When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. God grants liberty only to those who loves it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving the whole nation of arms as the blackest. The principle of self defense is an American tradition that began at Lexington and Concord.
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.
They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence. Well done is better than well said. The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road.