Our Framers all believed the right to bear arms is THE key to individual liberty.
“To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them.” ~ George Mason
“It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government.” ~ Thomas Paine
“The best we can help for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” ~ Alexander Hamilton
“The great object is that every man be armed.” and “Everyone who is able may have a gun.” ~Patrick Henry
“Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“A free people ought to be armed.” ~George Washington
“Horrid mischief would ensue were the law~abiding deprived of the use of them.” ~ Thomas Paine
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve and will have neither liberty nor safety.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.” ~ Noah Webster
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” ~ James Madison
“The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them.” ~ Zachariah Johnson
“The constitution shall never be construed… to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” ~ Alexander Hamilton
“To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” ~ Richard Henry Lee
“The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that … it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; … ” ~ Thomas Jefferson
When government attempts to take your guns, it is because they know that you would shoot them for what they are about to do next.
