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25 June 2009

From Facebook


"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -Benjamin Franklin

God created man, Smith & Wesson made them equals. (Unknown)

An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a servant. -Andy

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. -David

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -Robert E. Howard

"...to disarm the people - that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them." -George Mason




This is the bulk of a conversation I saw on facebook over the past couple of days. That first one bears repeating:


"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -Benjamin Franklin


And then, to put a point to it all, consider this:


"The right of the people to keep and bear...arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country..." (James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434 [June 8, 1789])

"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms." -Richard Henry Lee

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