Quotes tagged ‘Gun Control’

“Every one of my positions cuts out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I'm pro-immigration, I'm against guns, I believe in Darwin.”

— Mike Bloomberg, inc.com

“I don’t see any peaceful way to disarm America’s whites. There’s only one thing that’s going to save this country from itself. Same thing that always saves this country from itself, and that is African Americans.”

— Dave Chappelle, Himself, Dave Chappelle, imdb.com

“I hate guns, personally. I can’t stand ’em. Yeah, but I have several. I don’t want ’em, but I feel like I need ’em.”

— Dave Chappelle, Himself, Dave Chappelle, imdb.com

“Can you explain to me why, like, 17 people died in school? Fourteen kids, 17, while you stood outside with a gun and did absolutely nothing?”

— Kyle Kashuv, newsweek.com

“I don't know how you live with yourself every day, man. You were the one who was supposed to go inside. You didn't. You know I was a student there that day, in the building right next to it and fourteen of my classmates are never coming back because you didn't act.”

— Kyle Kashuv, newsweek.com

“We can never get those people back, but we can fight for justice.”

— Kyle Kashuv, redstate.com

“The school resource officer, who cowered behind a wall and let my peers die, has finally been held accountable. For those who don’t know, this man literally stood outside a building and knew there was a shooter, knew he saw the rifle bag, he heard the shots. He was armed and he didn’t act. It was hi…”

— Kyle Kashuv, redstate.com

“They surveyed more than 600 young adults and asked about firearm possession as well as symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, PTSD, and other mental illness.”

— Dr. Mallika Marshall, boston.cbslocal.com

“We lose eight children and teenagers to gun violence every day. If a mysterious virus suddenly started killing eight of our children every day, America would mobilize teams of doctors and public health officials. We would move heaven and earth until we found a way to protect our children. But not wi…”

— Elizabeth Warren, amazon.com

“You know, I realize that as an adult not everyone shares my view of the world, and with an issue as hot as gun control I'm prepared to accept a lot of different points of view as being perfectly valid, but we can all get together on the grenade launcher, right?”

— Aaron Sorkin, Lawrence O'Donnell, Patrick Caddell, Josh Lyman, Bradley Whitford, imdb.com

“Here, at one of the largest school safety conferences in the country, the people charged with keeping our kids safe seemed lost about what to do. The federal government had failed to protect school children — and instead of restricting gun sales, they simply handed the problem to schools to figure o…”

— Alexia Fernández Campbell, vox.com

“We’re surrounded by a bunch of vigilante idiots. And they all have guns.”

— Anastasia Basil, medium.com

“His anger is understandable, but his actions are not justifiable — and that difference is absolutely crucial.”

— De Elizabeth, teenvogue.com

“As a physician who rushed too many gunshot victims to the operating room, I want to never again have another child ask me if she’s going to die.”

— Eugene Gu, MD, twitter.com

“We agreed that many a human life is sacrificed in sudden anger, because one or both the parties carry deadly weapons.”

— P.T. Barnum, amazon.com

“This is America: skrrt, skrrt, woo. Don't catch you slippin' up ayy — look at how I'm livin' now. Police be trippin' now —woo! Yeah, this is America: woo, ayy! Guns in my area, I got the strap — ayy, ayy — I gotta carry 'em.”

— Childish Gambino, open.spotify.com

“The only thing that is anywhere near as satisfying to me as common sense gun reform is pure efficiency.”

— David Hogg, twitter.com

“Not every shooting is connected to mental health. Some people are simply malicious... Every shooting is connected to, by definition, one specific thing... I’ll give you a hint- it exists for the sole purpose of killing.”

— Cameron Kasky, twitter.com

“I can either cut your throat or I can strangle you. I don't believe in guns.”

— Tim Minear, Dr. Oliver Thredson, Zachary Quinto, imdb.com

“Violent crimes are committed by violent people, almost always men, who are lonely, isolated, blame others for their problems, and who lack the skills to manage their anger.”

— Laura L. Hayes, slate.com