“If you ban them in the future, the number of these high-capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available.”

“When we got organized as a country, [and] wrote a fairly radical Constitution, with a radical Bill of Rights, giving radical amounts of freedom to Americans, it was assumed that Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly …. When personal freedom is being abused, you have to move to limit it.”

“Weapons with barrel shrouds must be banned…large capacity clips also need to be banned…I actually don’t know what a barrel shroud is…I think it’s a shoulder thing that points down.”

“It’s why we have call boxes, it’s why we have safe zones, it’s why we have the whistles. Because you just don’t know who you’re gonna be shooting at. And you don’t know if you feel like you’re gonna be raped, or if you feel like someone’s been following you around or if you feel like you’re in trouble when you may actually not be, that you pop out that gun and you pop … pop around at somebody.”

“Confiscation could be an option…mandatory sale to the state could be an option.”

“The Second Amendment only protects the people who want all the guns they can have. The rest of us, we’ve got no Second Amendment. What are we supposed to do?”

“Limiting magazine capacity is critical, because it is when a criminal, a drug dealer, a deranged individual has to pause to change magazines and reload that, the police or brave bystanders have the opportunity to take that individual down.”

“If it can fire a lot of bullets very quickly that’s a good place to start, alright, OK…pistols are different; you have to pull the trigger each time. An assault weapon you basically hold it goes ba-ba-ba… “

“If I had my way, sporting guns would be strictly regulated, the rest would be confiscated.”

“To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.”

“You don’t need an AR-15. It’s harder to aim, it’s harder to use, and in fact, you don’t need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun.”

“I don’t want any misunderstanding when you all go home, and you’re talking to your buddies, and they say, “Aw, he wants to take my gun away.” You’ve heard it here; I’m on television, so everybody knows it. I believe in the Second Amendment. I believe in people’s lawful right to bear arms. I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won’t take your handgun away…”

“If you’ve got a gun in your house, I’m not taking it… “Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress,’’ he said. “This can’t be the reason not to vote for me. Can everyone hear me in the back? I see a couple of sportsmen back there. I’m not going to take away your guns.’’

“I don’t believe people should to be able to own guns.”