Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson

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The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ. – Thomas Jefferson

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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

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The right of bearing arms for a lawful purpose is not a right granted by the Constitution; neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. – U.S. vs Cruikshan

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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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Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. – Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

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What a crazy world we live in! Trying to treat addiction as a legal problem, and trying to treat criminal misbehaviors using guns as a medical problem! Beam me up, Scotty. Aint no intelligent life down here. – Julie Cochrane

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