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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep an

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. – Thomas Jefferson

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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. – Thomas Jefferson

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Arms are the only true badge of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of a free man from a slave. – Andrew Fletcher

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Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces. – Joseph T. Chew

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The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to keep and bear arms. If it had, there would have been wording such as the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. – Ken Konecki

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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. – U. S. Constitution

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