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

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

Dianne Feinstein

#12. 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

#13. We in Congress must take action to keep assault weapons and high-capacity clips out of the hands of those who are so dangerous or deranged or deluded that they can snuff out the life of innocents on a whim.

Gregorio Sablan

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

John Fugelsang

#15. It is true that the vast majority of gun deaths in America are not the consequence of the use of an 'assault weapon.' But that begs the question of whether assault weapons have any real utility either in terms of any sporting or self protection needs.

Joe Biden

#16. Do not tell me that I have not shown courage in standing up to the gun people, in voting to ban assault weapons, voting for instant background checks, voting to end the gun show loophole and now in a position to create a consensus in America on gun safety.

Bernie Sanders

#17. 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

#18. I support an assault weapons ban, and I'll tell you why. We already have one in California, so I don't support doing anything above what we do in California.

Eric Swalwell

#19. California has rules against assault weapons. It's just those rules are inherently so technical and have to do with cosmetic features, you can easily get around them with any sort of semi-automatic rifle.

Chuck Todd

#20. There is no reliable data on the number of military-style assault weapons in private hands, but the working estimate is about 1.5 million.

Chris Hedges

#21. Waco was supposed to be a way for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Clinton administration to prove the need for a ban on so-called assault weapons.

Steve Stockman

#22. You look at the violence that is there in entertainment, in video games, and don't just go say, 'We're going to do an assault weapons ban, and that's going to solve the problem,' because it is not going to get to the root of the problem.

Marsha Blackburn

#23. The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.

Jackson Katz

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

Charles Schumer

#25. Personally, I'd be delighted to live in a country where happily married gay couples had closets full of assault weapons.

Glenn Reynolds

#26. 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

#27. 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

#28. 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

#29. Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts.

Mitt Romney

#30. 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

#31. Therefore the master of war causes the enemy's forces to yield, but without fighting ; he captures his fortress, but without besieging it ; and without lengthy fighting takes the enemy's kingdom. Without tarnishing his weapons he gains the complete advantage. This is the assault by stratagem.

Sun Tzu

#32. 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

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

Rahm Emanuel

#34. I supported the assault weapon ban.

Mitt Romney

#35. ISIL videos, ISIL training videos are telling lone wolves the easiest way to cut by a combat assault weapon in America is at a gun show, because of the flip-flopping political approach of Washington.

Hillary Clinton

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

William J. Clinton

#37. When prostitution is a crime, the message conveyed is that women who are sexual are "bad," and therefore legitimate victims of sexual assault. Sex becomes a weapon to be used by men.

Margo St. James

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

Anthony Jeselnik