Sarah Brady Quotations

We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue.

Unless they're a fugitive or a felon, or adjudicated mentally ill, we're not against them buying guns at all.

We must get rid of all the guns.

We're going to see fugitives and felons, eventually, being able to get guns much more easily.

The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time.

The House passage of our bill is a victory for this country! Common sense wins out. I'm just so thrilled and excited. The sale of guns must stop. Halfway measures are not enough.

I've thought Cheney was scary for a long time. Now I know I was right to be nervous.

It goes so slowly with a head injury.

Our ultimate goal- total control of handguns in the United States- is going to take time... The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns being produced... The second problem is to get handguns registered. And the final problem is to make the possession of handguns and all handgun ammunition- except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors - totally illegal.

Our main agenda is to have ALL guns banned. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed.

The Governor says the accidental shooting 'raises questions' about whether firearms should be permitted in Capitol offices, and the legislator says he's going to do some 'soul searching' as to whether he should have a loaded gun in his office. There are no questions left to ask -- Delegate John Reid should be relieved of having to decide whether to have a loaded gun in his office. These offices belong to the people, and the people deserve to be kept safe from amateurs who play with pistols.

There are a lot more guns on the street and then you're going to get the right to use them willy-nilly? That doesn't bode real well,

We think people visiting Florida should be aware of this law, and act accordingly. Visitors should be very careful about getting into an aggressive argument with anyone during their stay.

every rogue with an itchy trigger finger in Florida.

A year later, I still certainly feel we need the ban.

This bill will enable the most aggressive and paranoid individuals in Kentucky to use deadly force anywhere against a presumed assailant. Passing the Shoot First law was a foolish mistake in Florida, and Kentucky is looking at repeating Florida's mistake.

This administration has been the greatest of friends to us. We had worked for seven years to get this Brady Bill passed ... it wasn't until Bill Clinton came along that it became an issue in a campaign for the presidency and then, much to our thrill and surprise, it one of the number one priorities for the administration.

They are looking only to protect gun owners' quote - and I stress that - rights, because I don't believe gun owners have rights. The Second Amendment has never been interpreted that way. Now I am not for taking guns away or denying guns to law-abiding citizens, but I don't think it's a constitutional right that they have, and every court case that's ever come down has shown that.

Individuals who are unfamiliar with Florida's roads, traffic regulations and customs, or who speak foreign languages, or look different than Florida residents, may face a higher risk of danger -- because they may be more likely to be perceived as threatening by Floridians, and because they are unaware of Florida's new law that says individual who feel their safety is threatened or their possessions are at risk are legally authorized to use deadly force,

I don't believe gun owners have rights.

We would like to see, in the future, what we will probably call needs-based licensing of all weapons. ...Where it would make it much more difficult for anybody to be able to purchase handguns....

To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes.

Halfway measures are not enough.

There is no personal right to be armed for private purposes unrelated to the service in a well regulated militia.

It [the Brady Bill] is not a panacea. It's not going to stop crimes of passion or drug-related crime.

Our main agenda is to have all guns banned of course. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed.