William B. Ruger

William Batterman Ruger (June 21, 1916 – July 6, 2002) was an American firearm designer and entrepreneur, who partnered with Alexander McCormick Sturm to establish Sturm, Ruger & Company in 1949. Their first product was the Ruger Standard, the most popular .22 caliber target pistol ever made in the United States. After Sturm’s death in 1951, and under Ruger’s continued leadership, the company produced one of the widest varieties of firearms of any manufacturer in the world.

Quotes

• The best way to address the firepower concern is therefore not to try to outlaw or license many millions of older and perfectly legitimate firearms (which would be a licensing effort of staggering proportions) but to prohibit the possession of high capacity magazines. By a simple, complete and unequivocal ban on large capacity magazines, all the difficulty of defining 'assault rifle' and 'semi-automatic rifles' is eliminated. The large capacity magazine itself, separate or attached to the firearm, becomes the prohibited item. A single amendment to Federal firearms laws could effectively implement these objectives.
  • March 30, 1989 letter sent to every member of the United States Congress (William B. Ruger (1992). "An Open Letter". American Handgunner 12 (5).).

• No honest man needs more than 10 rounds in any gun.
  • Ruger to Tom Brokaw of NBC News in 1992. (Harkinson, Josh (June 14, 2016). "Fully Loaded: Inside the Shadowy World of America’s 10 Biggest Gunmakers". Mother Jones. Retrieved on May 31, 2018. ; "Magazine limits were first proposed by Connecticut gun maker". Connecticut Magazine (New Haven Register). April 1, 2013. Retrieved on June 6, 2018. ).