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• The right of the citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary governme
  one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible....
• No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms.
  The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government....
• The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic
  ince it offers a strong moral check against usurpation and arbitrary power of rule...
• The citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy--a policy worthy of imitation.
  All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship....
• 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....
• 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...
• By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia'
  he 'security' of the nation, and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms', our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy....
• The danger (where there is any) from armed citizens, is only to the *government*, not to *society*
  and as long as they have nothing to revenge in the government (which they cannot have while it is in their own hands) there are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage....
• 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....