MJ Hegar Quotes

Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Every time guns fall into the wrong hands and are used to intimidate, injure, or murder women, it erodes the rights of responsible gun owners everywhere.

There are no good guns. There are no bad guns. Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody — except bad people.

I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious.

I would like to live long enough to see the day when people talk about which guns are the safest.

We are for reasonable and sensible gun ownership so long as it's responsible in the way that criminals can't get it.

There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of a bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys.

Our experience in Hawaii has shown that we can place common sense limits on gun sales, demonstrate our respect for gun owners, and, most importantly, help ensure the safety of our residents.

I love guns. I love shooting guns.

If you can't take something down in 10 bullets, you probably shouldn't even own a gun.

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

My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America.

We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people.

Guns are bad, I tell you.

I hate guns, I think they're the worst thing ever invented.

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

Guns aren't the problem; sick people are.

Safe storage and child access prevention laws are critical steps as we seek to reduce the occurrence of accidental shootings and suicides involving guns.

No studies have been done to link gun legislation to declining firearms-related deaths, but you can draw your own conclusions.

Gun Control is Being Able to Hit What You Aim At

We all know the NRA's position: guns don't kill people—grapes do.

Gun manufacturers are not selling guns to kill people, but they don't care if they kill people.

Too many policy decisions over the years have been made by men in closed rooms not thinking about the dead bodies. When bullets fly, people die. Pictures ram that message home.

Guns are not a defense. Guns are a risk.