Great Quote . . .

[Deerthug]

[adkbuck]

Great Quote!

[wmig2]

That says it all in just few words.

[ants]

Like it

[MACHINIST]

true

[Sogaard]

Yeah, too bad there is absolutely no evidence that Jefferson ever said those words.

Edit: Rephrased to make it G rated.

Edited January 12, 2013 by Sogaard

[Sogaard]

Oh yeah, someone's going to challenge me, so I'll save you with trouble. From Monticello.org, the place basically dedicated to everything Jeffersonian:

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/beauty-second-amendment-quotation

[Deerthug]

Whether or not Jefferson said these words is immaterial. The words speak for themselves.

[Felonious_Monk]

Here's an authentic one, though not from my man T.J.

"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? Congress shall have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American ... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the People."

— Tench Coxe, 1788.

Edited January 12, 2013 by Felonious_Monk

[fasteddie]

Leave it to good ole Tench Coxe to say something so profound !

[GreeneHunter]

Who cares whom said it .... It is straight and to the Point !

[Mr VJP]

Sogaard apparently isn't a fan of everything the 2nd Amendment stands for. From his past posts, he seems extremely comfortable with a lot of infringement to the right to bear arms.