Gun-Haters Speak Out
Do these people really represent us?
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"If someone is so fearful that, that they're going to start using their weapons to protect their rights, it makes me very nervous that these people have these weapons at all!" - Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) On MSNBC |
"Banning guns is an idea whose time has come." - Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del/ Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
"If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees." - President Bill Clinton, August 12, 1993 |
"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, addressing a 1991 B'nai B'rith gathering in Ft. Lauderdale |
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"Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal." -U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, December 1993 |
"If I could have gotten another 51 votes in the Senate for an outright ban, picking up everyone of them, Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in, I would have done that. But I could not do that; the votes were not there." - Senator Dianne Feinstein, February 5, 1995, CBS's 60 Minutes |
"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of Americans to feel safe." - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, quoted by the Associated Press, November 18, 1993 |
"My bill ... establishes a 6-month grace period for the turning in of all handguns." - U.S. Representative Major Owens, Congressional Record, 11/10/93 |
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"Twenty years ago, I asked Richard Nixon what he thought of gun control. His on-the-record reply: 'Guns are an abomination.' Free from fear of gun owners' retaliation at the polls, he favored making handguns illegal and requiring licenses for hunting rifles." - William Safire (originally from a New York Times column), Los Angeles Daily News, June 15, 1999, P. 15. |
"[Patrick] Kennedy (U.S. Congressman from Rhode Island) said he favors an outright ban on handguns, but doubts its palatability in the current political climate." as quoted in the Providence Journal, 4 Jan 99 |
"I believe all handguns should be abolished" - Senator John Chafee in The Associated Press, January 9, 1997 |
"We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!" - Rep. Charles Schumer, Press Conference, December 8, 1993 |
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"We're here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true..." - U.S. Representative Charles Schumer, quoted on NBC, November 30, 1993 |
Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership | Women Against Gun Control | The National Rifle Association |
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