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<option>A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him. | <option>A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him. | ||
<br>- '''Alexis de Tocqueville'''</option> | <br>- '''Alexis de Tocqueville'''</option> | ||
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| + | <option>To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless, and that the law will permit them to have only such rights and liberties as the lawless will allow... For society does not control crime, ever, by forcing the law-abiding to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of criminals. Society controls crime by forcing the criminals to accommodate themselves to the expected behavior of the law-abiding. | ||
| + | <br>- '''Jeff Snyder, Oct 20, 1994'''</option> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:29, 19 July 2015
The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world, as well as property. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside. Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them.
- Thomas Paine
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