♦ nivek ♦ Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 "The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure a body of armed citizenry from which a militia could be drawn, whether that militia’s role was to protect the nation, or to protect the people from a tyrannical government."-- Glenn Harlan Reynolds Assoc. Prof. of Law, Univ. of Tennessee Source: A Critical Guide to the Second Amendment, 62 TENN. L. R. 461, 475 (1995). http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Glenn.Harlan.Reynolds.Quote.64CF "If the rest of the country had adopted right-to-carry concealed-handgun provisions in 1992, about 1,500 murders and 4,000 rapes would have been avoided." -- John R. Lott, Jr. Source: More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998), p. 159 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/John.Lott.Quote.652B "The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under some general pretense by a state legislature. But if in any blind pursuit of inordinate power, either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both." -- William Rawle (1759-1836) Lawyer, had been asked several times by George Washington to serve as Attorney General Source: commenting on the Second Amendment, A VIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 125-26, 1829 (2nd ed.) reprinted in THE FOUNDERS’ CONSTITUTION Volume Five (Amendments I-XII) p. 214 (Univ. of Chicago Press). http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/William.Rawle.Quote.57E6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babylonian Dream Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Guns are a deterrent. You are less likely to attack an armed person over an unarmed one. Yet still, the facts don't change everyone's mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriously Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Wait lemme look up "flagitious" real quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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