Laurence Tribe Quotes

Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.

Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.

The great object is that every man be armed.

The Union agrees with the Supreme Court's long standing interpretation of the 2nd Amendment that the individual's right to keep and bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a "well-regulated militia." Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected.

This isn't about deer hunting. The Second Amendment is about our right to keep and bear arms to defend ourselves.

I think we all have a right to bear arms, whichever amendment that is.

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

It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.

I own guns, and no one's taking 'em away.

I can assure the people of Mississippi that, as God is my witness, I strongly oppose the Blair-Holt Act and will fight harder than any human being alive to protect law-abiding Mississippians Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.

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

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.

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way.

I'm 100 percent behind the Second Amendment. I believe it's not just a hunting right. It's a right for everyone to carry their weapons.

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

If the ACLU took the same position on the 2nd Amendment that it does on the 1st Amendment and other non-enumerated rights, then every citizen would be required to carry a gun.

Free men and women have the right to own a gun to protect their home.

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.

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

The people have a right to keep and bear arms.

The people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the State

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

The constitutional rights of all loyal and well-disposed inhabitants to bear arms will not be infringed.