Ted Nugent Quotes

Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C.

Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.

Self defense—a reason which is not accepted in Great Britain as a reason for owning a gun.

I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country.

It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions.

What I don't want to do is restrict law-abiding citizens from their Second Amendment rights, which are focused on freedom. I point out all the time. Remember, bad guys aren't stupid, they're just bad.

The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

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.'

The people of Chicago have made it very clear that they favor sensible restrictions on gun ownership.

Shooting guns is not something I would do in my spare time. I really don't understand why Americans can purchase guns so easily and why they use them for sporting purposes.

I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.

What does it tell you that applications for guns since the shooting are up 41 percent in Colorado, and that our cameras found about 50 people in line at one gun shop yesterday outside Denver?

Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns.

I am all for controlling guns.

I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.

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

If people have assault weapons, they're going to use assault weapons.

You know everybody romances the OK Corral and all of the things that happened [there]. But gun crimes were not very prevalent back then. Why? Because people carried guns.

The NRA - they are a paper tiger.

Politicians need to rethink their reflexive invocations of the Second Amendment and the idea that the gun lobby is too powerful to challenge.

We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them. I won't chip away at them. I believe they help protect us and provide for our safety.

Stand-your-ground laws are a favorite of the NRA gun lobby and their push to weaken our nation's gun laws.

I have been pleased to receive petitions from groups that seek a range of new gun control measures and groups and individuals who believe additional laws are unnecessary or unwise.

There's zero evidence, empirical or anecdotal, that more guns leads to less gun crime.

For years, I've gone on television and made the case for the Second Amendment - the right to bear arms. I've pointed out that criminals don't follow gun laws, and I've defended the NRA and its members - law-abiding gun owners like me who have nothing to do with mass shootings or violent gun crimes.