The men and women who founded our country knew, by experience, that there
are times when the free person's answer to oppressive government has to be
delivered with a bullet. Thus, the right to bear arms is not just *a*
freedom; it's the mother of all freedoms. Don't let them disarm you!
-- Eric S. Raymond
are times when the free person's answer to oppressive government has to be
delivered with a bullet. Thus, the right to bear arms is not just *a*
freedom; it's the mother of all freedoms. Don't let them disarm you!
-- Eric S. Raymond
Related:
- Rapists just *love* unarmed women. And the politicians who disarm them. -- Eric S. Raymond
- Excerpts From The First Annual Nerd Bowl (#6)
JOHN SPLADDEN
We're back. The players have assumed their positions and are ready to answer computer-related questions posed by referree Eric S.... - Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government,
no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the citizens to
keep and bear arms.
[...] the right of the citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.... - Excerpts From The First Annual Nerd Bowl (#6)
(Round 4, the Who Wants To Be A Billionaire?
Round) ERIC RAYMOND (Moderator): Here's the second questio... - The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document.
The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the government has a 'compelling interest' in censoring the Internet.... - The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed
to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be
_tremendous and irresistable_.
Who are the militia? _are they not ourselves_. Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms _each man against his own bosom_.... - Laura's mother: Well, I know what you're thinking, and the answer is
yes.
I want to be fixed up with one of your friends as soon as you can arrange it.... - However, on religious issues there can be little or no compromise.
There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs.... - The Second Amendment doesn't grant the right to keep and bear arms.
You already have that right. The Constitution just prohibits the government from taking it away from you....

