GUN CONTROL QUOTES AND GUN VIOLENCE QUOTES
Powerful, inspirational, and known for digging deep beneath the surface, Dr. DaShanne Stokes has been quoted around the world in books, newspapers, religious sermons, and beyond. Collected here are some of his most memorable quotes.
"Thoughts and prayers won't stop a speeding bullet."
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"You can't put guns in people's hands and then claim no responsibility when they murder people."
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"Claiming no responsibility when you put guns into people's hands and they commit murder is like drug dealers claiming no responsibility for people dying from the drugs they sold them.."
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"If guns don't kill people, why do mass killers arm themselves with guns?"
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"If you think guns make us safer and deter violence, remember that JFK and Reagan were surrounded by some of the world's best armed guards and their guns did not prevent the shootings."
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"Saying gun control hurts our freedom is a false argument amounting to propaganda. Gun laws don't curtail freedom any more than speed limits or seat belts. You still get to drive your car and have guns, we're just trying to save lives as you do."
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"It's sickening to know that the NRA and gun manufacturers will likely get a boost in sales and memberships from yet another massacre. They are profiting from death."
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"The GOP saying they don't want politics in response to another mass shooting is another attempt to silence opposition, benefiting the NRA and gun manufacturers. People are dying. It is always time to talk about saving lives."
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"When a country with less than five percent of the world's population has nearly half of the world's privately owned guns and makes up nearly a third of the world's mass shootings, it's time to stop saying guns make us safer."
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"'Let them have guns' is as much a solution to mass murder and gun violence as 'Let them have drugs' is a solution to drug addiction."
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"I'm from Las Vegas and I have to ask: What message does it send would-be murderers that our president once bragged he could shoot somebody not lose voters?"
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"If the GOP truly cared about saving lives, they'd stop blocking gun violence research."
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"Before Trump offers prayers and condolences for yet another mass shooting, he should offer apologies to America for inciting violence and bragging he could shoot someone and not lose voters."
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"As we talk about gun violence, we need to talk about the violence incited by Trump and implicitly condoned by the GOP."
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"The GOP preventing gun violence research tells me they care less about human life than about protecting the NRA and gun manufacturers' profit margins."
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"When nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11, it was enough to create massive change in our society. Over ten times as many people die from guns each year. Where is the social change?"
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"The GOP and NRA blocking gun violence research tells me they want to keep people ignorant to benefit the NRA and gun manufacturers no matter how many die in the process."
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"Prayer alone benefits the NRA and gun manufacturers because it doesn't lead to change. Helping people requires change--making prayers real through action."
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"It's terrifying to think you could become the next statistic."
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"Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American solution."
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"Those who incite violence have no business lecturing others about unity."
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"A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence."
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"When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all."
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"Talk without the support of action means nothing."
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