Amendment II A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
When they took the fourth amendment I was silent because I dont deal drugs. When they took the sixth amendment I kept quiet because I know Im innocent. When they took the second amendment I said nothing because I dont own a gun. Now theyve come for the first amendment and I cant say anything at all.
[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation [where] the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
It takes a lot of nerve to bang your fist and demand tougher juvenile gun laws while doing nothing to enforce the ones that already exist. I must point out that doubling the size of the criminal code will not matter if the Clinton-Gore administration refuses to vigorously enforce these laws.
Before a standing army can rule the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be on any pretence raised in the United States. A military force at the command of Congress can execute no laws but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.
You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
There is no arguing with him for if his pistol misses fire he knockes you down with the butt end of it.
Amendment II A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
The Constitution shall never be construed … to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
GUNPOWDER n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted.
A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
When they took the fourth amendment I was silent because I dont deal drugs. When they took the sixth amendment I kept quiet because I know Im innocent. When they took the second amendment I said nothing because I dont own a gun. Now theyve come for the first amendment and I cant say anything at all.
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
An armed society is a polite society.
The great object is that every man be armed.
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation [where] the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
It takes a lot of nerve to bang your fist and demand tougher juvenile gun laws while doing nothing to enforce the ones that already exist. I must point out that doubling the size of the criminal code will not matter if the Clinton-Gore administration refuses to vigorously enforce these laws.
The mere possession of a gun is in itself an urge to kill not only by design but by accident by madness by fright by bravado.
Before a standing army can rule the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be on any pretence raised in the United States. A military force at the command of Congress can execute no laws but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.