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Quotes from Anti-self-defense people

Why are we "paranoid" about efforts to destroy the second amendment?  Well, it's not paranoia when they really ARE out to get you, now is it?

Here are seven examples from the horses mouths:

1. Dianne Feinstein on "60 Minutes" the week after the passage of Brady Bill:

"If I thought I could get the votes I'd have taken them all. That's right Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in."

2. Charles Krauthammer. April 5 l996 Washington Post:

"The Brady Bill's only effect will be to desensitize the public to regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation."

3. Pete Shields, founder of Handgun Control, Inc. New Yorker Magazine, June 26, 1976, pg. 53:

"We'll take one step at a time, and the first is necessarily -given the political realities - very modest. We'll have to start working again to strengthen the law, and then again to strengthen the next law and again and again. Our ultimate goal, total control of hand guns, is going to take time. The first problem is to slow down production and sales. Next is to get registration. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and ammunition (with a few exceptions) totally illegal."

4. W. Clay, Dem. Rep. St. Louis Post Dispatch., May 8, 1993, pg. A1. Clay said the Brady Bill is:

"the minimum step" Congress should take. "We need much stricter gun control and eventually we should bar ownership of handguns except in a few cases."

5. Senator J. Chafee, Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 15. 1992, pg. A13:

"I will introduce legislation banning the sale manufacture or possession of hand-guns except in a few cases."

6. M. Gartner, then President of NBC News, USA - Today, Jan 16, 1992, pg. A9:

"'I now think the only way to control handgun use is to prohibit the guns. And the only way to do that is to change the Constitution."

7. T. Winship, Editor - Boston Globe, in Editor and Publisher Magazine, April 24, 1993, pg. 24:

"Investigate the NRA with renewed vigor. Print names of those who take NRA funds. Support all causes the NRA opposes. The Times-Herald is right. The work a day guy doesn't envision total confiscation, but many with the real power to sway public opinion and effect change in America do."

If you have LEGITIMATE quotes to add to this page, please send them to Quotes@KeepAndBearArms.com.  The word "legitimate" is in all caps because there are so many phony quotes going around it's become a bit of a nuisance, especially since not everyone has the time to verify every single thing that comes in.  If you have a quote and you're not sure of its validity, http://www.GunCite.com is an excellent resource to "trust but verify".