Political Quotes

“this proposed ban aids the criminal and hits the law-abiding citizen squarely in the face, and the criminal sprints away laughing at the whole scene, because it is the law-abiding citizen whose rights have been hurt. To what avail is this ban to that criminal who has just escaped the thrust of this bill? That criminal can look at the 650 other weapons that are exempted by this very same piece of legislation and commit any crime that criminally intended mind sets out to commit. On the other hand, let us ask ourselves this question. Can the law-abiding citizen utilize one of the 19 banned weapons for lawful purposes? The answer is, yes, for self-defense, collection, hunting, and sports activities. But conversely, is it not true that the criminal mind, the criminal who is intent on committing a crime, can use any of the 650 items that are exempted here to commit a crime? The priorities are completely reversed, and the effort to ban guns makes the criminal laugh at us. The criminal will find ways and means, if he intends to do so, to rob a convenience store. We should aim at that criminal, aim at the one who intends to commit a crime and does. Our aim is way off here. In the meantime the criminal is cackling, chortling, laughing all the way to the next spot where he can pick up a semiautomatic, if he wants to, and use it for unlawful purposes.”