# Quotes about weapons - Quotes: 23 - Authors: 19 - Broader topic: [Quotes about violence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/violence.md) - Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons - JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.json ## Quotes > Firearms were as likely to create as to solve difficulties. [George R. Stewart](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-r-stewart.md) · [Earth Abides](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-r-stewart/earth-abides.md) · p. 74 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-r-stewart/earth-abides/firearms-were-as-likely.md) Topics: [violence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/violence.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > The pistol and dagger may as easily be made the auxiliaries of vice, as of virtue. [William Godwin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-godwin.md) · [Enquiry Concerning Political Justice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-godwin/enquiry-concerning-political-justice.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-godwin/enquiry-concerning-political-justice/the-pistol-and.md) Topics: [evil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/evil.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > To a gun, all problems resolved into what could be shot at. [Iain M. Banks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/iain-m-banks.md) · [Surface Detail](https://www.leafyquotes.com/iain-m-banks/surface-detail.md) · p. 450 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/iain-m-banks/surface-detail/to-a-gun.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing. [Ross Macdonald](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ross-macdonald.md) · [The Way Some People Die](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ross-macdonald/the-way-some-people-die.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ross-macdonald/the-way-some-people-die/an-ugly-woman.md) Topics: [humor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > Apart from the Volunteer companies, a lot of men in San Francisco carried guns for self-protection—not least, for protection from other men carrying guns. [Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md) · [How Few Remain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/how-few-remain.md) · p. 395 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/how-few-remain/apart-from-the.md) Topics: [irony](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/irony.md), [safety](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/safety.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > If a society thinks it needs weapons, it must accept killing. If it thinks it needs violent men, it must accept rapine and assault. [Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md) · [The Visitor](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/the-visitor.md) · p. 283 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/the-visitor/if-a-society.md) Topics: [society](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/society.md), [violence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/violence.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > And Canadians didn’t like guns, either—they had no Second Amendment, or whatever damned thing it was that made Americans think they could go around armed. [Robert J Sawyer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-j-sawyer.md) · [FlashForward](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-j-sawyer/flashforward.md) · p. 95 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-j-sawyer/flashforward/and-canadians-didnt.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > So while gun owners are always saying that owning guns is about defending freedom, the only freedom gun owners seem interested in defending with their guns is the freedom to defend their freedom to own guns. [Dan Savage](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-savage.md) · [Skipping Towards Gomorrah](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-savage/skipping-towards-gomorrah.md) · p. 249 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-savage/skipping-towards-gomorrah/so-while-gun.md) Topics: [freedom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/freedom.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. [Martin Amis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis.md) · [Einstein's Monsters](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis/einsteins-monsters.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis/einsteins-monsters/bullets-cannot-be-recalled.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > I'm all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that's gun control! If you're going to own a gun, you have an obligation to know what you're doing with it. When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible for using them properly. It's not fair of us as citizens to lean more heavily on one side of that equation than on the other. > > So I support waiting periods and training requirements for gun ownership, and I like the idea that it shouldn't be incredibly easy to get guns. I support the right to carry concealed weapons, but I think people who want a concealed-weapons permit need to pass a training and safety course. The Constitution calls for a "well-regulated militia." In other words, you need to know how to use your weapon, and practice with it. > > Where I draw the line is at gun registration. A law that says that everybody who owns a gun has to be on record is too easy to abuse. [Jesse Ventura](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura.md) · [I Ain't Got Time to Bleed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/im-all-for.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > I believe very strongly that guns are instruments of death. That's all they're used for; there's no purpose for them other than to kill. I think you have to understand that in order to respect them. I have no fear of my teenage son handling weapons, because he has that respect. [Jesse Ventura](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura.md) · [I Ain't Got Time to Bleed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/i-believe-very.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > What could be more absurd, to begin with, than our attitude of high moral outrage against other nations for manufacturing the selfsame weapons that we manufacture? The difference, as our leaders say, is that we will use these weapons virtuously, whereas our enemies will use them maliciously — a proposition that too readily conforms to a proposition of much less dignity: we will use them in our interest, whereas our enemies will use them in theirs. [Wendell Berry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wendell-berry.md) · [Citizenship Papers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wendell-berry/citizenship-papers.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/wendell-berry/citizenship-papers/what-could-be-more.md) Topics: [war](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/war.md), [hypocrisy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hypocrisy.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > It's ridiculous to talk about a revolution without a few words on guns. If you haven't been in the army or done some hunting, you probably have a built in fear against guns that can only be overcome by familiarizing yourself with them. [Abbie Hoffman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/abbie-hoffman.md) · [Steal This Book](https://www.leafyquotes.com/abbie-hoffman/steal-this-book.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/abbie-hoffman/steal-this-book/its-ridiculous-to-talk.md) Topics: [revolution](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/revolution.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men. [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [Starship Troopers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/starship-troopers.md) · p. 64 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/starship-troopers/there-are-no-dangerous.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > "Tsk, tsk," I said, not moving at all. "Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains. You're the second guy I've met within hours who seems to think a gat in the hand means a world by the tail." [Raymond Chandler](https://www.leafyquotes.com/raymond-chandler.md) · [The Big Sleep](https://www.leafyquotes.com/raymond-chandler/the-big-sleep.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/raymond-chandler/the-big-sleep/tsk-tsk-i-said.md) Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > My wife has been killed by a machine which should never have come into the hands of any human being. It is called a firearm. It makes the blackest of all human wishes come true at once, at a distance: that something die. There is evil for you. We cannot get rid of mankind's fleetingly evil wishes. We can get rid of the machines that make them come true. I give you a holy word: DISARM. [Kurt Vonnegut](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut.md) · [Deadeye Dick](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/deadeye-dick.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kurt-vonnegut/deadeye-dick/my-wife-has.md) Topics: [evil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/evil.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > A gun is not an argument. [Ayn Rand](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ayn-rand.md) · [Capitalism](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ayn-rand/capitalism.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ayn-rand/capitalism/a-gun-is-not.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md), [arguments](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/arguments.md) > A tool wielded in ignorance can become the most dangerous of weapons. [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md) · [Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune/a-tool-wielded.md) Topics: [ignorance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/ignorance.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them. [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md) · [Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune/let-us-not.md) Topics: [freedom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/freedom.md), [justice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/justice.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > It would be a waste of breath to tell a man who believes in guns that you've got something better. [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md) · [Stranger in a Strange Land](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/stranger-in-a-strange-land.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/stranger-in-a-strange-land/it-would-be-a-waste.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > It is enough to ask somebody for his weapons without saying 'I want to kill you with them', because when you have his weapons in hand, you can satisfy your desire. [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://www.leafyquotes.com/niccolo-machiavelli.md) · [Discourses on Livy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/niccolo-machiavelli/discourses-on-livy.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/niccolo-machiavelli/discourses-on-livy/it-is-enough.md) Topics: [manipulation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/manipulation.md), [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md) > It's a poor atom blaster that won't point both ways. [Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [Foundation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/foundation.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/foundation/its-a-poor.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md), [consequences of decisions](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/consequences-of-decisions.md) > An atom blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways. [Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [Foundation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/foundation.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/foundation/an-atom-blaster.md) Topics: [weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/weapons.md), [consequences of decisions](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/consequences-of-decisions.md)