“Speaker Pelosi tells us she’s on a crusade for the children. Someone should maybe remind the Speaker the Crusades did not always end well when they were reflexively driven by emotion and riddled with poor planning. No, this is no crusade for the children. If it were, you wouldn’t leave our children as sitting ducks in gun free zones when they go to school every day.” – Representative Matt Gaetz, June 8, 2022

“This is a core problem with many in the law enforcement and other communities – they believe that firearms are not a protected property interest, that firearms are so inherently different that standard constitutional protections of property interests and warrant requirements should not apply and that they, the government, have a duty to take possession of firearms from the public at every opportunity possible.” – Tennessee Firearms Association, July 7, 2022

“While President Biden and gun control advocates demanded strict gun control legislation, Americans voted with their wallets that the Second Amendment is a right they are choosing to exercise by the millions every month.” – Washington Examiner, July 5, 2022

“He was tired because every time he calls the police, (they took) forever to come and assist him,” Malma said. He took the law into his own hands… He’s been working all his life and whatever little things he has, he’s (protecting).” – Fox News, July 1, 2022

“As attorney general, Schmidt signed “friend of the court” briefs on several landmark cases, including NYSRPA v. Bruen, in which the Supreme Court ruled the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding Americans to carry a firearm outside of the home. Schmidt also supported legislation that ensured felons who carry firearms while committing crimes would be sentenced to prison, as well as legislation that protects law-abiding gun owners access to firearm accessories.” – NRA (National Rifle Association), June 29, 2022

“If you do not know, Senator Tillis closed his office today because he did not want to hear from us,” GOA Director for North Carolina and Vice President of Operations for GRNC Andy Stevens said at the onset of the protest. “He did not even want his staff to hear from us and he apparently told the courthouse people that because his office is closed, [that] we are not here on official business and therefore they will not let us in the building to see for certain whether his office is open or closed or even use the restrooms.” – Bearing Arms, June 29, 2022

“In the letter, Congressman Biggs challenged ATF’s new practice of initiating revocation proceedings based solely on past ATF inspections, up to 18 months earlier, after ATF initially decided the inspection did not justify a revocation. “This pattern is deeply troubling and makes it abundantly clear that this Administration seeks to advance its anti-firearm agenda at any cost.” – Congressman Andy Biggs, June 29, 2022

“New Yorkers have been suffering second-class treatment at the hands of an oppressive government for too long. With the Supreme Court pointing to the Second Amendment’s ‘unqualified command,’ we hope to finally liberate the people from these absurd restrictions on their natural right to keep and bear arms.” – Firearms Policy Coalition, June 29, 2022

“Scholars say The Boston Massacre of 1770 cemented the desire of colonists to be armed against forces of the government. John Adams defended the British soldiers in court, but also codified the “the right to keep and bear arms” in the American political lexicon.” – Fox News, June 25, 2022