{"quotes":[{"text":"If a responsible, mentally sound American wants to own and AR-15, that’s their right. Besides, when the zombies come…okay, you don’t like the zombie thing. When the Chinese invade our country, who do you want to depend on? The over-extended police force and the National Guard? Or the next door neighbor who’s a former Marine and has enough guns and ammunition for your entire block?","author":"Aaron B. Powell","tags":["gun-control","second-amendment","zombies"],"id":23638,"author_id":"Aaron+B.+Powell"},{"text":"I'm tired of the whole anti gun thing. Saying that Guns cause Murders is like saying Steering Wheels cause car wrecks.","author":"Stanley Victor Paskavich","tags":["assult-rifles","gun-control","guns","laws","nra","rights","second-amendment"],"id":32894,"author_id":"Stanley+Victor+Paskavich"},{"text":"The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed. The experience of every-day life fully proves that the armed individual is invariably anxious to try his strength. The same is historically true of governments. Really peaceful countries do not waste life and energy in war preparations, with the result that peace is maintained.","author":"Emma Goldman","tags":["military","peace","second-amendment","war","world-peace"],"id":36796,"author_id":"Emma+Goldman"},{"text":"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.","author":"James Madison","tags":["bill-of-rights","constitution","freedom","right-to-bear-arms","second-amendment"],"id":44281,"author_id":"James+Madison"},{"text":"Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["bill-of-rights","genocide","gun-rights","libertarian","libertarianism","liberty","right-to-bear-arms","rights","second-amendment"],"id":46503,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"A man's life consist not of the things he possess, nor Facebook likes and approval.But some of it damn sure consist of his favorite hobbies and love of girls with guns.","author":"Herbert M. Brunner","tags":["america","freedom","girls-with-guns","second-amendment"],"id":95466,"author_id":"Herbert+M.+Brunner"},{"text":"1. So, disturbed kids are taking guns to school and killing teachers and classmates. We better make sure kids can’t get guns.2. So, disturbed kids are taking guns to school and killing teachers and classmates. We better find out what’s making these kids want to kill, fix that, and then they won’t want to use guns to kill teachers and classmates.See what I did there? Which statement makes more sense? Don’t bring up politics. Don’t refer to statistical data. Don’t nervously look at your cell phone. Just read the two statements and be honest with yourself. We can do better. We’re smarter than this. WAKE UP.","author":"Aaron B. Powell","tags":["gun-control","second-amendment","violence"],"id":111842,"author_id":"Aaron+B.+Powell"},{"text":"The Second Amendment is timeless for our Founders grasped that self-defense is three-fold: every free individual must protect themselves against the evil will of the man, the mob and the state.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["founding-fathers","freedom","government-corruption","gun-control","gun-laws","gun-rights","guns","liberty","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","second-amendment","self-defense","tyranny"],"id":119232,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"GUNS ARE NOT THE ISSUE. WE ARE.","author":"Aaron B. Powell","tags":["gun-control","second-amendment","violence"],"id":135062,"author_id":"Aaron+B.+Powell"},{"text":"Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American solution.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["democrat","democratic-party","democrats","government","government","gun-violence","guns","mass-shooting","mass-shootings","nra","nra","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","politics","republican","republican-party","republicans","right-to-bear-arms","second-amendment","shooting","shootings","violence","violence-in-society","violence"],"id":146004,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}