--- title: Donald Trump: Read His Second Amendment Speech description: "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is" canonical: https://time.com/4445813/donald-trump-second-amendment-speech/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-09T22:11:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:46.182Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's 'Second Amendment' Speech og:description: "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks" og:url: https://time.com/4445813/donald-trump-second-amendment-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2e9c26171ea3d9f/6988a1c4656a3f5fe1bccae0/donald-trump1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4200 og:image:height: 2363 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Wilmington, NC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's 'Second Amendment' Speech twitter:description: "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2e9c26171ea3d9f/6988a1c4656a3f5fe1bccae0/donald-trump1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's 'Second Amendment' Speech > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the audience during a campaign event at Trask Coliseum on August 9, 2016 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Sara D. Davis—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Aug 9, 2016 10:11 PM UTC Donald Trump created a major controversy at a rally in Wilmington, N.C. on Tuesday when he suggested that gun rights activists take matters into their own hands when it comes to the possibility of Hillary Clinton getting to appoint judges if she is elected president. “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Trump said. “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don’t know.” The comment immediately drew [criticism](http://time.com/4445735/former-secret-service-official-donald-trump-is-pretty-close-to-the-edge/) from those who saw it as instigating violence against the Democratic nominee or against future judicial appointees. Clinton immediately [condemned](http://time.com/4445467/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-second-amendment-judges/) the speech, and Trump’s campaign put out a statement saying the candidate was referring to the “power of unification” of voters turning out in support of Trump. Read the full text of the speech here: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4445813/donald-trump-second-amendment-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4445813/donald-trump-second-amendment-speech/"},"headline":"Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's 'Second Amendment' Speech","datePublished":"2016-08-09T22:11:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:46.182Z","description":"\"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. 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