Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2019-06-01 May 31, 2019There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.~ Hubert H. HumphreyThe end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.~ R. Buckminster FullerThe framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny.~ Walter E. Williams May 30, 2019The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed the subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the supply of arms to the underdogs is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty.~ Adolf HitlerAll persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent and unalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use, and all other lawful purposes, and such rights shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof.~ Nebraska ConstitutionEvery citizen has the right to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes.~ Nevada Constitution May 29, 2019A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.~ Lucius Annaeus SenecaThe right of every citizen to keep and bear arms for the defense of his home, person, or property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question, but the legislature may regulate or forbid carrying concealed weapons.~ Mississippi ConstitutionThat the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned; but this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons.~ Missouri Constitution May 28, 2019[Legislation] cannot constitutionally result in the prohibition of the possession of those arms which, by the common opinion and usage of law-abiding people, are proper and legitimate to be kept upon private premises for the protection of person and property.~ Michigan Supreme CourtNo law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.~ New Mexico ConstitutionIt is our opinion that an ordinance may not deny the people the constitutionally guaranteed right to bear arms, and to that extent the ordinance under consideration is void.~ New Mexico Court of Appeals May 27, 2019While the legislature has power, in the most comprehensive manner, to regulate the carrying and use of firearms, it has no power to constitute it a crime for a person, alien or citizen, to possess a revolver for the legitimate defense of himself and his property, said right being expressly granted by section 5, art. 2, of the State Constitution, to every person.~ Michigan Supreme CourtThere's no valid evidence whatsoever to indicate that depriving law-abiding American citizens of the right to own firearms would in any way lessen crime or criminal activity. ... The National Sheriffs Association unequivocally opposes any legislation that has as its intent the confiscation of firearms ... or the taking away from law-abiding American citizens their right to purchase, own, and keep arms.~ National Sheriffs Association[N]one are so emboldened as thugs who, in spite of the law are armed, in confrontations with law-abiding citizens who, because of the law, are disarmed.~ The New American Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print