Anti-Gun Quotes

From

http://www.zpub.com/un/guns.html

Not an anti-gun group, for sure.

Why progressives should stop pushing for more gun control laws



Some quotes from Anti-Gunners that should NEVER be forgotten.

"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of Americans to feel safe." - Diane Feinstein, US Senator



"Our main agenda is to have ALL guns banned. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort facts or even lie. Our task of creating a Socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed." - Sarah Brady

"Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic, purely symbolic move. ... 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 "Disarm the Citizenry," Washington Post, Apr. 5, 1996

"...The Times supports a near-total ban on the manufacture and private ownership of handguns and assault weapons, leaving those guns almost exclusively in the hands of law enforcement officials. Under our plan, individuals could own sporting weapons only if they had submitted to a background check and passed a firearms safety course. Other special, closely monitored exceptions could be made, such as for serious collectors."

"Why should America adopt a policy of near-zero tolerance for private gun ownership? Because it's the only alternative to the present insanity. Without both strict limits on access to new weapons and aggressive efforts to reduce the supply of existing weapons, no one can be safer." - Los Angeles Times (same story)

"My bill ... establishes a 6-month grace period for the turning in of all handguns." Major Owens, US Representative

"In fact, only police, soldiers -- and, maybe, licensed target ranges -- should have handguns. No one else needs one." - Michael Gartner, president of NBC News

"I'm convinced that we have to have Federal legislation to build on. We're going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily, given political realities, going to be very modest. Our ultimate goal, total control of handguns in the United States, is going to take time. The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns in this country. The second problem is to get handguns registered, and the final problem is to make the possession of all handguns, and all handgun ammunition illegal!" - Nelson T. Shields, founder of HCI

"The Constitution is a radical document... it is the job of the government to rein in people's rights." - Bill Clinton

"I shortly will introduce legislation banning the sale, manufacture or possession of handguns (with exceptions for law enforcement and licensed target clubs). . . . It is time to act. We cannot go on like this. Ban them!" - John H. Chafee, US Senator

"I now think the only way to control handgun use in this country is to prohibit the guns. And the only way to do that is to change the Constitution." - Michael Gartner, president of NBC News

"And it never, ever was interpreted that the Second Amendment meant individual's right to bear arms" - Rosie O'Donnell, Million Mom March speaker and talk show host

"I know it's in the Constitution. But you know what? Enough! I would like to say, I think there should be a law--and I know this is extreme--that no one can have a gun in the U.S. If you have a gun, you go to jail. Only the police should have guns. It's ridiculous." - Rosie O'Donnell

"I don't care if you want to hunt, I don't care if you think it's your right. I say, sorry, you are not allowed to own a gun, and if you do own a gun I think you should go to prison." - Rosie O'Donnell

“You need the will to disarm the civilian population. If we can do it in Somalia, we can do it here.” - Mary McGrory, Arizona Daily Star

“I don't care about crime, I just want to get the guns.” - Howard Metzenbaum, US Senator

"We're here to tell the NRA their nightmare [ban on guns] is true..." - Charles Schumer, US Representative

"Until we can ban all of them [firearms], then we might as well ban none." - Howard Metzenbaum, US Senator

“If it were up to me we'd ban them all [guns]” - Mel Reynolds, US Representative

"With a 10,000% tax we could tax them [guns] out of existence." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, US Senator

“You know I don't believe in people owning guns, only the police and military. And I'm going to do everything I can to disarm this state.” - Michael Dukakis, then governor of Massachusetts