Karl T. Frederick Quotes

I think these things [firearms] were invented by Satan himself, for they can’t be defended against with [ordinary] weapons and fists. All human strength vanishes when confronted with firearms. A man is dead before he sees what’s coming..

One of the many embarrassing truths about the debate over the right to bear arms that neither side wishes to admit is that gun rights ideology is the illegitimate and spurned child of gun control.

An armed society is a polite society.

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose.

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights.

Gun Control? You control your gun, and I’ll control mine.

The only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers

Gun ownership. The Bill of Rights should be written according to what's appropriate now, not two centuries ago.

It's just unbelievable to me that the National Rifle Association has so much power.

The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking.

I have an A rating from the NRA.

Guns are part of the American identity.

I hate guns.

My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to the point that guns are actually the only unregulated consumer product in America. Think about that. It's stunning.

Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.

When we talk about protecting our right to have guns, we are talking about protecting our right to shoot bullets. So what is it that's so important to shoot at?

During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby.

If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.

I think the NRA, they got it half-right when they say, 'Guns don't kill people, people kill people.' I change it to, 'Guns don't kill people, Americans kill people.'

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it.

America is a country founded on guns. It's in our DNA. It's very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don't feel safe, I don't feel the house is completely safe, if I don't have one hidden somewhere. That's my thinking, right or wrong.

The pervasiveness of guns in our society is destroying America.

More guns equaling more safety is a slippery slope, and what makes it so is human blood.

The gun issue is a big, unresolved issue in this country right now. I think it's out of control.