J. D. Martinez Quotes

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

…while gun owners are always saying that owning guns is about defending freedom, the only freedom gun owners seem interested in defending with their guns is the freedom to defend their freedom to own guns

I think the Americans have it right. The idea of having guns is essentially to protect yourself from a totalitarian government.

I'm a defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

The great object is that every man be armed.

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?

An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

This Constitution shall never be construed ... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.

You have a right to possess in your home and in your business a rifle, a pistol, and King George can't take it away from you, or Uncle Sam either.

To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always posses arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.

No clause in the constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give congress a power to disarm the people.

An armed person is a citizen. An unarmed person is a subject. Criminals love gun control – it makes their jobs safer. The American Revolution would never have happened with "gun control.

The right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible..

The enemies of freedom are waging an all-out assault on the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which we have sworn to protect and defend.

Our Founding Fathers believed strongly in gun rights for citizens.

We've got a second amendment right. I think some people forget that.

Let's remember, the Second Amendment has been around for over 200 years.

We wouldn't take a gun away from a law-abiding citizen. We wouldn't take a gun away from anyone.

We are the millions and millions of Americans who take responsibility for our own safety and protection of our children as a God-given right. We are proud to exercise that right, are not ashamed of it and deserve nothing less than absolute respect and admiration as lawful gun owners.

Guns are the ultimate bulwark against government misbehavior.

A gun saved my life. That's why I won't let my Second Amendment right be taken away from me.

I've been a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. And I'm going to continue to do that.

I'm a gun owner and strong supporter of the Second Amendment.