When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
-Luke 11:21,22
False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils, except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm those only who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.
-Cesare Beccaria, 1764, "On Crimes and Punishment"
A firearm is only an instrument. It contains no evil, no conscience, and no ability. It is strictly the intent, competence, and character of its user that decide the outcome of any and all actions taken with it.
-Unknown
The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those
exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed -
where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those
who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find
no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies
may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to
make only once.
-Don Meamber
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is at last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
-Thomas Jefferson
Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.
-Theodore Roosevelt
"I think the founding fathers meant exactly what they wrote: the government should not make any laws restricting the RIGHT of the people to 'hold or retain in one's possession' and 'hold or carry' guns and other weapons that would allow them to keep their government in line. "
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