PRO-2ND

“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.” –Susan B. Anthony

“You can spout all the anti-gun noise you want. You can tell me guns are ‘macho’ and ‘masculine’, and accuse me of trying to be like the ‘big boys’ if I carry one. I don’t care. I’ve been raped, and I’ve decided that I would much rather defend myself than sit back quietly and be ‘ladylike’.” –Julie Batson**

“Using inner city kids as your proof that guns and kids don?t mix, is like using an alcoholic to prove all people will abuse alcohol.” –Lori Broadhead, National Director, AFA

“Even if it were possible for the government to commandeer every gun in the country, do we really want the assault on civil liberties such a plan would entail?” –Linda Chavez, CCRKBA Defender of the Month, September 2000

“What a crazy world we live in! Trying to treat addiction as a legal problem, and trying to treat criminal misbehaviors using guns as a medical problem! Beam me up, Scotty. Ain’t no intelligent life down here.” –Julie Cochrane*****

“The most dangerous action a woman can take when faced with a criminal is to resist with her fists: That tends to annoy violent criminals, and the woman will very likely be seriously injured. But a woman who takes the advice of Handgun Control Inc. and passively submits is 2.5 times more likely to be injured than a woman who resists with a gun. So if you don’t want to lie back and enjoy it, get a gun. Otherwise you may never become a mom.” –Ann Coulter*****

“The most crazed religious fanatic argues in more calm and reasoned tones than liberals responding to statistics on concealed-carry permits.” –Ann Coulter*****

“Personally, I don’t think that”[stricter gun control laws] “would have any effect, because what it does is make it harder for law-abiding citizens who want to get weapons to protect their homes and families to get weapons; because criminals are gonna get them if they want ‘em.” –Tina Dillard, DeKalb County, Georgia police officer; NBC-TV Today show, 9/17/93*****

“Currently, if a bad guy is determining which home on a particular block he wants to rob, all he has to do is request the information and he knows which houses have guns [that have a valuable resale].” –Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp (TX), “Lawmaker fears criminals ‘access to licensees’ data”

“How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual… as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded, controlled, supervised, and taken care of.” –Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp (TX)*****

“The Second Amendment isn’t about protecting ourselves against criminals. It’s about all of us protecting ourselves from all of you.” —Dr. Suzanne Gratia Hupp, a survivor of the Killeen, Texas Luby’s massacre, to Congressman Charles Schumer (D-NY), 1994**

“Let me make a point here, in case this isn’t becoming extremely clear. My state has gun control laws. It did not keep Hennard from coming in and killing everybody! What it did do, was keep me from protecting my family!” –Dr. Suzanne Gratia Hupp, Killeen Texas Luby’s massacre survivor**

“Somewhere along the line I made one of my stupidest decisions… I was afraid that … if … somebody caught me with the gun in my purse, I could lose my license to practice, lose my ability to make a living. So I took the gun out of my purse and I left it in my car … which the laws in my state are kinda wishy- washy on …and I thought, ‘Heck, if I needed it, it’s probably going to be when I’m out on the road … in the middle of nowhere and, you know, my car’s broke down or something.” –Dr. Suzanne Gratia Hupp, Killeen Texas Luby’s massacre survivor**

“Unlike the prohibitionists, who masquerade behind mythical statistics for which they seldom provide precise references, we do not seek to impose our values on everyone else. Let every person be free to make his or her own choices and assume the consequences.” –Claire Joly, “Why Gun Control Is Not The Right Answer”

“Tell them you will no longer put up with their un-American stand on guns and law-abiding citizens will not “obey” any more unconstitutional junk gun laws. ” –Devvy Kidd*

“Freedom cannot be attained and retained by observers. Freedom gained and kept can only be achieved with a warrior class who will stand firm and who will live the words they speak. … Will the gun owners of America just sit back in their comfort zone, drink beer, watch football, write a check and let someone else continue the losing battle for their God-given rights?” –Devvy Kidd*

“Our heroes as kids were characters like Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger. Those programs had recurring themes of justice, truth, fair play and treating people with dignity. Firearms were portrayed positively as an instrument of protecting the weak and defeating evil.” — Karen MacNutt, Republican candidate for Attorney General in Massachusetts*****

“Let us, for a moment, take the sex-education [proponents] at their word: If you teach a child how to use a condom, you’re promoting safety — not usage. why, then, doesn’t the same logic apply to guns?” –Michelle Malkin, Syndicated columnist*****

“Sentient beings who give up the intrinsic (not government given) right to carry weapons for self defense don’t last very long. They quickly get overrun by the predators who, while short on morality, are rather longer on common sense.” –Helen Rhine, 1995*****

“The fact that some anti-gun groups call for the wholesale confiscation and elimination of guns tells me one thing?they want to see me naked in my desperation, clutching a telephone, begging for the police to come before the intruder violates my home, my body, my child. To secure their peace of mind, they would leave me exposed to certain victimhood, rather than allowing me to empower myself and defend my God-given right to live and to protect my family.” –Linda Prussen-Razzano, “So You Want To See Me Naked?”****

“In more than seven scenes with crooks wielding automatic machine guns, hand rocket-missile launchers, and plain old hand guns, the “Angels” — miracle of miracles– thwart the weapons with only high kicks, flips, and chop blocks. Yeah, like that would really happen.” –Debbie Schlussel, Jewish World Review Columnist, 12/10/2000***

“Public attitude that women and children need not worry about protecting themselves because men are our protectors is blatant hypocrisy and a dangerous ongoing myth. The only gun control that women should be screaming at the top of their lungs for is that which allows them the right to bear arms while utilizing both hands to control it during use.” –FMS, Women To Arms editorial for Truth Or Consequences, 9/17/99

“I agree that all the rest of our rights have been resting on our critical 2nd. But, for WTA puposes, The 2nd isn’t a resting place. It’s the front line! Without it the rest of our rights will perish.” –FMS, WTA email forum, 1/10/03

“In being confronted by the reality that government cannot and will not guarantee my personal safety, I am infinitely thankful, both as a woman and an American, that the Bill of Rights still guarantees my right to defend myself with a gun. Any true feminist must support this position. Any woman who claims to be a feminist, but who supports disarmament of law-abiding citizens is simply a dangerous hypocrite.” –Katherine von Tour, “My Transformation From Anti-Gun Feminist To Armed Feminist”