The document discusses quotes and facts related to gun rights and the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. It includes quotes from founding fathers like Thomas Jefferson defending gun ownership and stating that those who give up liberty for security have neither. Other quotes discuss how an armed populace prevents tyranny and that gun control is about control, not guns. The document advocates that gun ownership is a fundamental right of citizens.
10. Assault is a behavior, not a device.Ìý 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday
11. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.Ìý
12. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control American Revolution Era Flags
13. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
14. The United States Constitution Ìý The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.Ìý What part of 'shall not be infringed' do you NOT understand?Ìý
15. The Founding Fathers on the Second Amendment "I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them." George Mason Co-author of the Second Amendment during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788 “ Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence … from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable … the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference — they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington - First President of the United States "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 - American Statesman, 1788