Sarah Brady
Chairman, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, formerly Handgun Control, Inc.
Wife of James "Jim" Brady
"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."
1 July 1988
"Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed."
January 1994
In a letter to Senator Howard Metzenbaum.
The National Educator, Volume 25 Number 8, Page 3.
"We must get rid of all the guns."
September 1994
Phil Donahue Show Interview
"There is no personal right to be armed for private purposes unrelated to the service in a well regulated militia."
6 June 97
Richmond Times-Dispatch, page 6
"I don't believe gun owners have rights."
October 1997
"Handguns in America"
Hearst Newspapers Special Report
"I believe that the interpretation of the second amendment does not necessarily give every individual the right to keep and bear arms. However, I, personally, am not against the ability for any law abiding person to keep and bear arms for legitimate purposes."
9 February 2001
ABC News Interview
Diane Finestein
United States Senator, Democrat, California
"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe."
18 November 1993
Associated Press
"If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them, 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in,' I would have done it."
5 February 1995
CBS, 60 Minutes, Interview
"And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me."
27 April 1995
C-Span
(Ed. Note- Sen. Feinstein seems to be betraying a bit of elitist inconsistency, since she wants to ban other people's possession of weapons even while obtaining one for herself.)
Charles Schumer
United States Senator, Democrat, New York
"We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!"
8 December 1993
NBC Interview
That quote has been widely discredited.